· Public charity
Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation
Exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and literary purposes, including, but not limited to, providing scholarships, grants, or other aid to needy students of irish heritage who are u.s.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k41 grants · $246k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DEPAUL UNIVERSITY | $12,500 |
| YOUNG IRISH FELLOWSHIP CLUB OF CHICAGO CHARITIES | $10,000 |
| LEO HIGH SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| DE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS | $6,000 |
| ST IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| ST PATRICK HIGH SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| BENET ACADEMY | $6,000 |
| DEPAUL COLLEGE PREP | $6,000 |
| OUR LADY OF TEPEYAC | $6,000 |
| MISERICORDIA HOME | $6,000 |
| CHESTERTON ACADEMY OF HOLY FAMILY | $6,000 |
| NORTHRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| NAZARETH ACADEMY | $6,000 |
| TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| ST RITA HIGH SCHOOL | $6,000 |
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 (FY24–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
41 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WAWillows Academy6× · 2019–2024 · $36k · revenue +39%
- NPNorthridge Preparatory School Inc6× · 2019–2024 · $36k · revenue +69%
- CACHESTERTON ACADEMY OF THE HOLY FAMI2× · 2023–2024 · $12k · revenue +15%
Funded once
- SFST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2022 · $6k
- GCGUERIN COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2019 · $6k
- DDDANNY DID FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue +17%
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.
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…
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)
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 mission of madonna university, a catholic and franciscan institution of higher learning, is to instill in its students christain humanistic values, intellectual inquiry, a respect for university and a committment to serving others…
St. Peter Catholic High School empowers students to be models of faith through Catholic spiritual formation, while providing a creative and comprehensive education in career and technical pathways.
An education with a rigorous classical curriculum taught through the lens of the Catholic faith.
Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…
Mount marty university, an academic community in the catholic benedictine liberal arts tradition, prepares students for a contemporary world of work, service to the human community, and personal growth. the institution is a private,…
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
John paul ii catholic high school forms students of faith, knowledge, and service through education and development of person in mind, body, and spirit.
Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…
Dominican University provides instruction to students seeking an Associates, Undergraduate or Graduate degree (some doctorate and certificates), and administers all of its programs without discrimination of race, color, gender, religion,…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 46 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.
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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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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