California · Private foundation
October Saints Foundation
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.
- $500k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations October Saints Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k 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 | 9 | $500k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $460k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $425k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $480k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $400k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $350k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $395k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $389k | 53% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesuit Refugee Service USA | $335,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Kino Border Initiative Inc | $280,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities USA | $250,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $225,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bread for the World Institute | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Abbey of the Genesee Inc | $189,029 | 3 | n/a |
| Smile Train Inc | $155,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc | $150,031 | 6 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesuit Refugee Service USA | $335,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Kino Border Initiative Inc | $280,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities USA | $250,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $225,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bread for the World Institute | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Abbey of the Genesee Inc | $189,029 | 3 | n/a |
| Smile Train Inc | $155,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc | $150,031 | 6 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $95,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Groceries for Seniors | $35,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Abbey of New Clairvaux | $31,338 | 1 | n/a |
| St Anthony Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $25,063 | 2 | 0% |
| Pax Christi USA | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Benedictine Mission House | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Homeless Prenatal Program Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Informed Choices | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($773k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget October Saints Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About October Saints Foundation
- How much does October Saints Foundation give?
- October Saints Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $500,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does October Saints Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (24%), Religion (18%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are October Saints Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jesuit Refugee Service USA ($335k), Kino Border Initiative Inc ($280k), Catholic Charities USA ($250k).
- Does October Saints Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does October Saints Foundation 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as October Saints Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is October Saints Foundation based?
- October Saints Foundation is based in CA.
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