The Catholic Services Appeal Foundation announced Dec. 15 that $9,366,184 has been pledged toward the 2017 campaign, exceeding its $9.3 million goal.

“While this is an amazing accomplishment, each year there is approximately $300,000 that is pledged but not fulfilled, so we need to have approximately $9.6 million to pay out the ministries in full,” CSAF Executive Director Jennifer Beaudry wrote in an email to appeal supporters.

The annual appeal supports 17 ministries, including Catholic schools, local seminaries, and hospital and prison chaplaincies.

As of Dec. 15, the Plymouth-based foundation had received more than $8.75 million from 39,609 gifts.