Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $235k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $135,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $191k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $203k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $250k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $200k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $190k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $88k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Abbey College Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Long Distance Educational Media Npf | $20,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Word on Fire Catholic Ministries | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Peter Claver Catholic Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
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About Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust
- How much does Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust give?
- Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust reported 3 grants totaling $235,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (62%), Religion (28%), International (2%).
- Who are Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Belmont Abbey College Inc ($85k), Loyola University of Chicago ($25k), Long Distance Educational Media Npf ($20k).
- Does Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust 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.
- Where is Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust based?
- Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust is based in DC.
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