· Public charity
Knights of Columbus Charities USA Inc
Charities usa is operated exclusively for religious, charitable, educational and scientific purposes.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $56k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $251k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $360k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE PONTIFICIAL NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE | $185,000 |
| THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA | $110,000 |
| BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION | $65,000 |
| MINNESOTA KNIGHTS FOUNDATION | $30,932 |
| JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC | $30,000 |
| FLORIDA KOFC CHARITIES INC | $28,583 |
| COLUMBIAN CHARITIES OF MISSOURI INC | $25,498 |
| KOFC CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION | $24,308 |
| TEXAS STATE COUNCIL CHARITIES | $23,429 |
| MARYLAND STATE COUNCIL KOFC CHARITY FUND INC | $22,679 |
| NEW JERSEY COLUMBIAN CHARITIES INC | $14,798 |
| ILLINOIS STATE COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC | $13,784 |
| NEW YORK STATE KOFC CHARITIES INC | $12,449 |
| THE BISHOP CHARLES P GRECO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION | $12,370 |
| MASSACHUSETTS STATE COUNCIL CHARITY FUND | $12,312 |
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 (FY17–24, $92k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 72% 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.
23 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 3 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA8× · 2017–2024 · $880k · revenue +36%
- OCOHIO CHARITY FOUNDATION INC6× · 2017–2024 · $68k · revenue +29%
- AMALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE8× · 2017–2024 · $64k · revenue +73%
Funded once
- AFARCHDIOCESE FOR THE MILITARY SERVICES USAone grant, 2017 · $535k
- TOTRUSTEES OF THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF BALTIMOREone grant, 2021 · $200k
- MAMOUNT ANGEL ABBEYone grant, 2022 · $46k
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.
The knights of columbus is an order of catholic gentlemen comitted to the exemplification of charity, unity , fraternity, patriotism, respect for life, and defense of the preisthood.
Catholic religious organization
The mission is to bring financial aid and assistance to the sick, disabled and the needy and their families.
Collection and distribution of donations
Catholic fraternal organization
The knights of columbus provide contributions to st. john catholic church.
Empowering catholic men to live their faith at home, in their parish, at work and in their community.
Promotion of religious beliefs and assistance of the poor, mentally handicapped and elderly and the support of civic functions.
Catholic men dedicated to the principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism along with the encouragement to those who have chosen a vocation to the religious life.
None
Charitable fraternal organization
To help the poor & youth in our community.
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 36 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 THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds STATE COUNCIL CHARITIES KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ↗
- Who funds Illinois State Council Knights of Columbus Charities Inc ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA K OF C CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds New Jersey Columbian Charities ↗
- Who funds HOLY CROSS SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA KNIGHTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MASSACHUSETTS STATE COUNCIL CHARITY FUND ↗
- Who funds OHIO CHARITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIAN CHARITIES OF MO INC ↗
- Who funds ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA STATE COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Bishop Charles P Greco Memorial Foundation ↗
- Who funds Knights of Columbus Charity Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds K OF C CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIAN CHARITIES OF CT INC ↗
- Who funds KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES OF GEORGIA INC ↗
- Who funds Arizona Knights of Columbus Charity Inc ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds Lamb Foundation of NC Inc ↗
- Who funds COLORADO KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES FUND 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: Knights of Columbus Charities Inc · Knights of Columbus · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Knights of Columbus Charities USA Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Knights of Columbus Charities USA Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Albertus Magnus College: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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