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Rbn Foundation

The mission of the RBN FOUNDATION is to support faith, family, marriage, and virtue through k-12 education.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Religion$1.6MEducation$1.4MCivil Rights$250kPublic Benefit$40kHealth$25kSocial Science$20k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.0M
$100,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$907k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE$500,000
CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$500,000
THE NAPA INSTITUTE$100,000
EWTN$100,000
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA$100,000
BECKET FUND FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM$100,000
ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER$40,000
THE HIPPOCRATIC SOCIETY$25,000
THOMISTIC INSTITUTE$25,000
LIVE ACTION$25,000
COMMUNIO$10,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION PUERI CANTORES$10,000
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 (FY23–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNIO: $10k → 6%COMMUNIO: $10k → 6%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

MI
PA
CA
CO
VA
NC
DC
AL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 6 repeat orgs$495k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
7

Total granted

$2.8M
$270k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
-10%

Still filing today

100%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
ReligionEducationSocial ScienceCivil RightsHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CL
    CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +91%
  • TA
    THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +9%
  • TC
    THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $350k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • NI
    NAPA INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -295%
  • TL
    THE LEONINE FORUM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +77%
  • CS
    CARMELITE SISTERS OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
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
Lumen Christi Institute

To make the catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the culture of universities. to enrich academic communities at the university of chicago, across the nation, and the world with the insights of catholic thought. to dialogue with…

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2
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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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
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
5
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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6
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
7
Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

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8
Catholic Investment Services Inc

To promote socially responsible investments in accordance with socially responsible investment guidelines published by the roman catholic bishops of the united states for institutions, provide education about socially responsible investing…

Public Benefit
9
The Institute On Religion and Public Life Inc

The institute on religion and public life is an interreligious, nonpartisan research and educational 501(c)(3) organization. the institute's mission is to articulate a governing consensus that supports: (see schedule o)- a religiously…

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10
Instituto De Estudios Teologicos

Conference

Education
11
Ave Maria University Inc

University education grounded in the traditions and faith of the roman catholic church

Education
12
Center of Theological Inquiry

The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution with an international visiting scholar program which convenes researchers in an ideal setting for interdisciplinary inquiries where theology casts light on global…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Federation of Pueri Cantores. 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 19 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE: $1,000,000 · EducationTHOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGETHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $350,000 · EducationTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICANAPA INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationNAPA INSTITUTE FOUNDATIONCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $1,000,000 · ReligionCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTEETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $200,000 · ReligionETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INCTHE NAPA INSTITUTE: $100,000 · ReligionTHE NAPA INSTITUTETHE LEONINE FORUM INC: $50,000 · Religion+1 more: $25,000 · ReligionThe Becket Fund: $200,000 · Social ScienceENDOW: $20,000 · Social ScienceCARMELITE SISTERS OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF LOS ANGELES: $25,000 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: $25,000 · OtherDOMINICAN HOUSE OF STUDIES: $25,000 · OtherCOMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN FEDERATION OF PUERI CANTORES: $10,000 · OtherLIVE ACTION: $25,000 · Civil RightsActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $25,000 · Civil RightsETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: $40,000 · Public BenefitHIPPOCRATIC SOCIETY: $25,000 · Health
Education$1,450,000Religion$1,375,000Social Science$220,000Other$105,000Civil Rights$50,000Public Benefit$40,000Health$25,000

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 budgetCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $1,000,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetTHOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $350,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Becket Fund: $200,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAPA INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetTHE NAPA INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE LEONINE FORUM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLegatus: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIVE ACTION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIPPOCRATIC SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetCOMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetENDOW: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION OF PUERI CANTORES: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% 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.

Knights of Columbus C…Christian Community F…The Ayco Charitable F…Stephen E and Maryann…Our Sunday Visitor IncThe Community Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund IncCT17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Stephen E and Maryanne G Means Foundation Inc · Our Sunday Visitor Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Rbn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rbn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Rbn Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rbn Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 19 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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