Illinois · Private foundation
Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund
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.
- $139k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 63
- Grants FY2024
- 59
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $750
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 59
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 16
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 59 | $139k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 59 | $72k | 37% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $79k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $71k | 32% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $35k | 68% |
| FY2019 | 50 | $68k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $59k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 44 | $52k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas More Society | $36,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $20,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Holy Family Church | $19,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chesterton Academy Queen of Martyrs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Bishop Dudley Hospitality House | $8,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Aid for Women Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hawaii Catholic Community Foundation | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry | $6,000 | 4 | 5% |
| St Irene Catholic Church | $5,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas More Society | $36,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $20,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Holy Family Church | $19,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chesterton Academy Queen of Martyrs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Bishop Dudley Hospitality House | $8,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Aid for Women Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hawaii Catholic Community Foundation | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry | $6,000 | 4 | 5% |
| St Irene Catholic Church | $5,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bosco Catholic School System Gilbertville Iowa | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Humanitarian Service Project | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Diocese of Evansville | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Matthew 25 Ministries Inc | $4,698 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Parish | $4,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $4,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Lasalle Elementary Schools Holy Cross Ia | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Waterleaf Women's Center Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bishop Noll Institute | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mission of Our Lady of Mercy | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Drews Puzzle Piece Inc | $2,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Daughters of Divine Love Development Ministry | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Beckman Catholic High School Dyersville Iowa | $2,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Birthright Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Holy Family Parish | $2,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Patrick's Residence | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lakeshore Community Pantry | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Americans United for Life Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Church of Holy Apostles | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Elevate Pregnancy and Family Resource Center | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Rose Garden Mission Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Covington Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jackson Public Library | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Marvs Bin Food Pantry | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocori Area Food Shelf Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Go Pantry Corporation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Diocese of Covington | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Church of the Holy Trinity | $1,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Loras College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dupage Pads Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Suburban Community Pantry Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| All Saints | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Mn Life Care Center Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Christ the King Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St James Catholic Church | $1,000 | 3 | n/a |
| College of Saint Benedict | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| St Christine Christian Services | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Columbus Catholic Schools | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fishers of Men of Joliet | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Marys Catholic Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Patricks Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fire Foundation of Northeast Iowa | $500 | 1 | 2% |
| Aquinas Communications Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Connection of Sauk Centre | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cornerstone Charitable Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cana Family Institute | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Spirit Academy of Monticello | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Regis Catholic Schools Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Immaculate Heart Media Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Andrean High School | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mary School | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Night Out for Norah Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| All Saints Catholic Church Dover Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Cecilia Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska Right to Life Educational Trust | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 151 recipients with no EIN on record ($347k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund
- How much does Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund give?
- Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund reported 63 grants totaling $139,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 59 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (56%), Food & Nutrition (9%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Thomas More Society ($37k), Northern Illinois Food Bank ($21k), Holy Family Church ($19k).
- Does Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky, Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation.
- Where is Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund based?
- Catholic Order of Foresters Welfare and Relief Fund is based in IL.
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