and joe came in and made it easy for me. >> for salvaggio, holmes is a star client. a 41-year-old mother of three who was able to turn around an earlier life of chemical dependency and cancer. driven by talent that can be realized with a little help, he says, and often faith. as for his own motivation, salvaggio says it's based on christianity in its purest form. >> most of the people that we give money to, they've put a lot of faith in their god. and i don't have a lot of that kind of faith. but what jesus was doing, i'm founded in that. he was helping the poor. like pope john xxiii they asked him what he wanted to do with his papacy, he says "well, i'd like to see that the poor have a little less suffering in life." >> so far, salvaggio has disbursed more than $2 million in $1,000 grants. had he gets funds from foundations and many wealthy minnesotans he got to know from his days as a priest. >> these are entrepreneurs that have made money on their own, and they appreciate the principles of responsibility, accountability, production, getting business principles and