· Private foundation
Faith in Families Foundation
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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k33 grants · $39k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $56k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $55,900 |
| BISHOP'S ANNUAL APPEAL | $6,000 |
| JOHN PAUL THE GREAT CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART | $5,000 |
| MERCY SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL LEARNING | $3,480 |
| SOPHIA INSTITUTE | $2,500 |
| FOCUS | $2,005 |
| LIVE VERTICAL | $2,000 |
| LEGATUS | $1,500 |
| DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST CECILIA CONGREGATION | $1,000 |
| INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE | $1,000 |
| CLERGY THIRD AGE CHARITABLE TRUST | $1,000 |
| CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES | $1,000 |
| THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE | $1,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN | $700 |
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 (FY17–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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 +34% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
59 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 6 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JPJohn Paul The Great Catholic University4× · 2020–2025 · $17k · revenue +9%
- SFStudents for Life of America Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $16k · revenue +176%
- TITHE INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +45%
Funded once
- FIFADE IN FADE OUT INCone grant, 2018 · $12k
- DODIOCESE OF ALLENTOWNone grant, 2021 · $6k
- ACAVODAH COLLECTIVEone grant, 2021 · $3k
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.
As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…
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)
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…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
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)
The association of catholic colleges and universities, founded in 1899, serves as the collective voice of u.s catholic higher education. through programs and services, the association strengthens and promptes the catholic identity and…
Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…
The institute's mission is to conduct research on key issues facing society to help both the church and society deal thoughtfully with the major issues they face globally. the institute also sponsors and conducts research and scholarship…
See Schedule O. See explanation for Form 990, Part I, Line 1 - Organization's Mission above.
University education grounded in the traditions and faith of the roman catholic church
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
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)
How this is measured
45 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. 45 of the 100 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 John Paul The Great Catholic University ↗
- Who funds Students for Life of America Inc ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC ↗
- Who funds THE INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds THE SOPHIA INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds DESALES UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SACRED HEART FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CATH LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS & CIVIL RIGHTS ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds UNITED HEARTS LIFE MISSION ↗
- Who funds LIVE VERTICAL INC ↗
- Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
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 Salem Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · The Topper Foundation · Capobianco Family Foundation · The A&S Giancristofaro Family Foundation Inc · Alexander and Linda Milley Foundation · John a & Mary Pollock Yanta Memorial Tr · The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation · Farrell Family Foundation · Cousineau Family Charity · David E & Mary C Gallo Foundation · The Halprin Family Foundation B
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Faith in Families Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Faith in Families Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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