· Private foundation
Catherin V Merrill Foundation Co Christine Demareah Elvin Knight
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DON BOSCO CENTERS | $140,000 |
| BENEDICTINE COLLEGE | $125,000 |
| ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP | $100,000 |
| ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL | $75,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $284k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against -11% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BCBenedictine College6× · 2019–2024 · $650k · revenue +76%
- FFFOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INC5× · 2019–2023 · $350k · revenue +91%
- TDTHE DON BOSCO CENTERS2× · 2023–2024 · $265k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- AUAVILA UNIVERSITYgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue +117%
- HTHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORKone grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue -11%
- OLOUR LADY OF THE PRESENTATIONone grant, 2023 · $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.
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.
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
The university provides a rigorous liberal arts and professional education for a diverse student population. (see schedule o for the organization's mission.)
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
See Schedule O. See explanation for Form 990, Part I, Line 1 - Organization's Mission above.
Siena university is a learning community advancing the ideals of a liberal arts education, rooted in its identity as a franciscan and catholic institution. as a learning community, siena is committed to a student-centered education…
As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.
Inspired by Saint Pope John Paul II, we take as our motto Cultura Vitae, the culture of life, as our students triumph over the materialism and despair that pervades our culture in order to have life and have it abundantly. We do this with…
The University of Mary exists to serve the religious, academic and cultural needs of the people in this region and beyond.(Continued on Schedule O)
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
Desales is a catholic, salesian university that inspires transformative learning through the liberal arts and professional studies by energizing students to be who they are and be that well.
Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 19 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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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.
Open a dossier: The McGee Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Joseph M Fahey and Mary Elizabeth Rogers Fahey Foundation Inc · McCullough Family Foundation · Constance M Cooper Charitable Foundation · The Sherman Family Foundation · John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees · Forster-Powers Charitable Trust · Martin Mary Elizabeth Scholarship · Patricia Sweeny Memorial Fund · The Dehaemers Family Charitable Trust · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Catherin V Merrill Foundation Co Christine Demareah Elvin Knight funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catherin V Merrill Foundation Co Christine Demareah Elvin Knight. Bigger dots raise more.
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