Grants for retirement homes

Name: Top 25 grants made to retirement homes and senior housing programs
Creator: Cause IQ
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274 retirement homes and senior housing programs received at least $14.1 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 199 grants made from 165 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 165 foundations, 90% made just a single grant to retirement homes, and 1% made grants to four or more retirement homes. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$14,106,897

Total grant dollars given to retirement homes

199

Number of grants made annually to retirement homes

165

Number of grantmakers funding retirement homes

$1,000

Median grant size to retirement homes

Foundations that support retirement homes and senior housing programs

Out of all grants made to retirement homes, 73% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 97% of the dollar-value of grants to retirement homes. Foundations funding retirement homes also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, religious organizations, food banks, scholarship organizations, and food distribution programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	122
Medium	18
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	7
Private	123
Corporate	11
Other	24

Grants made

Grants made to retirement homes	Number of grantmakers
1	150
2-3	13
4-10	1
11+	1

Top 10 foundations supporting retirement homes and senior housing programs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to retirement homes	Number of grants made to retirement homes	Median grant size
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.2%	12	$112
Greater Chicago Food Depository	IL	Metro	0.4%	8	$2,500
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.0%	3	$500
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	3	$235
T and M Mitchell Foundation Dima-Blrk	NY	State	7.8%	2	$3,750
Saint Elizabeth Community	RI	Metro	0.1%	2	$2,885
Bossard Foundation	WI	Metro	4.2%	2	$1,000
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	2	$919
Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	2	$462

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Retirement homes and senior housing programs grantees

Retirement homes with more than $5 million in total revenues received 98% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 17% of all retirement homes.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	197
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	2

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$800
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,866
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$2,125

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Wisconsin	43
Michigan	11
Massachusetts	11
Ohio	10
Other	124

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Milwaukee	42
Philadelphia	9
Chicago	9
New York City	7
Other	119

Top 25 grants made to retirement homes

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
National Church Residences	$9,212,188	General Support	National Church Residences Foundation
Mercy Housing / Affordable Housing for Amer in Need	$4,541,492	Cash	Mercy Housing Lakefront (MHL)
Haveloch Commons	$5,000	Lifestyle Engagement	Presbyterian Seniorcare Foundation
Milwaukee Rescue Mission	$5,000	Program Support	Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation
Contact Cape Atlantic	$5,000	General Unrestricted	John and Jennifer Eckerson Family Foundation
General Assembly of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ	$5,000	For General Operating Support	The Denver Foundation
Laguna Cottages For Seniors	$5,000	To Provide Afforable Housing for Seniors in Santa Barbara	Pajadoro Family Foundation
Parsonage Cottage Home for the Aged	$5,000	General Purposes	The Resource Foundation
Federation Gardens	$5,000	Religious	Sandra Gulden and Leon J Goldberger Gulden Private Foundation
National Church Residences	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly (JCHE)	$5,000	To Support the Organization	The Victor Herbert Foundation
Community Homeagain	$5,000	To Help Families and Individuals Experiencing Homelessness Secure and Maintain A Home, Again.	Donald T Regan Charitable Foundation
Firemen's Association of the State of New York	$5,000	Equipment/supplies	The Fraternal Order of Eagles Foundation
Kaycee Senior Housing	$5,000	General Contribution	Shethar Foundation Incorporated
Contact Cape Atlantic	$5,000	General Purpose	Foster Karney Trust Fund
Milwaukee Rescue Mission	$5,000	General	Schoenleber Foundation
Milwaukee Rescue Mission	$5,000	General Funds	Jean & Thomas Harbeck Family Foundation
People Inc. - Seneca Cazenovia Community Sq Corp	$5,000	To Further Charitable Activities	James M Williams JR Family Foundation
Our Saviours Lutheran Development Corporation	$5,000	General Support	The Dhein Foundation
Loho	$5,000	1 Grant(s) for Varying Purposes	The Winston-Salem Foundation
National Church Residences	$5,000	Human Services	Parkersburg Area Community Foundation and Regional Affiliates (PACF)
Little Sisters of the Poor	$5,000	Unrestricted General	T and M Mitchell Foundation Dima-Blrk
Milwaukee Rescue Mission	$5,000	Youth Housing and Operations	Allen Lovelace Moore and Blanche Davis Moore Foundation
Notre Dame Housing	$5,000	General Operating Support	The Lozier Foundation
Oakhurst Place	$5,000	Contribution	OhioHealth

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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 "Retirement homes" category for this page is determined by the "L22: Senior Citizens Housing, Retirement Communities" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.