· 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.
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.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $134k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $297k
- $250k+2 grants · $564k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF THE ETERNAL WORD | $289,444 |
| OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS MONASTERY | $275,000 |
| EWTN NEWS INC | $151,010 |
| NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS | $145,832 |
| YOUNG CATHOLIC PROFESSIONAL | $31,500 |
| PONTIFICAL NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE | $26,500 |
| NATIONAL CATHOLIC PRAYER BREAKFAST | $15,000 |
| OUR LADY OF SOLITUDE MONASTERY | $11,000 |
| RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| SBA PRO LIFE AMERICA | $10,000 |
| MARCH FOR LIFE EDUCATION & DEFENSE FUND | $10,000 |
| ARCHDIOCESE FOR THE MILITARY SERVICES USA | $10,000 |
| TEPEYAC LEADERSHIP | $10,000 |
| NAPA LEGAL INSTITUTE | $7,500 |
| HER CHOICE | $5,500 |
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 (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% 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
Which US states its grants reach
Grants abroad, by region: $1.4M on the FY2025 return
Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.
Stated purpose: PROGRAM SERVICES · FOR SUPPORT OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANY IN GERMANY
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 +63% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 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; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ENEWTN NEWS INC5× · 2021–2025 · $6.9M · revenue +34%
- NENATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS INC3× · 2023–2025 · $500k · revenue +223%
- CDCATHOLIC DISTANCE UNIVERSITY7× · 2018–2024 · $94k · revenue +114%
Funded once
- LLegatusone grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
- CPCATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA INCone grant, 2023 · $16k · revenue +14%
- WOWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIESone grant, 2024 · $13k · revenue +14%
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.
The Paulist Press was founded to provide Catholic literature and resources for the the religious use of parishes, institutions, individuals and other religious bodies to further the educational and mission goals of the Christian faith and…
The International Catholic Jurists Forum (ICJF) was established to produce, compile, and share resources on fundamental human rights under attack in the regional and international human rights protection systems. It operates as a forum for…
Collegium Institute is a Catholic intellectual apostolate that fosters the Catholic intellectual tradition within the University of Pennsylvania community and within the greater region and secular academia. (Continued on Sch. O)
To equip dedicated Christians in public office with faith formation expert education and a global network of peers and friends
The Society for Catholic Liturgy is a multidisciplinary association of Catholic scholars, teachers, pastors, and professionals - including architects and musicians - in the Anglophone world. Founded in 1995, the non-profit Society is…
Keep the faith is a catholic lay apostolate devoted to assist in the dissemanation of good catholic doctrine
To inform, instruct and inspire people through the media about the sacred scriptures and teachings of the roman catholic church
Ncr connects catholics to church, faith and the common good with independent news, analysis and spiritual reflection.
The organization's mission is to promote Roman Catholic ideals and values through and examination of the issues of the day. The magazine is published ten times per year in print and electronic form.
To make the catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the culture of universities. to enrich academic communities at the university of chicago, across the nation, and the world with the insights of catholic thought. to dialogue with…
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 28 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 EWTN NEWS INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC DISTANCE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Young Catholic Professionals ↗
- Who funds RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds The Becket Fund ↗
- Who funds ST PAUL CENTER FOR BIBLICAL THEOLOGY ↗
- Who funds NAPA INSTITUTE LEGAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Susan B Anthony List Inc ↗
- Who funds Her Choice Birmingham Inc ↗
- Who funds TEPEYAC LEADERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds LA PROMESA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Legatus ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CATHOLIC PRAYER BREAKFAST INC ↗
- Who funds MARCH FOR LIFE EDUCATION & DEFENSE FUND ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA INC ↗
- Who funds WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds LIVE ACTION ↗
- Who funds THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds Susan B Anthony List Education Fund ↗
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: Our Sunday Visitor Inc · Knights of Columbus · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · The Halprin Family Foundation B · Knights of Columbus Charities Inc · The Catholic Association Foundation · John a & Mary Pollock Yanta Memorial Tr · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Ben & Mary Doskocil Family Foundatio · Napa Institute Foundation · Koch Foundation Inc · Strake Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Eternal Word Television Network Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eternal Word Television Network Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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