Star Council Report
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Please access the October 1 report with the link below. PLEASE NOTE: Since I have been using both “NO” and “YES” for indicating submitted forms and requirements, I have decided to use only “YES” to indicated submitted forms to make the reading of the Star Council Report easier. However, I will use “NO” only for the Missing Per Capita Report column.
Reminder: Forms 365 and 185 were due July 1. The new Audit Form 1295 was due August 15. Please submit these forms on line as soon as possible.
Criteria for the 2026-2027 Star Council Award.
- Membership Quotas 6% Net Growth. Minimum of Five – Maximum of Fifteen new members, based on total membership.
- The Founders Award (Insurance). The Founders’ Award recognizes council excellence in the promotion of our insurance and financial products. A number equal to 10% of Associate and new members on the July 1 council roster must meet individually with a field agent for a financial review. Grand Knights are required to submit the list to their field agent or general agent. Minimum 5 / Maximum 15
To qualify, meetings must be with new or associate members. Field agent will schedule a personal meeting with each and provide the name and date of the meeting back to the grand knight. The grand knight will submit Form 11077 which has been renamed “Member/Agent Meeting” Report on line. Report will be used repeatedly unto quota is achieved.
- Columbian Award Application SP7. The Columbian Award recognizes council excellence in programs and activities aligned with the vision of our Founder, Blessed Michael McGivney, and the mission of the Knights of Columbus. To earn the award, councils must complete all three of the following requirements.
- Requirement 1: Donate at least $500 as part of one of the following Faith in Action programs: ASAP (dollars or item value), Food for Families (dollars or 1,000 lbs. of food), RSVP, or Coats for Kids.
- Requirement 2 Complete 4 Faith in Action programs, one in each of the following categories: Faith, Family, Community, Life. You cannot claim program already submitted for requirement 1. To qualify as Faith in Action programs, the council must run programs similar to those described in the Faith in Action Program Guidebook.
- Requirement 3 (Must complete either Option A or Option B)
- Option A: Complete 3 programs / activities: one to bring men closer to Christ, one to build fraternity and one to support your parish or community. These programs / activities can be unique to the council and do not need to be Faith in Action programs. You cannot claim programs already submitted for requirements 1 and 2.
- Option B: Conducting Cor satisfies all three of the program / activity criteria for this requirement. To qualify, councils must offer Cor gatherings that feature prayer, formation, and fraternity at least twelve occasions during the fraternal year to all men of the parish. For additional information on Cor and its structure, visit kofc.org/cor and/or view the Cor Startup Videos, Cor Startup Guide and the Cor Reference Guide. If you choose this option, you must include the name and email address of your council Evangelization and Faith Formation Director on the new SP7.
- Safe Environment Certification. No new changes. Remember: Grand Knight is prohibited from serving more than two council chairman positions. (Grand Knight, General Program Chairman, Family Activities Chairman and Community Activity Chairman.) All chairmen are required to have a personnel email address; not a generic address, like grandknight15999@aol.com.
- Form 185 Report of Officers. Form must be submitted on-line by July 1, 2026.
- Form 365 Service Program Personnel Report. Form must be submitted on-line by July 1, 2026. Supreme Council will use the emails for the Grand Knight, General Program Director, Council Community Director and Council Family Director in order to forward safe environment on-line training.
- #1295 Audit. Must be submitted on line by August 15, 2026
- Form 1728 Fraternal Survey Must be submitted on-line by January 31, 2027.
Supreme Council and Ohio State Council Records show the following as of October 1:
- 269 councils (74% of active councils) have submitted Form 365 Must be submitted on-line.
- 328 councils (90% of active councils) have submitted Form 185. Must be submitted on-line.
- McGivney Award: 224 councils have not recruited a new member this fraternal year. 141 councils (39% of all active councils) have recruited a total of 319 new members. There are now 6 councils who have achieved their Supreme growth quota as of October 1.
- Founders Award: There are two columns that will explain the new Founders Awards status. A column with the heading “Fnders Award Goal %” will list a council’s current percentage of their goal. This will show 100% when their Founder’s Award goal is achieved, which is listed in a new column “Found Award Goal”, next to the growth quota. This goal is based on 10% of the associate and new members of a council.
- #1295 Audit. 282 councils (77% of active councils) have submitted the new Audit which must be submitted on-line.
- Safe Environment: 90 councils (26% of active councils) have been certified as “Compliant”.
- State Program Points. 350 councils (96% of active councils) were given credit for state programs activities and required administrative forms.
- 2025-2026 S.O.S. Campaign No update
- Fraternal Survey Form 1728. No update. Report due later.
- Per Capita. 96 councils are missing their per capita payments. Please send your due amount to our State Secretary Jim Maslach.
- Columbian Award Application SP-7. No update. Report due later.
- Super Cash Bonanza Tickets. Listed are the tickets sales for this year’s campaign.
- 2026 Convention Attendance. 139 councils had delegates seated for the recent 2026 State Convention in Columbus.
- 2026 Measure Up. State Warden Stu Vetter reports $178,958 has been received from 80 councils (22% of active councils.)
- 2026 Matching Funds State Advocate Tony Offenburger has reported $24,347 has been collected from 85 councils (23% of active councils.)
- Football Sweepstake Tickets. Campaign in process. No update.
- Council EFF Director: State EFF Director Arron Mier reports there are 119 councils (33% of active councils) who have registered an EFF Director with Supreme as of October 1.
- Council Growth Quota The column next to the May 1 Membership number will list the council’s Supreme Growth quota for the fraternal year for each council.
Star Council Reports
Criteria for the 2026-2027 Star Council Award.
- Membership Quotas Membership Quotas 6% Net Growth. Minimum of Five – Maximum of Fifteen new members, based on total membership.
- The Founders Award (Insurance). The Founders’ Award recognizes council excellence in the promotion of our insurance and financial products. A number equal to 10% of Associate and new members on the July 1 council roster must meet individually with a field agent for a financial review. Grand Knights are required to submit the list to their field agent or general agent. Minimum 5 / Maximum 15.
- Columbian Award Application SP7. The Columbian Award recognizes council excellence in programs and activities aligned with the vision of our Founder, Blessed Michael McGivney, and the mission of the Knights of Columbus. To earn the award, councils must complete all three of the following requirements.
- Requirement 1: Donate at least $500 as part of one of the following Faith in Action programs: ASAP (dollars or item value), Food for Families (dollars or 1,000 lbs. of food), RSVP, or Coats for Kids.
- Requirement 2 Complete 4 Faith in Action programs, one in each of the following categories: Faith, Family, Community, Life. You cannot claim program already submitted for requirement 1. To qualify as Faith in Action programs, the council must run programs similar to those described in the Faith in Action Program Guidebook.
- Requirement 3 (Must complete either Option A or Option B)
- Option A: Complete 3 programs / activities: one to bring men closer to Christ, one to build fraternity and one to support your parish or community. These programs / activities can be unique to the council and do not need to be Faith in Action programs. You cannot claim programs already submitted for requirements 1 and 2.
- Option B: Conducting Cor satisfies all three of the program / activity criteria for this requirement. To qualify, councils must offer Cor gatherings that feature prayer, formation, and fraternity at least twelve occasions during the fraternal year to all men of the parish. For additional information on Cor and its structure, visit kofc.org/cor and/or view the Cor Startup Videos, Cor Startup Guide and the Cor Reference Guide. If you choose this option, you must include the name and email address of your council Evangelization and Faith Formation Director on the new SP7.
- Safe Environment Certification. No new changes. Remember: Grand Knight is prohibited from serving more than two council chairman positions. (Grand Knight, General Program Chairman, Family Activities Chairman and Community Activity Chairman.) All chairmen are required to have a personnel email address; not a generic address, like grandknight15999@aol.com.
- Form 185 Report of Officers. Form must be submitted on-line by July 1, 2026.
- Form 365 Service Program Personnel Report. Form must be submitted on-line by July 1, 2026. Supreme Council will use the emails for the Grand Knight, General Program Director, Council Community Director and Council Family Director in order to forward safe environment on-line training.
- #1295 Audit. Must be submitted on line by August 15, 2026
- Form 1728 Fraternal Survey Must be submitted by January 31, 2027.