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Center of Theological Inquiry

The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution with an international visiting scholar program which convenes researchers in an ideal setting for interdisciplinary inquiries where theology casts light on global concerns, and share our findings to inform public thinking.

$640k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
5
Itemized grants FY2025
2
Organizations funded FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$280k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$60,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$60,000
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$26M
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Education$180kHealth$80kReligion$60k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Shepherd Center Inc$79,86020%
Depaul University$60,00010%
Brite Divinity School$60,00020%
Murray State University$60,0001n/a
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame$60,00010%

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About Center of Theological Inquiry

How much does Center of Theological Inquiry give?
Center of Theological Inquiry reported 5 itemized grants totaling $279,930, out of $639,672 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Center of Theological Inquiry fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (56%), Health (25%), Religion (19%).
Who are Center of Theological Inquiry's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Shepherd Center Inc ($80k), Depaul University ($60k), Brite Divinity School ($60k).
Where is Center of Theological Inquiry based?
Center of Theological Inquiry is based in NJ.

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 5 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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