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I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$15M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
22
Organizations funded FY2023
41%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,500,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 24
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$411M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 41% of the organizations I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving35$14M66%
FY202322$9.9M41%
FY202224$12Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$13MReligion$12MEducation$7.7MHousing & Shelter$5.7MHealth$4.2MInternational$3.0MArts & Culture$1.0MPhilanthropy$550kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
IN
OH
PA
UT
MD
DC
OK
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Project Home$5,662,90033%
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary$5,000,0003n/a
Franciscan University of Steubenville$3,500,00012%
Sister of Mary Boystown and Girlstown Inc$3,000,00036%
Independence Mission Schools$2,000,00023%
Congregation of Holy Cross United States Province Inc$2,000,0003n/a
Friends of Univ of Notre Dame$1,000,000113%
Lodigiano Film Development Inc$1,000,000114%
L C Pastoral Services Inc$600,0001n/a
The Becket Fund$500,00013%
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All grantees of I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Project Home$5,662,90033%
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary$5,000,0003n/a
Franciscan University of Steubenville$3,500,00012%
Sister of Mary Boystown and Girlstown Inc$3,000,00036%
Independence Mission Schools$2,000,00023%
Congregation of Holy Cross United States Province Inc$2,000,0003n/a
Friends of Univ of Notre Dame$1,000,000113%
Lodigiano Film Development Inc$1,000,000114%
L C Pastoral Services Inc$600,0001n/a
The Becket Fund$500,00013%
Caring for Friends$500,00032%
Broad Street Ministry$450,00034%
The Papal Foundation$350,0001n/a
Ehlers-Danlos Society$222,09414%
Cristo Rey Network$200,00011%
Catholic Leadership Institute$190,44521%
University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc$150,00010%
Live Vertical Inc$100,000113%
National Eucharistic Congress Inc$100,00013%
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Inc$100,0001n/a
Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus$75,0002n/a
Thomas Jefferson University$50,00010%
Complex Disorders Alliance Inc$50,000126%
Our House Ministries Inc$50,000121%
For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation$25,00011%
Corporacion la Fondita de Jesus$15,00020%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$10,00010%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$9,00020%
Vivisway$5,0001n/a
The Rock School for Dance Education$5,00010%
Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association$5,00010%
Delaware County Advocacy & Resource Organization$3,50011%
Association of Notre Dame Clubs Inc - Philadelphia$2,08012%
Thomas More Society$2,00010%
LuMind IDSC Foundation$1,02310%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetProject Home: $5,662,900 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetFranciscan University of Steubenville: $3,500,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSister of Mary Boystown and Girlstown Inc: $3,000,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetIndependence Mission Schools: $2,000,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFriends of Univ of Notre Dame: $1,000,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetLodigiano Film Development Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe Becket Fund: $500,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCaring for Friends: $500,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetBroad Street Ministry: $450,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetEhlers-Danlos Society: $222,094 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCristo Rey Network: $200,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCatholic Leadership Institute: $190,445 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetUniversity of Oklahoma Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLive Vertical Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetNational Eucharistic Congress Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetThomas Jefferson University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetComplex Disorders Alliance Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetOur House Ministries Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetFor Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCorporacion la Fondita de Jesus: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rock School for Dance Education: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDelaware County Advocacy & Resource Organization: $3,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAssociation of Notre Dame Clubs Inc - Philadelphia: $2,080 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThomas More Society: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLuMind IDSC Foundation: $1,023 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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.

Connelly FoundationPA17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Connelly Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Kmj Family Foundation · The Catholic Foundation of Greater Phila · Raynier Institute & Foundation · The Catholic Foundation No Colorado · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation

How much does I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation give?
I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $14,991,207 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 24 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (26%), Religion (24%), Education (16%).
Who are I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Project Home ($5.7M), Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary ($5.0M), Franciscan University of Steubenville ($3.5M).
Does I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Connelly Foundation, The Bessemer Giving Fund, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
Where is I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation based?
I Am Mercy Foundation A/K/A I Am the Vine Foundation is based in PA.

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 58 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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