Michigan · Public charity
Catholic Foundation of Michigan
The CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN inspires charitable giving and assists donors in investing in the future of catholic parishes, schools and nonprofit organizations.
- $7.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 104
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 68
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $6.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 75
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $54M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Catholic Foundation of Michigan funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationHuman ServicesReligionHealthHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 95 | $6.5M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 68 | $4.4M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 75 | $5.8M | 36% |
| FY2021 | 59 | $2.6M | 44% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $2.1M | 63% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $811k | 52% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $600k | 93% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $60k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Religion$6.4MEducation$5.2MPhilanthropy$4.7MHealth$1.4MHuman Services$1.1MInternational$946kHousing & Shelter$913kArts & Culture$887kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
MD
AZ
GA
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan | $3,846,851 | 3 | 24% |
| Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of Eucharist | $1,140,300 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy | $1,082,850 | 4 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of Detroit | $1,048,070 | 7 | n/a |
| Catholic Foundation of Southwestern Mich | $1,000,000 | 1 | 31% |
| International Samaritan | $811,236 | 5 | 14% |
| Ste Anne Basilica Parish de Detroit | $709,969 | 2 | n/a |
| Mary's Mantle | $507,150 | 2 | 48% |
| Austin Catholic High School | $504,682 | 3 | n/a |
| St Joseph Parish Lake Orion | $483,248 | 8 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan | $3,846,851 | 3 | 24% |
| Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of Eucharist | $1,140,300 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy | $1,082,850 | 4 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of Detroit | $1,048,070 | 7 | n/a |
| Catholic Foundation of Southwestern Mich | $1,000,000 | 1 | 31% |
| International Samaritan | $811,236 | 5 | 14% |
| Ste Anne Basilica Parish de Detroit | $709,969 | 2 | n/a |
| Mary's Mantle | $507,150 | 2 | 48% |
| Austin Catholic High School | $504,682 | 3 | n/a |
| St Joseph Parish Lake Orion | $483,248 | 8 | n/a |
| Brother Rice High School | $474,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament Parish Detroit | $367,931 | 6 | n/a |
| ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission | $357,750 | 3 | 12% |
| Livingston County Catholic Charities | $311,500 | 2 | 8% |
| St Clare of Montefalco Parish Grosse Pointe Park | $257,351 | 6 | n/a |
| The Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of Lansing | $253,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pope Francis Center | $246,760 | 7 | 1% |
| Henry Ford Health St John Foundation | $236,800 | 3 | 1% |
| National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica Parish Royal Oak | $236,452 | 3 | n/a |
| Dames and Knights of the Order of Malta Medical and Dental Clinic Of | $215,500 | 2 | 38% |
| Holy Cross Foreign Mission Society Inc | $212,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Fabian Parish Farmington Hills | $180,719 | 4 | n/a |
| Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic School | $180,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Chesterton Academy of Detroit | $175,034 | 3 | 20% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $165,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cabrini Clinic | $162,423 | 2 | 18% |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | $155,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oakland University | $145,120 | 5 | n/a |
| St Paul Parish Grosse Pointe Farms | $139,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Christ Child Society of Detroit | $134,610 | 5 | 1% |
| The New Common School Foundation | $132,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Romeo Community Schools | $127,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Holy Redeemer Parish Detroit | $126,019 | 4 | n/a |
| The Christian Brothers Institute of Michigan | $121,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Fr Gabriel Richard High School | $120,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Racquet Up Detroit | $110,500 | 3 | 2% |
| St Louis Center | $104,570 | 6 | 1% |
| St John Fisher Chapel University Parish Auburn Hills | $104,444 | 1 | n/a |
| Divine Child Parish Dearborn | $104,426 | 2 | n/a |
| Beyond Basics | $101,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Urban Hope Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan | $98,560 | 4 | 0% |
| Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc | $97,090 | 5 | n/a |
| Loyola High School | $95,622 | 4 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Seminary | $94,850 | 6 | n/a |
| Three Pillars an Educational Service Provider | $92,265 | 3 | 0% |
| East African Children's Fund | $90,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy | $90,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Mary Parish Pinckney | $90,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Detroit Cristo Rey High School Inc | $88,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Angels' Place | $86,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Westside Christian Academy | $85,200 | 4 | 3% |
| The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton | $85,000 | 2 | 6% |
| St Andrew Parish Rochester | $84,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $82,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul in the Archdiocese of Detroit | $71,938 | 3 | 0% |
| Oakland University Foundation | $67,153 | 2 | n/a |
| Felician Sisters Osf of Livonia | $65,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Building Bridges | $60,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Word on Fire Catholic Ministries | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Marian High School | $56,450 | 6 | n/a |
| Manresa Jesuit Retreat House | $55,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Christ Medicus Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | 3% |
| St Augustine and St Monica Parish Detroit | $51,425 | 6 | n/a |
| Trinity Health Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| House of Providence | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Art for God S Sake | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Directions | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Spiritus Sanctus Academy | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St William Parish Walled Lake | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| De la Salle Collegiate | $47,815 | 4 | n/a |
| Gesu Parish Detroit | $44,599 | 4 | n/a |
| School of Hope Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Michigan State University | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Better Way Detroit | $40,000 | 1 | 17% |
| St Thomas the Apostle Parish Ann Arbor | $39,550 | 2 | n/a |
| Mercy High School | $38,539 | 3 | n/a |
| Right to Life of Michigan Educ Fund | $37,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Ladies of Charity of St Vincent Depaul Oakland County Association | $37,400 | 1 | 21% |
| Guest House Inc | $35,024 | 3 | 0% |
| Food Gatherers | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Madonna University | $33,636 | 3 | 0% |
| The Society for the Propagation of the Faith | $32,521 | 2 | n/a |
| Kids on the Go | $31,050 | 4 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Holy Cross Services Inc | $30,100 | 2 | 0% |
| South Oakland Shelter | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Gray Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Regina High School for Girls | $29,705 | 4 | n/a |
| Alternatives for Girls | $27,095 | 4 | 0% |
| Crossroads of Michigan | $26,700 | 2 | 2% |
| Detroit Athletic Club Foundation | $26,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Life Remodeled | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Missionaries of Charity Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Master Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Newman Catholic | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Regis Parish Bloomfield Hills | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Servants of Jesus of the Divine Mercy | $24,410 | 4 | n/a |
| Pregnancy Resource Center | $23,453 | 2 | 0% |
| Christ the King Parish Detroit | $21,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Corpus Christi Parish Detroit | $20,537 | 3 | n/a |
| Men of the Sacred Hearts Michigan Chapter | $20,250 | 2 | 7% |
| Regina Caeli Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| John Paul II Project Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Detroit 90 90 | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Moses the Black Parish Detroit | $17,025 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $16,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Most Holy Trinity Parish Detroit | $16,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish Plymouth | $15,784 | 2 | n/a |
| Haiti and Africa Relief Team Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Cornerstone Schools Association | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Aloysius Parish Detroit | $14,340 | 2 | n/a |
| Thomas More Law Center | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brilliant Detroit | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Christine Christian Services | $12,100 | 1 | 5% |
| The Province of St John the Baptist Of | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Gospel Center Community Development Corporation | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regina High School | $11,847 | 1 | n/a |
| The Order of Malta Pilgrimage Foundation | $11,750 | 1 | 1% |
| The Lennon Center | $11,501 | 2 | 2% |
| Orchard Lake Schools Saint Mary S Prep and Polish Institue of Cultur | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wiseblood Books Inc | $11,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Pregnancy Aid Inc of Eastern Wayne County | $10,750 | 1 | 5% |
| Ave Maria University Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pro Ecclesia Sancta of California | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Catholic Answers Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Soi Dog Foundation USA | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Paul Street Evangelization Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Corpus Christi Chapel in Naples | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phi Delta Theta Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Parish Life Services Foundation | $9,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes | $9,154 | 1 | 0% |
| The American College | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Selahs Center of Hope Inc | $8,300 | 1 | 3% |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Utg at Work | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Suzanne Code Rouge Community Resource Center | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Dynamic Catholic Institute | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gatehouse Society Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Ave Maria Communications | $6,025 | 1 | 0% |
| St Lawrence Parish Utica | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mary Catholic Central High School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith Works Michigan | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Strangers No Longer | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Archdiocese of Detroit Priests Pension Plan | $5,971 | 1 | n/a |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Beginnings Mercy House | $5,250 | 1 | 5% |
| St Leos Soup Kitchen | $5,200 | 1 | 5% |
| John Carroll University | $5,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Damascus Inc | $5,100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Catholic Foundation of Michigan supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 87 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 87.
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.
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI46.5× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Pulte Family Charitable Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation · Timothy and Sheila Patton Family Charitable Trust · Pat and Gerry Carroll Charitable Foundation · Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation · Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo Foundation · Doris J & Donald L Duchene Foundation C/O David Findling · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Peter J & Constance M Cracchiolo Fndn
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.
About Catholic Foundation of Michigan
- How much does Catholic Foundation of Michigan give?
- Catholic Foundation of Michigan reported 104 itemized grants totaling $6,517,356, out of $7,071,983 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 75 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Catholic Foundation of Michigan fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (28%), Education (22%), Philanthropy (20%).
- Who are Catholic Foundation of Michigan's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan ($3.8M), Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of Eucharist ($1.1M), University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy ($1.1M).
- Does Catholic Foundation of Michigan fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Catholic Foundation of Michigan?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Pulte Family Charitable Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation.
- Where is Catholic Foundation of Michigan based?
- Catholic Foundation of Michigan is based in MI.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home