Alabama · Public charity
Eternal Word Television Network Inc
Ewtn global catholic network operates television, radio, and internet media networks from a catholic perspective, producing original programming, inspiring talk shows, entertaining children's animation, exclusive teaching series, live coverage of church events, and thought-provoking documentaries.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $289,444
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $102M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations Eternal Word Television Network Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $1.0M | 7% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $1.1M | 26% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $2.8M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $4.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $1.7M | 22% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $564k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $592k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $562k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ewtn News Inc | $6,912,350 | 5 | 16% |
| Our Lady of the Angels Monastery | $2,363,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word a Public Clerical | $1,903,974 | 8 | n/a |
| National Eucharistic Congress Inc | $499,999 | 3 | 2% |
| Catholic Distance University | $93,588 | 7 | 1% |
| Our Lady of Solitude Monastery Inc | $93,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Young Catholic Professionals | $87,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Religious Freedom Institute Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 1% |
| American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the US | $66,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Becket Fund | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ewtn News Inc | $6,912,350 | 5 | 16% |
| Our Lady of the Angels Monastery | $2,363,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word a Public Clerical | $1,903,974 | 8 | n/a |
| National Eucharistic Congress Inc | $499,999 | 3 | 2% |
| Catholic Distance University | $93,588 | 7 | 1% |
| Our Lady of Solitude Monastery Inc | $93,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Young Catholic Professionals | $87,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Religious Freedom Institute Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 1% |
| American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the US | $66,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Becket Fund | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Paul Center for Biblical Theology | $51,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Napa Institute Legal Foundation | $49,750 | 3 | 5% |
| Susan B Anthony List Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Her Choice Birmingham Inc | $38,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Archdiocese for the Military Services USA | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tepeyac Leadership Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
| La Promesa Foundation | $27,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Legatus | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Bethlehem University Foundation Inc | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Information Center | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| March for Life Education & Defense Fund | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada Inc | $15,750 | 1 | 2% |
| Word on Fire Catholic Ministries | $13,415 | 1 | 0% |
| Live Action | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Catholic University of America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Susan B Anthony List Education Fund | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Leadership Conference | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Eternal Word Television Network Inc 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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About Eternal Word Television Network Inc
- How much does Eternal Word Television Network Inc give?
- Eternal Word Television Network Inc reported 15 itemized grants totaling $1,008,286, out of $2,631,708 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Eternal Word Television Network Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (96%), Education (2%), Civil Rights (1%).
- Who are Eternal Word Television Network Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Ewtn News Inc ($6.9M), Our Lady of the Angels Monastery ($2.4M), Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word a Public Clerical ($1.9M).
- Does Eternal Word Television Network Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Eternal Word Television Network Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Our Sunday Visitor Inc, Knights of Columbus, Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc.
- Where is Eternal Word Television Network Inc based?
- Eternal Word Television Network Inc is based in AL.
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