Grants for catholic organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to catholic nonprofit organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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454 catholic nonprofit organizations received at least $33.6 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 368 grants made from 295 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 295 foundations, 87% made just a single grant to catholic orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more catholic orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$33,649,215

Total grant dollars given to catholic organizations

368

Number of grants made annually to catholic organizations

295

Number of grantmakers funding catholic organizations

$1,500

Median grant size to catholic organizations

Foundations that support catholic nonprofit organizations

Out of all grants made to catholic organizations, 78% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 98% of the dollar-value of grants to catholic orgs. Foundations funding catholic orgs also made grants to christian organizations, religious organizations, multiservice human service organizations, colleges, and scholarship organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	230
Medium	23
Large	41

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	10
Private	228
Corporate	21
Other	36

Grants made

Grants made to catholic orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	257
2-3	30
4-10	8
11+	0

Top 10 foundations supporting catholic nonprofit organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to catholic orgs	Number of grants made to catholic orgs	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	10	$200
Scanlan Foundation	TX	State	0.4%	8	$5,000
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation	IL	National	0.3%	6	$450
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	0.0%	6	$300
Charitable Trust Agreement of Brion	WI	Metro	18.2%	4	$3,000
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	4	$525
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.0%	4	$425
Celanese Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	4	$195
Dollar General Literacy Foundation	TN	National	0.1%	3	$4,000
The Bernard and Patricia Iacovangelo Family foundation	DE	Metro	6.6%	3	$5,000

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Catholic nonprofit organizations grantees

Catholic organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 98% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 14% of all catholic orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	363
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	5

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$2,000
$100k-$500k	$2,500
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	36
Texas	31
California	31
Florida	30
Other	240

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	38
Miami	23
Los Angeles	19
Chicago	17
Other	253

Top 25 grants made to catholic organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Knights of Columbus	$13,303,157	Fair Market Value	Knights of Columbus - Supreme Council
Knights of Columbus	$8,540,000	Support for Saint John Paul Ii National Shrine	Knights of Columbus - Supreme Council
Archdiocese of New York	$4,294,881	Financial Aid Grant	Inner City Scholarship Fund
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles	$3,440,697	General Program Support	Catholic Charities of California
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio	$3,316,443	Refugee Resettlement	Refugee Services of Texas
Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy	$5,000	Religious	Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation
Sephardic Congregation of the Valley	$5,000	General	Hyman Jebb Levy Foundation
Bugles Across America NFP	$5,000	To Support the Veterans Community	The Elias Genevieve and Georgianna Atol Charitable Trust
Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life of Puget Sound	$5,000	General Operating Budget	The Berwick Degel Family Foundation
Building Blocks of Kalamazoo	$5,000	General Support	Dorothy U Dalton Foundation
St Vincent Depaul Society Store of Greensburg	$5,000	General Contribution	Phillip K Dupre Family Foundation
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio	$5,000	Operating Fund	Bennett Family Foundation
School Volunteer Association of Bridgeport	$5,000	Educational Opportunities for Children	The Near and Far Aid Association
Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together	$5,000	S21 Community Coalitions	The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository
Word of Faith Ministries of Kenansville	$5,000	Funds Raised By Globalgiving and Disbursed To Meet Donor Expectations	GlobalGiving
Autism Society Cny	$5,000	The Grant Would Be Used To Expand Recreational and Educational Programs for Children Diagnoised With Autisim in the Community. the Money Would Be Restricted for Children 12 and Under.	Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation
Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay	$5,000	Program Support	Paul O and Carol H Gehl Family Foundation
Mattachine Society of Washington DC	$5,000	General Operating Support	Arcus Foundation
Better Church Governance	$5,000	Program Summort	The Sims Family Charitable Trust
Marriage Encounter of the Gulf Coast	$5,000	For the Purpose of Renewing the Sacraments of Matrimony and Holy Orders By Providing Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends and Ongoing Community Support.	The Robert Schwan-Anne Kriescher Charitable Foundation
Christian Medical Ministry of South Alabama Ama	$5,000	General Contribution	The H Evan Zeiger JR and Margaret Zeiger Charitable Foundation
Woodlawn Foundation	$5,000	Community Service	Charitable Trust Agreement of Brion
St Pauls Episcopal Church	$5,000	Clemons Scholarship Fund	The Tina and Calvin Tyler Family Foundation
Young Catholic Professionals	$5,000	For General Purposes	Posoli Family Foundation
Cross Catholic Outreach	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	The Bernard and Patricia Iacovangelo Family foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Catholic organizations" category for this page is determined by the "X22: Roman Catholic" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.