· Public charity
Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (Cscoe)
The CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (CSCOE) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 2015 to assist catholic preschools and kindergarten through eighth grade elementary and middle schools in their quest to achieve excellence and increase enrollment.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k128 grants · $2.8M
- $50k–250k25 grants · $2.0M
- $250k+3 grants · $2.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GROVES ACADEMY | $836,855 |
| PHOENIX SCHOOL COUNCELING | $629,225 |
| BLUUM | $485,241 |
| SAINT JEROME CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $142,850 |
| MATERNITY OF MARY-ST ANDREW CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $129,150 |
| SAINT JOHN SCHOOL OF LITTLE CANADA | $116,500 |
| SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY | $103,803 |
| URBAN WILDERNESS | $100,000 |
| LEXIA LEARNING SYSTEMS LLC | $91,073 |
| COTTER SCHOOLS - SAINT TERESA'S CAMPUS | $90,123 |
| COMMUNITY OF SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $82,010 |
| BLESSED TRINITY SCHOOL | $81,649 |
| IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $80,810 |
| SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $75,000 |
| RISEN CHRIST CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $74,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 76% of its 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.
156 repeat relationships: 146 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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 FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AMAVE MARIA ACADEMY9× · 2017–2025 · $318k · revenue +23%
- UOUniversity of St Thomas4× · 2018–2025 · $210k · revenue +47%
- CSCOTTER SCHOOLS3× · 2022–2025 · $128k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- UCUNITED CHRISTIAN ACADEMYgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $238k · revenue +128%
- COCHURCH OF ST JOSEPHone grant, 2017 · $17k
- CRCRISTO REYone grant, 2023 · $15k
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.
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.
Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…
University education grounded in the traditions and faith of the roman catholic church
Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.
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)
Liberty classical academy is an independent private school offering college-preparatory academics and christian faith in the classical tradition for minneapolis-st. paul students in preschool and kindergarten through the 12th grade.
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…
A coeducational episcopal day school, preschool through eighth grade, for students of all faiths.
St. Peter Catholic High School empowers students to be models of faith through Catholic spiritual formation, while providing a creative and comprehensive education in career and technical pathways.
To operate a private school for age 3 through eighth grade students.
Guided by Christian faith, St. Therese Academy guides students with Montessori, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and classical principles to live out the gospel message, achieve academic excellence, and joyfulluy lead by faith, virtue and…
Columbia christian schools seeks to provide a christ-centered education focused on excellence in faith, character and academics to students in preschool through 12th grade.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 173 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.
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: Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Two Eagles Foundation Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Think Small · The K Foundation · United Way Worldwide · St Agnes Catholic Education Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Communitygiving · Healey Education Foundation Inc · GHR Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (Cscoe) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (Cscoe). Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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