· Private foundation
Celebrate Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k29 grants · $659k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $175k
- $250k+1 grant · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | $500,000 |
| NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER | $75,000 |
| ST IGNATIUS CHURCH | $50,000 |
| MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY | $50,000 |
| KINO BORDER INITIATIVE | $45,000 |
| THE BASIC FUND | $40,000 |
| ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL | $40,000 |
| HOMELESS PRENATAL PROGRAM | $40,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | $38,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $35,000 |
| DEAR NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES | $30,000 |
| CRISTO REY- SAN JOSE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL | $30,000 |
| THE HEALING WELL | $25,000 |
| ST ANTHONY | $25,000 |
| COME TO BELIEVE NETWORK | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $171k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
51 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 2 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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TNTHE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER PUBLISHING CO8× · 2018–2025 · $430k · revenue +24%
- KBKINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC8× · 2018–2025 · $360k · revenue +29%
Homeless Prenatal Program Inc8× · 2018–2025 · $334k · revenue +121%
Funded once
- VDVERBUM DEI MISSIONARY FRATERNITYone grant, 2021 · $66k
- RSRITA SEMEL ENDOWMENT FUNDone grant, 2021 · $50k
- OOOrder of Malta Clinic of Northern Californiaone grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -26%
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.
Cristo Rey Sacramento, rooted in the traditions of the Sisters of Mercy and the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) transforms lives by providing a Catholic, college preparatory education and professional work experience to high school students…
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)
Proclaim the gospel by embracing a monastic way of life in the spirit of st. benedict and scholastica, the norms of the federation of st. gertrude, and our monastic norms.we are a vibrant community choosing to make a positive difference in…
Catholic charities creates access to opportunities for self-sufficiency by providing innovative and compassionate services to people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures.
To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.
San Francisco Network Ministries Housing Corporation works to empower and support women who are experiencing housing instability and sexual exploitation or trafficking, by creating survivor-centered spaces, services advocacy and community…
The Organization offers transitional housing to Latin American immigrants. Its ministry is based on the practice of solidarity with the poor and disenfranchised.
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)
St. vincent's is dedicated to strengthening low-income families and seniors through programs rooted in the social teachings of the catholic church. faithful to the charism of the daughters of charity of st. vincent de paul, we serve our…
The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.
Establish communities for discernment of Catholic vocations, particularly those to the Priesthood and Religious Life.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 74 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.
- Who funds University of San Francisco ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER PUBLISHING CO ↗
- Who funds KINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds Homeless Prenatal Program Inc ↗
- Who funds CRISTO REY SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE BASIC FUND ↗
- Who funds HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME ↗
- Who funds Catholic Care Center Inc ↗
- Who funds Oakland Elizabeth House ↗
- Who funds DEAR NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds TALLER SAN JOSE HOPE BUILDERS ↗
- Who funds COME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HENRI NOUWEN SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WESTERN STATES FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties ↗
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: The Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Outrageous Foundation Inc · Trust Funds Incorporated · Janet and Clint Reilly Family Foundation · Odell Rs & Hp Fund Tua-Main · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Sovereign Military Order of Malta Western Association-Usa · The William G Irwin Charity Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Celebrate Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Celebrate Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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