Minnesota · Public charity
Catholic United Financial Foundation
The foundation, inspired by the gospel of jesus christ, serves the members, employees, and friends of catholic united financial, a not-for-profit fraternal benefit association, by:- being accountable to our donors and faithful to our church's mission,- supporting catholic schools and parishes with technology and chastity education…
- $7.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 83
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $5.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,125,903
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 56
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 17
- Total assets, FY2024
- $42M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Catholic United Financial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.6M 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 | 81 | $5.3M | 73% |
| FY2023 | 56 | $9.8M | 75% |
| FY2022 | 49 | $3.1M | 84% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $2.4M | 79% |
| FY2019 | 48 | $1.8M | 92% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $1.1M | 68% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $674k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Foundation | $513,052 | 3 | n/a |
| Immaculate Conception Church | $325,184 | 2 | n/a |
| St Edwards Church | $203,711 | 1 | n/a |
| Dunrovin Christian Brothers Retreat Center | $174,052 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Joseph the Worker Church of Mankato | $165,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Church of Christ Our Light of Princeton-Zimmerman | $162,667 | 3 | n/a |
| Church of St Ann | $156,572 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the Sacred Heart of Jesus Haitian Miss | $135,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Holy Family Church of Lake Crystal | $112,557 | 1 | n/a |
| St Johns Catholic Church | $110,243 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 59 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Foundation | $513,052 | 3 | n/a |
| Immaculate Conception Church | $325,184 | 2 | n/a |
| St Edwards Church | $203,711 | 1 | n/a |
| Dunrovin Christian Brothers Retreat Center | $174,052 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Joseph the Worker Church of Mankato | $165,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Church of Christ Our Light of Princeton-Zimmerman | $162,667 | 3 | n/a |
| Church of St Ann | $156,572 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the Sacred Heart of Jesus Haitian Miss | $135,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Holy Family Church of Lake Crystal | $112,557 | 1 | n/a |
| St Johns Catholic Church | $110,243 | 1 | n/a |
| The St Michael Foundation | $103,921 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc | $83,947 | 2 | 0% |
| St Bernards Church | $75,143 | 1 | n/a |
| Immaculate Conception Church of Pine City | $70,622 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $69,069 | 3 | n/a |
| Stella Maris Academy | $52,945 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of St Pauls | $51,342 | 1 | n/a |
| St Philips Catholic Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aid to the Church in Need Inc | $49,214 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Church | $46,717 | 1 | n/a |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $37,909 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | $32,809 | 1 | n/a |
| All Saints Catholic Church | $30,640 | 2 | n/a |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $30,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor of St Paul | $28,439 | 3 | 0% |
| Church of St Mary | $24,200 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $21,375 | 1 | 0% |
| Risen Savior Missions | $21,200 | 1 | 8% |
| Gardening World Wide | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Smile Train Inc | $20,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Appalachian Project Inc | $20,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Stoves for Guatemala | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Church of St Joseph | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of St Vincent de Paul | $17,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Working Capital for Community Needs Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Joseph Catholic Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Saint Paul Seminary | $14,802 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Sisters of The Poor | $13,731 | 2 | 0% |
| Church of St Mary of Bird Island | $13,110 | 2 | n/a |
| Covenant House | $12,965 | 1 | 0% |
| The Church of the Sacred Heart of Heron Lake Minnesota | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Margaret Mary | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Womens Care Center | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Vail Place | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Mary Mission & School of Red Lake | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order | $9,547 | 1 | n/a |
| Fathers of St Edmund Southern Missions Inc | $9,456 | 1 | n/a |
| Oglala Lakota College | $9,455 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Lady of Peace | $9,455 | 1 | 0% |
| Home and Community Options Inc | $7,369 | 1 | 0% |
| Church of St Michael | $7,267 | 1 | n/a |
| The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson Our Faith Our Hope Our Futu | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mary Mother of God Mission Society | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Diocese of St Cloud | $5,424 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 186 recipients with no EIN on record ($21M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Catholic United Financial Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (Cscoe) · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · American Gift Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Greater Horizons · Xcel Energy Foundation · United Way Worldwide · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About Catholic United Financial Foundation
- How much does Catholic United Financial Foundation give?
- Catholic United Financial Foundation reported 83 itemized grants totaling $5,261,949, out of $7,215,936 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Catholic United Financial Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (79%), Philanthropy (7%), Membership Benefit (5%).
- Who are Catholic United Financial Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Catholic Foundation ($513k), Immaculate Conception Church ($325k), St Edwards Church ($204k).
- Does Catholic United Financial Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Catholic United Financial Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota, Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (Cscoe), The US Charitable Gift Trust.
- Where is Catholic United Financial Foundation based?
- Catholic United Financial Foundation is based in MN.
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