The Catholic Education Institute is a 501 c 3 not-for-profit corporation. It has two main goals: to develop new ways to enhance the education of Catholics and to increase the number of individuals with expertise in various facets of the Catholic intellectual tradition.
Fr. John Piderit, S.J. serves as president and Dr. Melanie Morey is the senior director for research at the Catholic Education Institute. Father Piderit leads the group involved in providing new ways of religiously educating and forming Catholic children attending public grade schools. Dr. Morey and Fr. Piderit serve together as the principals for all educational initiatives at the tertiary level and beyond.
The Catholic Education Institute is independently incorporated under a board of directors which meets three times a year. The EIN (employer identification number) is 36-4486769 and the address is Catholic Education Institute, St. Helena Hall, Suite 202, 925 Hutchinson River Parkway, Bronx, New York 10465. The telephone is 718-823-8565. An audited financial statement for the Catholic Education Institute is available upon request.
