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Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc

Knights of columbus charitable fund promotes and facilitates philanthropic activities of individuals and organizations by serving as a sponsoring organization through the establishment and administration of donor-advised funds and other charitable giving vehicles.

$82M
Granted FY2024still arriving
358
Grants FY2024still arriving
40
States reached
$12M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$53MEducation$39MPhilanthropy$12MHealth$5.2MInternational$5.1MCivil Rights$3.2MHuman Services$1.6MPublic Benefit$1.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 358 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 358 grants below total $77,069,839, the rows itemized in this filing. The $81,916,546 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,846,707 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k94 grants · $647k
  • $10k–50k167 grants · $3.1M
  • $50k–250k63 grants · $6.8M
  • $250k+34 grants · $67M
$16,500
Median grant
40
States reached
$127M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$11,692,210
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA$10,705,819
SACRED SPACES FOUNDATION$9,200,000
METANOIA INC$8,000,000
DOMINICAN HOUSE OF STUDIES COLLEGE OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION$2,505,000
HOLY SPIRIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL$2,070,000
BENEDICTINE COLLEGE$2,014,100
INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION$2,000,050
THE ALTUM FUND$2,000,000
ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PORTLAND$1,850,000
ST JOHN PAUL THE II LIFE CENTER$1,520,000
BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE$1,503,150
1792 EXCHANGE INC$1,325,000
THOMISTIC INSTITUTE$960,450
AVILA FOUNDATION$645,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CRADLE OF HOPE: $10k → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $24k → 10%HEART OF THE HILLS PREGNANCY RESOURCES: $22k → 10%CALVARY HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF ST PETERSBURG: $10k → 12%PREGNANCY CENTER EAST: $30k → 16%RISE UP INDUSTRIES: $100k → 9%GIFT OF ADOPTION: $10k → 14%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $22k → 5%GOOD COUNSEL INC: $15k → 14%COMMUNIO: $50k → 6%ST PETER CATHOLIC CHURCH: $13k → 11%ST ANN'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $24k → 11%FISH FOR LIFE: $25k → 11%DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE: $22k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH: $14k → 12%PREGNANCY CENTER PLUS: $15k → 16%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $18k → 5%GOOD COUNSEL INC: $11k → 14%COMMUNIO FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%ST ANN'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $15k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $19k → 10%A DOORWAY TO HOPE: $30k → 8%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $15k → 5%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $14k → 5%SCALA FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%GOOD COUNSEL INC: $15k → 14%COMMUNIO: $12k → 6%THORN: $15k → 14%CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS: $11k → 5%GOOD COUNSEL INC: $15k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF ST PETERSBURG: $14k → 12%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - CINCINNATI: $25k → 16%GOOD COUNSEL INC: $12k → 14%HOME MAKERS OF HOPE INC: $13k → 13%WOMENS CARE CENTER FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $19k → 10%WOMENS CARE CENTER FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%ALLIANCE OF ABILITIES: $20k → 10%AVAIL NYC: $25k → 17%AVAIL NYC: $25k → 17%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC: $15k → 14%29ELEVEN MATERNITY HOME: $25k → 11%ST KIERAN'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $100k → 11%INSTITUTE FOR WOMENS HEALTH: $200k → 14%IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%RISE UP INDUSTRIES: $100k → 11%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $20k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$85M · 203 repeat orgs$26M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

203 repeat relationships: 173 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 162 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

203
150

Total granted

$85M
$5.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+28%

Still filing today

52%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesReligionHealthInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
    6× · 2019–2024 · $16M · revenue +26%
  • SS
    SACRED SPACES FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $14M · revenue +136% · 100% of their budget
  • ID
    INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $4.3M · revenue +443%

Funded once

  • KA
    KINGDOM ALLIANCE BUILDERS
    one grant, 2022 · $1.2M · revenue -81% · 88% of their budget
  • HT
    HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC PARISH IN EL CAJON CA REAL PROPERTY SUPPORT COR
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • HL
    HUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $225k · revenue +87%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies

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…

Religion
2
International Catholic Jurists Forum Inc

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…

Religion
3
Loyola University

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…

Education
4
Collegium Institute

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)

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5
Living His Life Abundantly International

To inform, instruct and inspire people through the media about the sacred scriptures and teachings of the roman catholic church

Religion
6
St Mary's University

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.

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7
Avila University

Avila university, a catholic university sponsored by saint joseph educational ministries, a ministerial public juridic person of the catholic church (sjem), is a values-based community of learning providing liberal arts, professional,…

Education
8
Paulist Press Inc

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…

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9
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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10
St John's University New York

St. john's university is a catholic, vincentian, metropolitan, and global institution of higher education (continued on schedule o).

Education
11
Association of Catholic Colleges and University

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…

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12
Institute of Catholic Culture

The institute of catholic culture is an adult catechetical organization, faithful to the magisterium of the catholic church. the institute seeks to fulfill its mission by offering educational programs structured upon the classical liberal…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Vine Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

298 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 298 of the 527 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
51
Early backer (in before they grew)
293/298
Grantees still filing
174/298
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SACRED SPACES FOUNDATION: $13,900,000 · ReligionSACRED SPACES FOUNDATIONMETANOIA INC: $8,000,000 · ReligionMETANOIA INCINTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION: $4,250,050 · ReligionINTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATIO…Spitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute: $1,756,896 · ReligionKINGDOM ALLIANCE BUILDERS: $1,225,000 · Religion+20 more: $6,032,946 · Religion+20 moreDOMINICAN HOUSE OF STUDIES: $7,811,700 · OtherDOMINICAN HOUSE OF STUDIESHOLY SPIRIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $2,470,000 · OtherHOLY SPIRIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL I…THE ALTUM FUND: $2,000,000 · OtherTHE ALTUM FUNDROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PORTLAND: $1,850,000 · OtherROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PORTLA…+112 more: $20,023,924 · Other+112 moreTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $16,450,888 · EducationTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF …Benedictine College: $3,017,950 · EducationBenedictine CollegeBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC: $3,008,260 · EducationBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INCAugustine Institute Inc: $2,014,250 · EducationAugustine Institute IncFRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE: $1,013,830 · Education+17 more: $3,111,916 · Education+17 moreAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $11,692,210 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN END…CENTER FOR THOMAS MORE STUDIES: $620,000 · PhilanthropyCARITAS IN VERITATE - CIV USA: $450,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $656,000 · Philanthropy1792 Exchange: $1,325,000 · Civil RightsSusan B Anthony List Education Fund: $626,950 · Civil RightsALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $439,414 · Civil RightsStudents for Life of America Inc: $190,805 · Civil Rights+2 more: $117,015 · Civil RightsLIFE PERSPECTIVES: $1,161,750 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH: $200,000 · Human ServicesRise Up Industries: $200,000 · Human ServicesMater Filius Colorado Springs: $106,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO: $100,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC: $97,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS INC: $87,730 · Human Services+8 more: $432,318 · Human ServicesST JOHN PAUL II LIFE CENTER: $1,640,000 · HealthSAINT ALPHONSUS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $200,000 · HealthRELIANCE MINISTRIES INC: $120,000 · Health+4 more: $188,500 · Health
Religion$35,164,892Other$34,155,624Education$28,617,094Philanthropy$13,418,210Civil Rights$2,699,184Human Services$2,384,798Health$2,148,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $16,450,888 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetSACRED SPACES FOUNDATION: $13,900,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $11,692,210 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION: $4,250,050 over 3y, 22% of budgetBenedictine College: $3,017,950 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC: $3,008,260 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAugustine Institute Inc: $2,014,250 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetTHE ALTUM FUND: $2,000,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetSpitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute: $1,756,896 over 5y, 22% of budgetST JOHN PAUL II LIFE CENTER: $1,640,000 over 3y, 33% of budget1792 Exchange: $1,325,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetKINGDOM ALLIANCE BUILDERS: $1,225,000 over 1y, 88% of budgetLIFE PERSPECTIVES: $1,161,750 over 5y, 56% of budgetETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $1,072,745 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetAvila Foundation Inc: $1,040,600 over 2y, 26% of budgetFRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE: $1,013,830 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWHISPERING WINDS CATHOLIC CONFERENCE CENTER INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: $897,850 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetMY CATHOLIC DOCTOR FOUNDATION INC: $727,600 over 4y, 38% of budgetKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC: $658,503 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSusan B Anthony List Education Fund: $626,950 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetCENTER FOR THOMAS MORE STUDIES: $620,000 over 1y, 96% of budgetThe Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc: $575,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetTHE LEONINE FORUM INC: $550,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetCHESTERTON ACADEMY OF ST JAMES: $500,000 over 2y, 60% of budgetCHRIST MEDICUS FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetCARITAS IN VERITATE - CIV USA: $450,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $439,414 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCARDINAL NEWMAN SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CATHOLIC HGR ED: $402,750 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetTHE NAPA INSTITUTE: $400,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetLUMEN CHRISTI INSTITUTE: $400,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetMESSY FAMILY PROJECT: $250,050 over 3y, 19% of budgetBAR HARBOR FOOD PANTRY: $250,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetAUSTIN INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF FAMILY AND CULTURE: $246,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetApostles of the way: $240,000 over 1y, 23% of budget4 US: $226,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetPRO ECCLESIA SANCTA OF CALIFORNIA: $225,000 over 1y, 75% of budgetNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS INC: $212,700 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetNATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO INC: $202,750 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCANTICLE INC: $202,500 over 2y, 37% of budgetTHE VINE FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH: $200,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetSAINT ALPHONSUS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRise Up Industries: $200,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetThe Given Institute Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetUniversity of Dallas: $195,870 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Becket Fund: $195,720 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $190,805 over 2y, 0.7% of budget
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.

Our Sunday Visitor IncKnights of ColumbusThe Catholic Associat…The Catholic Foundati…Mercy Works FoundationKnights of Columbus C…Bradley Impact Fund I…Catholic Community Fo…Koch Foundation IncBurleigh Family Found…The Rotary Foundation…The Catholic Foundati…
Our Sunday Visitor IncIN55.4× affinity29 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 · The Catholic Association Foundation · The Catholic Foundation No Colorado · Mercy Works Foundation · Knights of Columbus Charities Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Koch Foundation Inc · Burleigh Family Foundation · The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International · The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families: 6% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Ave Maria University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 527 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 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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