Grants for fraternal societies

Name: Top 25 grants made to fraternal organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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494 fraternal organizations received at least $94.1 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 394 grants made from 365 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 365 foundations, 93% made just a single grant to fraternal orgs, and 0% made grants to four or more fraternal orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$94,062,598

Total grant dollars given to fraternal societies

394

Number of grants made annually to fraternal societies

365

Number of grantmakers funding fraternal societies

$1,000

Median grant size to fraternal societies

Foundations that support fraternal organizations

Out of all grants made to fraternal societies, 83% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 99% of the dollar-value of grants to fraternal orgs. Foundations funding fraternal orgs also made grants to universities, religious organizations, art museums, animal shelters, and high schools.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	303
Medium	36
Large	25

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	5
Private	297
Corporate	16
Other	47

Grants made

Grants made to fraternal orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	341
2-3	22
4-10	2
11+	0

Top 10 foundations supporting fraternal organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to fraternal orgs	Number of grants made to fraternal orgs	Median grant size
Fidelity Foundation	MA	National	0.0%	4	$150
Fraternal Order of Eagles - 2303 Aerie	MI	Metro	1.8%	4	$50
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks - 83 Upper Sandusky	OH	State	26.1%	3	$2,915
Afl-Cio New York City Central Labor Council	NY	Metro	100.0%	2	$13,967,475
Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Administrative Fund	NY	Metro	98.7%	2	$13,115,091
CWA Local 1180 Administrative Fund	NY	Metro	93.2%	2	$10,621,929
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	1.2%	2	$1,251,000
The Fraternal Order of Eagles Foundation	OH	National	0.5%	2	$5,000
Optimist International Foundation	MO	National	8.7%	2	$5,000
National Fraternal Order of Police Foundation	DC	National	7.4%	2	$4,487

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Fraternal organizations grantees

Fraternal societies with more than $5 million in total revenues received 87% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 25% of all fraternal orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	384
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	10

Grant amount by grantee size

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

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	66
New York	65
Massachusetts	44
Texas	37
Other	182

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	69
Los Angeles	49
Boston	40
Dallas	30
Other	184

Top 25 grants made to fraternal societies

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Welfare Fund	$20,770,485	To Fund Benefits for A Related Org	Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Administrative Fund
Retirees Welfare Fund	$18,146,681	To Fund Benefits	Afl-Cio New York City Central Labor Council
Municipal Management Society Local 1180 Cwa Security Benefit Fund	$12,026,242	To Fund Benefits for A Related Fund	CWA Local 1180 Administrative Fund
Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association Security Benefits Fund	$9,788,270	To Fund Benefits	Afl-Cio New York City Central Labor Council
Local 1180 Retirees Benefit Fund	$9,217,616	To Fund Benefits for A Related Fund	CWA Local 1180 Administrative Fund
Scottish Rite, NMJ - Supreme Council	$6,792,106	Expense Reimbursement	32deg Scottish Rite Freemasonry Nmj (SRNMJ)
Municipal Forum of New York	$6,036,041		Dairy Promotion
Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Legal Service Fund	$5,459,697	To Fund Benefits for A Related Org	Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Administrative Fund
Independent Order of Foresters Group Return	$2,626,724		The Independent Order of Foresters
The Urban Institute Employee Benefit Trust	$2,500,000	In Support of Research and Evaluation	JP Morgan Chase Foundation
District Council 37 New York Public Library Health and Security Plan	$5,000	Charitable & Educational	Harry and Andrew H Rosenthal Foundation
Shriners International - Melha Shriners	$5,000	Sprceq Quiet Cast Saw System	Greater Worcester Community Foundation
The Mclean Hospital Corporation Employee and Retiree Medical Trust	$5,000	General Support	Manne Family Foundation
The Mclean Hospital Corporation Employee and Retiree Medical Trust	$5,000	Support	Rowan T O'Riley Family Foundation
Ufcw Unions and Employers Health and Welfare Plan of Central Ohio	$5,000	Donation	United Food and Commercial Workers Local 75
NY Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical CTR / NYSNA Retiree Medical Plan Trust	$5,000	General Support	Ac Israel Foundation
Optimist International	$5,000	Adopt-A-Family Program	Eagles for Children
Fraternal Order of Police TN State	$5,000	Think Bigger Campaign	National Fraternal Order of Police Foundation
NY Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical CTR / NYSNA Retiree Medical Plan Trust	$5,000	Support for Operations	Gershon and Lois Stern Family Foundation
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks - FL Keys Elks Lodge 1872	$5,000	To Support the Elks Club in the Keys	Tom Thumb Charity
Knights of Columbus	$5,000	Educational Charitiable	Bull Foundation
Knights of Columbus	$5,000	Charitable	The William E and Ann L Swan Foundation
Optimist International - Club 14184	$5,000	Support	Adams Fund
CHP 11 99 Foundation (CHP)	$5,000	To Support 37th Annual Bob Weinberg Golf Tournament.	Guess
District Council 37 New York Public Library Health and Security Plan	$5,000	Donation	Zeitz 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 "Fraternal societies" category for this page is determined by the "Y40: Fraternal Beneficiary Societies and Voluntary Employees Associations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.