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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 FY2024still arriving
104
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 104 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 104 grants below total $6,517,356, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,071,983 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $554,627 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $103k
  • $10k–50k61 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+6 grants · $3.1M
$25,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$54M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN$1,000,000
Individual grant recipient$563,790
MARY'S MANTLE$501,300
INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN$416,867
LIVINGSTON COUNTY CATHOLIC CHARITIES$306,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN$276,300
THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF LANSING$241,000
HOLY CROSS MISSION CENTER$207,500
GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$165,000
FOOD FOR THE POOR INC$150,000
AUSTIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$146,495
ST PAUL ON THE LAKE CATHOLIC CHURCH$120,000
ST JOHN FISHER CHAPEL UNIVERSITY PARISH$104,444
FATHER GABRIEL RICHARD HIGH SCHOOL$100,000
STE ANNE DE DETROIT$79,969
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%NEW BEGINNINGS MERCY HOUSE: $5k → 10%SELAH'S CENTER OF HOPE: $8k → 10%LIVINGSTON COUNTY CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $306k → 5%LIVINGSTON COUNTY CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $6k → 5%HART: $15k → 10%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $76k → 21%KIDS ON THE GO: $13k → 10%KIDS ON THE GO: $6k → 10%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $58k → 21%KIDS ON THE GO: $6k → 10%KIDS ON THE GO: $6k → 10%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $38k → 21%HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $50k → 8%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $23k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $21k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $17k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $16k → 21%PREGNANCY AID: $11k → 10%CHRIST CHILD HOUSE OF DETROIT: $40k → 21%CHRIST CHILD HOUSE OF DETROIT: $30k → 21%BETTER WAY DETROIT: $40k → 21%CHRIST CHILD HOUSE OF DETROIT: $30k → 21%CHRIST CHILD HOUSE OF DETROIT: $25k → 21%ANGELS' PLACE: $28k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $25k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $17k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $16k → 8%CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF DETROIT: $10k → 21%ST SUZANNE CODY ROUGE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 21%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DETROIT: $44k → 21%ST VINCENT DE PAUL DETROIT: $14k → 21%ST VINCENT DE PAUL DETROIT: $13k → 21%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
WI
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
MD
AZ
GA
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 96 repeat orgs$4.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

96 repeat relationships: 64 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

96
56

Total granted

$19M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+14%

Still filing today

43%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M 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 ServicesEducationReligionHealthHousing & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3.8M · revenue +15%
  • IS
    INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN
    5× · 2019–2024 · $811k · revenue +6%
  • MM
    MARY'S MANTLE
    2× · 2022–2024 · $507k · revenue +22% · 48% of their budget

Funded once

  • CC
    CROSS CATHOLIC OUTREACH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • MO
    MONASTERY OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
    one grant, 2022 · $200k
  • EA
    East African Children's Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $90k · revenue +850% · 34% of their budget
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
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.

Religion
2
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…

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3
Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan

Compelled by the love and teachings of jesus christ, catholic charities of southeast michigan provides compassionate, quality, professional services and support to people in need.

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4
Catholic Human Services Inc

Catholic human services inc. enhances the lives of those we serve by providing hope-filled social, emotional and spiritual support to all people.

Human Services
5
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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6
Newman University Inc

We are a catholic university named for saint john henry newman and founded by the adorers of the blood of christ for the purpose of empowering graduates to transform society. our core values (see schedule o for continuation)

Education
7
Foundation for Catholic Secondary Education of Greater Grand Rapids Inc

The foundation for catholic secondary education exists to financially support education programs of catholic central high school and west catholic high through tuition assistance, faculty enhancement and program/facilities

Education
8
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

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)

Education
9
Marquette University

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.

Education
10
St Francis Home of Saginaw

Skilled nursing care for the elderly.

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11
Catholic Biblical School of Michigan Ltd

The school provides scripture classes from a Roman Catholic prospective.

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12
Desales University

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.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Right to Life of Michigan Educ Fund; the most unlike its peers is Strangers No Longer. 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

93 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 93 of the 186 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/93
Grantees still filing
63/93
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $3,846,851 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGANDOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY MOTHER OF EUCHARIST: $1,140,300 · OtherDOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY MOTHER OF EUCHARISTUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL AND ACADEMY: $1,082,850 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL AND ACADEMYARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT: $1,048,070 · OtherARCHDIOCESE OF DETROITCATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWESTERN MICH: $1,000,000 · OtherCATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHSTE ANNE BASILICA PARISH DE DETROIT: $709,969 · Other+120 more: $8,837,028 · Other+120 moreMARY'S MANTLE: $507,150 · Human ServicesLIVINGSTON COUNTY CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $311,500 · Human ServicesPOPE FRANCIS CENTER: $246,760 · Human ServicesTHE CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF DETROIT: $134,610 · Human ServicesANGELS' PLACE: $86,200 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT: $71,938 · Human Services+11 more: $225,250 · Human ServicesFriends of Chesterton Academy of Detroit: $175,034 · EducationEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $155,000 · EducationTHE NEW COMMON SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $132,500 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $130,000 · EducationBEYOND BASICS: $101,000 · EducationURBAN HOPE INC: $100,000 · EducationWestside Christian Academy: $85,200 · EducationOakland University Foundation: $67,153 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $60,000 · Education+8 more: $139,236 · EducationINTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN: $811,236 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $150,000 · InternationalEast African Children's Fund: $90,000 · InternationalSCHOOL OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · InternationalHENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION: $236,800 · HealthDAMES AND KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF MALTA MEDICAL AND DENTAL CLINIC OF: $215,500 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $98,560 · HealthTRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION: $50,000 · HealthGUEST HOUSE INC: $35,024 · Health+1 more: $11,501 · HealthACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission: $357,750 · ReligionCATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $152,000 · ReligionWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES: $60,000 · ReligionCHRIST MEDICUS FOUNDATION: $55,000 · ReligionFRIENDS OF THE MASTER INC: $25,000 · Religion+8 more: $86,625 · ReligionGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $165,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $5,200 · Food & Nutrition
Other$17,665,068Human Services$1,583,408Education$1,145,123International$1,091,236Health$747,385Religion$736,375Food & Nutrition$170,200

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 budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $3,846,851 over 3y, 24% of budgetCATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWESTERN MICH: $1,000,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN: $811,236 over 5y, 14% of budgetMARY'S MANTLE: $507,150 over 2y, 48% of budgetACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission: $357,750 over 3y, 12% of budgetLIVINGSTON COUNTY CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $311,500 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetPOPE FRANCIS CENTER: $246,760 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION: $236,800 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetDAMES AND KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF MALTA MEDICAL AND DENTAL CLINIC OF: $215,500 over 2y, 38% of budgetFriends of Chesterton Academy of Detroit: $175,034 over 3y, 20% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $165,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCABRINI CLINIC: $162,423 over 2y, 18% of budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $152,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF DETROIT: $134,610 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NEW COMMON SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $132,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $130,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRACQUET UP DETROIT: $110,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetST LOUIS CENTER: $104,570 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBEYOND BASICS: $101,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN HOPE INC: $100,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $98,560 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHREE PILLARS AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER: $92,265 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEast African Children's Fund: $90,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetANGELS' PLACE: $86,200 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWestside Christian Academy: $85,200 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON: $85,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT: $71,938 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES: $60,000 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST MEDICUS FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLIFE DIRECTIONS: $50,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetSCHOOL OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBETTER WAY DETROIT: $40,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetRIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN EDUC FUND: $37,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLADIES OF CHARITY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL OAKLAND COUNTY ASSOCIATION: $37,400 over 1y, 21% of budgetGUEST HOUSE INC: $35,024 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD GATHERERS: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMadonna University: $33,636 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS ON THE GO: $31,050 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $31,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHOLY CROSS SERVICES INC: $30,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH OAKLAND SHELTER: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWESTERN MICH ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN ↗
  • Who funds MARY'S MANTLE ↗
  • Who funds ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission ↗
  • Who funds LIVINGSTON COUNTY CATHOLIC CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds POPE FRANCIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DAMES AND KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF MALTA MEDICAL AND DENTAL CLINIC OF ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Chesterton Academy of Detroit ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds CABRINI CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW COMMON SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗

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 …Pulte Family Charitab…DTE Energy FoundationUnited Way for Southe…John D & Jean E Dinan…Timothy and Sheila Pa…Pat and Gerry Carroll…Thomas and Carol Crac…Raymond M & Jane E Cr…Doris J & Donald L Du…University of Notre D…Peter J & Constance M…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Catholic Foundation of Michigan funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catholic Foundation of Michigan. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Ave Maria University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 186 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 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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