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Catholic Community Foundation

CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION's mission is to foster faith-based stewardship in the community for spiritual, educational and charitable benefit for all.

$23M
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$22M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$135MEducation$1.5MReligion$1.2MHousing & Shelter$312kPublic Safety & Disaster$150kCommunity Improvement$102kYouth Development$89kFood & Nutrition$83kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k39 grants · $697k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $170k
  • $250k+2 grants · $22M
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$224M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECRETARIATS OF CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND$21,749,974
ST JAMES PARISH$250,000
METRO CATHOLIC SCHOOL$70,000
THEOLOGY OF THE BODY CLEVELAND$50,000
PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS CLEVELAND$50,000
CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUE$40,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION$36,000
JOSEPH & MARY'S HOME$33,000
EWTN (ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK)$30,000
ST BERNADETTE PARISH$30,000
ST MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCHOOL$30,000
CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST$25,353
POOR CLARES OF PERPETUAL ADORATION$25,000
ZELIE'S HOME$25,000
OLMSTED HISTORICAL SOCIETY$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $899k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MAGGIE'S PLACE: $10k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $20k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $20k → 10%BLESSING HOUSE: $5k → 13%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $20k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $20k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $15k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $217k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $13k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $110k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $10k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $36k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $20k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $15k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $15k → 17%REFUGEE RESOURCE CENTER: $13k → 17%JOSEPH & MARY'S HOME: $33k → 17%JOSEPH'S HOME: $10k → 17%FILL THIS HOUSE INC: $13k → 17%JOSEPH'S HOME: $10k → 17%FILL THIS HOUSE: $10k → 17%JOSEPH'S HOME: $10k → 17%FILL THIS HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%JOSEPH'S HOME: $10k → 17%FILL THIS HOUSE INC: $5k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $50k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $18k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $16k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $10k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $10k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $10k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%ST HERMAN HOUSE FOCUS CLEVELAND: $7k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $5k → 17%THE REFUGEE RESPONSE: $5k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $28k → 17%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $6k → 17%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $5k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

AK
NY
MA
IN
OH
CT
VA
AZ
AL
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$138M · 50 repeat orgs$817k to everyone else

50 repeat relationships — 27 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
28

Total granted

$138M
$512k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+86%

Still filing today

64%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $305k 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
Human ServicesEducationReligionHousing & ShelterHealthYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $403k · revenue +28%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA
    7× · 2018–2024 · $118k · revenue +100%
  • NW
    Near Westside MultiService Corp
    7× · 2018–2024 · $110k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • PI
    PARTNERS IN MISSION LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $82k
  • AO
    ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN JUAN PR
    one grant, 2017 · $50k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cathedral Center Inc

Cathedral center's mission is to provide a safe environment for women and families, while working to end homelessness one life at a time. the cathedral center serves unaccompanied women and families with children who are homeless or…

Religion
2
Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland Inc

Habitat for humanity of cleveland is a non-profit christian housing ministry. habitat works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities for people in need by building and selling houses…

Housing & Shelter
3
Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley

To provide social services to those in need, focusing on nine areas: behavioral health, family stabilization & success, guardianship, hispanic outreach, pregnancy & parenting, refugee resettlement, services for older adults, supervised…

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4
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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5
St Augustine Manor

St. Augustine Health Ministries continues the healing ministry of Christ by promoting the quality of life and independence of each person entrusted to our care through a continuum of health care and related services to the chronically ill…

Human Services
6
Collinwood Neighborhood Catholic Ministries

To respond to the unmet needs of families and individual in the collinwood neighborhood of cleveland, ohio in collaboration with various churches, social service agencies, and neighborhood groups.

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7
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pgh

Catholic charities serves to not only meet the immediate needs of the vulnerable within our communities but to provide solutions that embrace a path to stability for those we are privileged to serve. catholic charities is the primary…

Human Services
8
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
9
Faith Mission Inc

To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…

Housing & Shelter
10
Cleveland Mediation Center

Our mission is to promote a just and peaceful community by honoring all people, building their capacity to act, and facilitating opportunities for them to engage in conflict constructively. We continue to fulfill our mission by…

Crime & Legal
11
Catholic Social Services Inc

Motivated by faith, catholic social services helps poor and vulnerable seniors and families reach their potential.

Human Services
12
Choices for Victims of Domestic Violence

To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland and the most unlike its peers is Youth Arts New York Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 48 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%2%<5yr13%4%5–10yr16%18%10–20yr16%12%20–35yr18%19%35–55yr18%46%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr16%0%10–20yr16%0%20–35yr18%1%35–55yr18%99%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/78
the rest of the field
13%
1,718/12,984

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 49 of the 95 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/49
Grantees still filing
39/49
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND HEALTH BENEFIT TRUST AGREEMENT — $133,954,435 · OtherCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND HEALTH BENEFIT TRUST AGREEMENT+63 more — $2,393,106 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION — $403,378 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKA — $117,500 · Human ServicesNear Westside MultiService Corp — $110,000 · Human ServicesJOSEPHS HOME — $73,000 · Human ServicesWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER — $69,350 · Human ServicesEDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesFILL THIS HOUSE INC — $37,500 · Human Services+5 more — $38,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS — $484,331 · Philanthropy+1 more — $10,000 · PhilanthropySaint Martin de Porres High School — $145,000 · EducationPadre Pio Academy — $50,000 · EducationTHE BRIDGE AVENUE SCHOOL — $40,000 · EducationFRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE — $15,250 · EducationHOUSE OF CHAMPIONS — $15,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac — $10,000 · EducationAKRON CHESTERTON ACADEMY — $10,000 · EducationCATHOLIC MISSION AID — $120,000 · ReligionETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC — $55,000 · ReligionTHEOLOGY OF THE BODY CLEVELAND — $50,000 · ReligionST PETER THE ROCK MEDIA — $15,000 · ReligionBUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY — $12,500 · ReligionCOMMUNITY SERVICE ALLIANCE — $45,000 · Housing & ShelterZELIE'S HOME — $35,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE METANOIA PROJECT — $5,000 · Housing & ShelterST PAULS COMMUNITY OUTREACH — $30,000 · HealthJENNINGS CENTER FOR OLDER ADULTS — $20,000 · Health
Other$136,347,541Human Services$898,728Philanthropy$494,331Education$285,250Religion$252,500Housing & Shelter$85,000Health$50,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS — $484,331 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION — $403,378 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSaint Martin de Porres High School — $145,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCATHOLIC MISSION AID — $120,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKA — $117,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNear Westside MultiService Corp — $110,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetURBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $80,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJOSEPHS HOME — $73,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER — $69,350 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMALACHI HOUSE INC — $65,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC — $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE IGNITES NORTHEASTERN OHIO INC — $54,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND — $52,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTHEOLOGY OF THE BODY CLEVELAND — $50,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetPadre Pio Academy — $50,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetEDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC — $50,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetPOOR CLARES PERPETUAL ADORATION FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO — $50,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC — $46,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICE ALLIANCE — $45,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetTHE BRIDGE AVENUE SCHOOL — $40,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetCENTER FOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUE — $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFILL THIS HOUSE INC — $37,500 over 4y, 16% of budgetZELIE'S HOME — $35,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHUMILITY OF MARY HOUSING INC — $35,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetST PAULS COMMUNITY OUTREACH — $30,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELAND — $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOLMSTED HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $25,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetTHE COLLABORATIVE TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING — $22,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetBAYARTS — $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJENNINGS CENTER FOR OLDER ADULTS — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE — $15,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST PETER THE ROCK MEDIA — $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBUILDING HOPE IN THE CITY — $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL SOCIETY OF SVDP CLEVELAND DIOCESE — $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY OF HOPE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAGGIE'S PLACE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCITY YEAR INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON CHESTERTON ACADEMY — $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetJOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITABLE FUND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUS NORTH AMERICA — $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLESSING HOUSE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRESOURCE CLEVELAND — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDAMASCUS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Saint Martin de Porres High School ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC MISSION AID ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA ↗
  • Who funds Near Westside MultiService Corp ↗
  • Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JOSEPHS HOME ↗
  • Who funds WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MALACHI HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IGNITES NORTHEASTERN OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds THEOLOGY OF THE BODY CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds Padre Pio Academy ↗
  • Who funds EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds POOR CLARES PERPETUAL ADORATION FOUNDATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGE AVENUE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUE ↗
  • Who funds FILL THIS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ZELIE'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds HUMILITY OF MARY HOUSING INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Cleveland Foundat…Thomas C&Sandra S Sul…Community West Founda…Murphy Family Foundat…The Reinberger Founda…Higley Fund of the Cl…Sisters of Charity Fo…The Reuter FoundationThe Cleveland Clinic …The Nord Family Found…The George Gund Found…Shoes and Clothes for…
The Cleveland FoundationOH63.7× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Thomas C&Sandra S Sullivan Foundation · Community West Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland · The Reuter Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The Nord Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Shoes and Clothes for Kids

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Catholic Community Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 95 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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