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Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$272k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$1.4MEducation$125kCivil Rights$90kRecreation & Sports$25kPublic Benefit$20kHealth$16kEnvironment$11kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $67k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $180k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE VINE FOUNDATION$100,000
THE AUGUSTINE INSTITUTE$80,000
St Mary Foundation$33,000
Club 100$18,500
His Way At Work$15,000
Miles Christi$8,500
My Catholic Doctor Foundation$5,000
RABINE FOUNDATION$2,911
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Informed Choices$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,668
Illinois Family Institute$1,500
Focus$1,200
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 22% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MARIAN MISSIONARIES OF DIVINE MERCY: $100k → 12%Net Ministries: $10k → 6%CAPUCHIN FRANCISCAN MISSION FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%Miles Christi: $9k → 8%My Catholic Doctor Foundation: $5k → 9%His Way At Work: $15k → 4%THE AUGUSTINE INSTITUTE: $108k → 8%Annunciation Heights: $25k → 11%The Church of Holy Apostles: $65k → 6%Max McGraw Foundation: $6k → 8%MADONNARENEWALCENTER: $5k → 14%Wyoming Catholic College: $100k → 17%Team Gleason Foundation - ALS: $5k → 23%MARIAN MISSIONARIES OF DIVINE MERCY: $5k → 12%NET MINISTRIES: $4k → 6%THE AUGUSTINE INSTITUTE: $103k → 8%The Church of Holy Apostles: $40k → 6%Max McGraw Foundation: $6k → 8%MARIAN MISSIONARIES OF DIVINE MERCY: $5k → 12%THE AUGUSTINE INSTITUTE: $102k → 8%The Church of Holy Apostles: $40k → 6%THE VINE FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%The Church of Holy Apostles: $35k → 6%Club 100: $20k → 14%THE VINE FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%The Church of Holy Apostles: $32k → 6%Club 100: $19k → 14%Real Life Catholic: $100k → 8%Club 100: $15k → 14%THE AUGUSTINE INSTITUTE: $80k → 8%St Mary Foundation: $33k → 6%Club 100: $15k → 14%Real Life Catholic: $60k → 8%St Mary Foundation: $30k → 6%THE AUGUSTINE INSTITUTE: $53k → 8%MARIAN CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $7k → 6%THE AUGUSTINE INSTITUTE: $53k → 8%MARIAN CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $6k → 6%RABINE FOUNDATION: $4k → 14%THE AUGUSTINE INSTITUTE: $45k → 8%St Mary Foundation: $5k → 6%THE VINE FOUNDATION: $30k → 8%MARIAN CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $5k → 6%cor jesu mission: $5k → 6%Fish of McHenry Food Pantry: $5k → 6%Turning Point USA: $10k → 14%Turning Point USA: $10k → 14%The community Foundation for McHenry County: $10k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
WY
CT
CA
CO
LA
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 22 repeat orgs$195k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +128% since the first grant, against +117% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
18

Total granted

$1.5M
$173k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+128%
+117%

Still filing today

23%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionEducationCrime & LegalHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Augustine Institute Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $545k · revenue +321%
  • RL
    Real Life Catholic
    2× · 2021–2022 · $160k · revenue +5%
  • TP
    TURNING POINT USA INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $20k · revenue +967%

Funded once

  • WC
    Wyoming Catholic Collegegraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +121%
  • AH
    ANNUNCIATION HEIGHTSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +117%
  • TC
    THE CAPUCHIN FRANCISCAN MISSION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Living His Life Abundantly International

To inform, instruct and inspire people through the media about the sacred scriptures and teachings of the roman catholic church

Religion
2
The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies

The institute's mission is to conduct research on key issues facing society to help both the church and society deal thoughtfully with the major issues they face globally. the institute also sponsors and conducts research and scholarship…

Religion
3
International Catholic Jurists Forum Inc

The International Catholic Jurists Forum (ICJF) was established to produce, compile, and share resources on fundamental human rights under attack in the regional and international human rights protection systems. It operates as a forum for…

Religion
4
Priests for Life
Youth Development
5
Lumen Christi Institute

To make the catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the culture of universities. to enrich academic communities at the university of chicago, across the nation, and the world with the insights of catholic thought. to dialogue with…

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6
Catholics for Catholics

Catholics for Catholics is fighting to bring the Catholic faith back into the public square through rosary rallies, media, political action and more!

Religion
7
Ave Maria Communications

Ave Maria Communications (AMC)employs radio, internet and other media to offer news, analysis, teaching, devotion and music to demonstrate Catholic values.

Religion
8
Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

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9
Word On Fire Catholic Ministries

Word on fire catholic ministries is a global media apostolate that supports the work of bishop robert barron and reaches millons of individuals to draw them back to or into the catholic faith.

Religion
10
Wethersfield Institute for Catholic Thought Inc
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11
Trinity Communications

Advancing the catholic faith through education and dissemination of information by operation of websites.

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12
St John's University New York

St. john's university is a catholic, vincentian, metropolitan, and global institution of higher education (continued on schedule o).

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 40 Days for Life; the most unlike its peers is The Vine Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH OF HOLY APOSTLES: $212,000 · OtherCHURCH OF HOLY APOSTLESMARIAN MISSIONARIES OF DIVINE MERCY: $110,000 · OtherMARIAN MISSIONARIES OF DIVINE MERCYClub 100: $68,500 · OtherClub 100St Mary Foundation: $68,300 · OtherSt Mary FoundationANNUNCIATION HEIGHTS: $25,000 · Other+25 more: $188,200 · Other+25 moreAugustine Institute Inc: $545,426 · EducationAugustine Institute IncWyoming Catholic College: $100,000 · EducationWyoming Catholic College+3 more: $2,200 · EducationTHE VINE FOUNDATION: $230,000 · ReligionTHE VINE FOUNDATIONReal Life Catholic: $160,000 · ReligionReal Life CatholicHIS WAY AT WORK: $15,000 · Religion+3 more: $10,000 · ReligionTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MCHENRY COUNTY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCASA OF MCHENRY COUNTY INC: $2,500 · Crime & LegalCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $500 · Health
Other$672,000Education$647,626Religion$415,000Philanthropy$10,000Crime & Legal$2,500Health$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAugustine Institute Inc: $545,426 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTHE VINE FOUNDATION: $230,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetReal Life Catholic: $160,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetANNUNCIATION HEIGHTS: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHIS WAY AT WORK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MCHENRY COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMADONNA RENEWAL CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMY CATHOLIC DOCTOR FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE: $4,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCASA OF MCHENRY COUNTY INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget40 DAYS FOR LIFE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Augustine Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE VINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Real Life Catholic ↗
  • Who funds Wyoming Catholic College ↗
  • Who funds ANNUNCIATION HEIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds HIS WAY AT WORK ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MCHENRY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MADONNA RENEWAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MY CATHOLIC DOCTOR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF MCHENRY COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARADISUS DEI INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Catholic Foundati…Verizon FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Catholic Foundation No ColoradoCO15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Catholic Foundation No Colorado · Verizon Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brian M and Erin T Kelly Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Ave Maria University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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