Connecticut · Public charity
Knights of Columbus
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS is a catholic fraternal organization dedicated to promoting and conducting educational, charitable, religious and social welfare works, rendering mutual aid and assistance to sick and needy members and their families and providing insurance products and annuities to benefit members, wives and children.
- $33M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 56
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 61
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $23M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,900,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 52 to 81
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 18
- Total assets, FY2024
- $31.2B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Knights of Columbus funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationCivil RightsHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 54 | $23M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 61 | $25M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 59 | $19M | 24% |
| FY2021 | 55 | $16M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 52 | $21M | 15% |
| FY2019 | 73 | $24M | 36% |
| FY2018 | 72 | $25M | 33% |
| FY2017 | 81 | $26M | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Religion$98MCommunity Improvement$38MCivil Rights$14MArts & Culture$14MHealth$6.0MEducation$2.1MRecreation & Sports$1.6MHuman Services$1.4MOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
AK
NH
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Paul II Shrine and Institute Inc | $83,611,589 | 8 | 90% |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | $13,786,707 | 8 | 21% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $12,917,050 | 8 | n/a |
| The Knights of Columbus Museum Inc | $11,950,000 | 8 | 98% |
| Knights of Columbus Charities USA Inc | $9,291,346 | 8 | 53% |
| March for Life Education & Defense Fund | $5,502,900 | 8 | 39% |
| The Becket Fund | $2,530,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Blessed Michael McGivney Parish Corporation | $2,329,875 | 4 | n/a |
| Religious Freedom Institute Inc | $2,075,000 | 7 | 22% |
| The Connecticut Catholic Foundation Inc | $2,000,000 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 189 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Paul II Shrine and Institute Inc | $83,611,589 | 8 | 90% |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | $13,786,707 | 8 | 21% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $12,917,050 | 8 | n/a |
| The Knights of Columbus Museum Inc | $11,950,000 | 8 | 98% |
| Knights of Columbus Charities USA Inc | $9,291,346 | 8 | 53% |
| March for Life Education & Defense Fund | $5,502,900 | 8 | 39% |
| The Becket Fund | $2,530,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Blessed Michael McGivney Parish Corporation | $2,329,875 | 4 | n/a |
| Religious Freedom Institute Inc | $2,075,000 | 7 | 22% |
| The Connecticut Catholic Foundation Inc | $2,000,000 | 4 | n/a |
| National Catholic Bioethics Center | $1,798,379 | 8 | n/a |
| Family Institute of Connecticut Inc | $1,331,000 | 8 | 42% |
| Basilica National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception | $1,304,717 | 8 | n/a |
| Paradisus Dei Inc | $1,250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal Inc | $1,200,000 | 5 | 67% |
| National Center on Sexual Exploitation | $1,150,000 | 8 | 12% |
| American Wheelchair Foundation | $1,050,000 | 4 | 23% |
| Archdiocese of Baltimore Chancery Inc | $1,025,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Conservative Agenda for America | $1,000,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc | $855,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $810,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Catholic Partnership on Disability | $725,000 | 5 | n/a |
| National Life Center Inc | $700,000 | 8 | 50% |
| Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious | $653,500 | 6 | n/a |
| California Catholic Conference Inc | $550,000 | 2 | 22% |
| The Alfred E Smith Memorial Foundation | $520,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Florida Voters Against Extremism Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $500,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cardinal Edward M Egan Pavilion of the St John Vianney Clergy Residence | $488,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation | $479,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of Kansas City | $450,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Do No Harm | $450,000 | 4 | 100% |
| National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Inc | $437,700 | 5 | 41% |
| Sisters of the Company of the Saviour | $391,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Given Institute Inc | $350,000 | 4 | 24% |
| Catholic Information Center | $320,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Archdiocese for the Military Services USA | $293,817 | 8 | n/a |
| Diocese of Gallup | $275,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Foundation for the Promotion of Evangelizing Catechesis Inc | $243,500 | 2 | 100% |
| Sister Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Foundation | $240,000 | 6 | 27% |
| Sophia Institute | $235,000 | 2 | 2% |
| American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the US | $230,857 | 8 | n/a |
| Sisters of Life | $226,199 | 7 | n/a |
| Creighton University | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Life Athletes Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 87% |
| Institute on Religious Life Inc | $215,000 | 4 | 33% |
| March for Life Action | $200,140 | 4 | 43% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Heartbeat International Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Roman Catholic Bishop of Louisville | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Right to Life of Michigan | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Nogforsd | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Human Life Foundation Inc | $181,400 | 8 | 9% |
| Family Institute of Connecticut Action Inc | $176,000 | 6 | 69% |
| St Catherine Center for Special Needs Inc | $175,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Life Is Sacred | $167,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $166,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Be Not Afraid Inc | $165,000 | 3 | 36% |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | $159,990 | 1 | 0% |
| Magis Center of Reason and Faith | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Luke Institute Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Athletes for Christ | $142,500 | 5 | 20% |
| Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs Conference Inc | $142,500 | 2 | 13% |
| Diva Communications Inc | $141,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Susan B Anthony Foundation | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Path to Peace Foundation | $125,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor Incorporated | $119,500 | 6 | 1% |
| St Marys Church | $110,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ in the City | $110,000 | 2 | 3% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $105,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Dominican House of Studies | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mater Salvatoris College Preparatory School Inc | $100,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Childrens Works Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 48% |
| Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Pastoral Office | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Steno Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 45% |
| Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (Cscoe) | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | $100,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Diocese of El Paso Pastoral Center | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Columbus Heritage Coalition Inc | $80,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Papal Foundation | $76,618 | 2 | n/a |
| Chiaroscuro Institute Inc | $76,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Asociacion Nacional de Sacerdotes Hispanos | $75,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Metanoia | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Natl Catholic Office of the Deaf | $75,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Windrider Institute Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Market New Haven Inc | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Foundation for the Advancement of Catholic Schools | $59,100 | 5 | 2% |
| Waterfront Promotional | $51,225 | 1 | n/a |
| McC Social Advocacy Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franciscan Monastery USA Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Diocese of Rapid City Sd | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Laredo | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut Professional Tennis LLC | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Josephs Society Josephite Fathers United States Catholic Con | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Christopher Columbus Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 82% |
| Catholic Education Partners Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Catholic Diocese of Peoria | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Diocese of Richmond | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbian Charities of Mo Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| St Rose of Lima School Inc | $48,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of the Catholic Cathedral Church of Baltimore | $47,720 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Knights of Columbus Puerto Rico State Council | $44,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson Our Faith Our Hope Our Futu | $41,200 | 1 | n/a |
| International Dominican Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| John Carroll Society | $38,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Mother Teresa of Calcutta Center | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Sacred Heart University Incorporated | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Francis Mission Foundation | $28,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Home | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Pio Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Medical Association | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Office for Post Abortion Reconciliation and Healing Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ukranian Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Diocese of Arlington | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Distance University | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Aid for Women Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The National Gianna Center for Women's Health and Fertility Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| St Cecilia Congregation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Paul Evangelization Society | $25,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Choose Life at Yale | $24,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Inc | $20,500 | 2 | n/a |
| National Columbus Education Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Catholic Roundtable Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The William J Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Albertus Magnus College | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Knights of Columbus | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Farnam Neighborhood House Inc | $19,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Catholic Spiritual Family the Workinc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Assumption of the Bvm Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Deliverance Syriac Catholic Diocese | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Diocese of Camden New Jersey | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley of Our Lady Monastery | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Martyrs of la Florida Missions Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Diocese of Grand Rapids | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Association of Latino Leaders Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Dominican Fathers Province of St Joseph Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Massachusetts State Council Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation | $10,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Chamberlain School District 7-1 | $10,474 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Solace Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St James Catholic Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Alliance of Faith and Justice | $10,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Associated Sulpicians of the United States | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| La Leche Shrine | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iskali | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Therese Catholic Parish in Aurora | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St John Neumann Seminary College at St Josephs Seminary | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe-Santa Fe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United for Life Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Christendom Educational Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Catholic University of America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Knights of Columbus Culture of Life Foundation of Nebraska Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Knights of Peter Claver | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Annunciation Catholic Parish in Denver | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of Philadelphia | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Rose of Lima Catholic Parish in Denver | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Napa Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Felix Varela Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tepeyac Leadership Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Guardian Angels Catholic Parish in Denver | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart Mountain Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Resources USA Incorporated | $8,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Dominican Fathers Province of St Joseph Incorporated | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Saint Ritas Church of Harrden | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ethisphere Institute | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of the New Orleans | $6,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Academy Inc | $5,775 | 1 | n/a |
| Lower Brule Community College Inc | $5,249 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts | $5,028 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Knights of Columbus supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 20 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 88 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 88.
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.
Our Sunday Visitor IncIN52.3× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Our Sunday Visitor Inc · Knights of Columbus Charities Inc · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · The Catholic Foundation No Colorado · Koch Foundation Inc · Igivecatholic · Eternal Word Television Network Inc · The Turicchi Family Foundation · The Catholic Association Foundation · John a & Mary Pollock Yanta Memorial Tr · Knights of Columbus Charities USA Inc · Somos Healthcare Providers Inc
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.
About Knights of Columbus
- How much does Knights of Columbus give?
- Knights of Columbus reported 56 itemized grants totaling $23,261,141, out of $32,596,093 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 81 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Knights of Columbus fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (55%), Community Improvement (21%), Civil Rights (8%).
- Who are Knights of Columbus's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: John Paul II Shrine and Institute Inc ($84M), Knights of Columbus Charities Inc ($14M), United States Catholic Conference ($13M).
- Does Knights of Columbus fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Knights of Columbus?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Our Sunday Visitor Inc, Knights of Columbus Charities Inc, Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc.
- Where is Knights of Columbus based?
- Knights of Columbus is based in CT.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home