Maryland · Private foundation
Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc
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.
- $418k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $137k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $268k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $372k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $299k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Rescue Mission Inc | $228,200 | 3 | 2% |
| Interfaith Housing Alliance Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 8% |
| View of Heaven Farm | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Living Waters for Christ Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Housing Frederick Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heartly House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Helphopelive Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope International | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Empowered to Live Inc | $460 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($417k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc 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: Delaplaine Foundation Inc · Ausherman Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc · United Way of Frederick County Inc · William E Cross Foundation Inc · Ausherman Family Trust · The George L Shields Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc
- How much does Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc give?
- Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $418,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (41%), Education (32%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Frederick Rescue Mission Inc ($228k), Interfaith Housing Alliance Inc ($200k), View of Heaven Farm ($50k).
- Does Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc 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 Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delaplaine Foundation Inc, Ausherman Family Foundation, The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc.
- Where is Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc based?
- Our Heavenly Cause Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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