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Sacred Family Causes 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.

$26k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
5
Grants FY2025
7
Organizations funded FY2024
71%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,900
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 92
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$582k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Sacred Family Causes Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalCivil RightsEducationPhilanthropyReligionHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving5$26k80%
FY20247$18k71%
FY202327$23k37%
FY202255$19k42%
FY202169$29k49%
FY202092$30k48%
FY201978$31k42%
FY201886$35k56%
83% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$103kCivil Rights$20kHealth$11kInternational$11kPublic Benefit$10kEducation$10kFood & Nutrition$6kHuman Services$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Paul Catholic Church$28,1557n/a
Priests for Life$8,40060%
Live Action$5,70050%
Catholic Relief Services$4,2007n/a
Judicial Watch Inc$3,25060%
Americans United for Life Inc$2,65030%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$2,5004n/a
Catholic Answers Inc$2,25070%
Cardinal Club of Detroit$2,1444n/a
The Heritage Foundation$2,02070%
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All grantees of Sacred Family Causes Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Paul Catholic Church$28,1557n/a
Priests for Life$8,40060%
Live Action$5,70050%
Catholic Relief Services$4,2007n/a
Judicial Watch Inc$3,25060%
Americans United for Life Inc$2,65030%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$2,5004n/a
Catholic Answers Inc$2,25070%
Cardinal Club of Detroit$2,1444n/a
The Heritage Foundation$2,02070%
Food for the Poor Inc$1,90060%
Pregnancy Aid Inc of Eastern Wayne County$1,70030%
Citizens United Foundation$1,50040%
Mercy Corps$1,45060%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$1,42030%
Order of the Holy Cross Inc$1,4001n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,40050%
Archdiocese of Detroit$1,3003n/a
Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc$1,30040%
March for Life Action$1,15030%
Sisters of the Order of St Dominic of Grand Rapids$1,1003n/a
Open Doors Inc$1,00040%
Racquet Up Detroit$95040%
Project Veritas$90040%
Focus on the Family$9002n/a
Beaumont Health Foundation$85020%
Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer$8002n/a
Angels' Place$70030%
The Midnight Golf Program$6501n/a
Helpers of God's Precious Infants of Michigan$650216%
Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate Inc$60010%
Life Dynamics Inc$60020%
Heartbeat International Inc$60020%
Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy$5501n/a
Goodnow Library Foundation Inc$50010%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$50020%
Students for Life of America Inc$50010%
Guest House Inc$50030%
Services for Older Citizens Inc Dba the Helm at the Boll Life Center$50010%
Prolife Across America$50010%
Neighborhood Club$44050%
Life Issues Institute Inc$40010%
Medical Teams International$40010%
Pro-Life Action Ministries Inc$40010%
Lesea Global Feed the Hungry Inc$35010%
Project H O P E Inc$3001n/a
Opus Bono Sacerdotii$30010%
Feeding America$25020%
Opus Angelorum Inc$2501n/a
Feed the Children Inc$24520%
National Center for Public Policy Research$22020%
United States Association for UNHCR$20010%
Smile Train Inc$20010%
Kevins Song a Nonprofit Community Education on Depression & Suicide$20010%
Human Life Alliance$20010%
Marist Fathers & Brothers$2001n/a
Sigma Gamma Association$20010%
Grosse Pointe Farms Foundation$20020%
Reform America$20010%
Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home$20010%
The Foundation for a Christian Civilization Inc$20010%
American Center for Law and Justice Inc$20010%
Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska$2001n/a
Crudem Foundation Inc$2001n/a
Presentation Ministries Inc$2002n/a
Salvation Army$2001n/a
Covenant Inc$15010%
Trinitarians$1052n/a
Bloomfield Hills Country Club$10010%
Servants of Jesus$1001n/a
Crayons and Beyond Inc$10010%
Sophia Institute$10010%
Belle Isle Conservancy$10010%
The Navigators$1001n/a
Priestly Fraternity of St Peter Inc$1001n/a
The Brett Bentley Crawford Foundation$1001n/a
Flint Institute of Arts$10010%
The Grosse Pointe Academy$10010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
University School$10010%
Christ Church$751n/a
Aid to the Church in Need Inc$751n/a
Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc$751n/a
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Bvm$501n/a
Bible League$501n/a
Air & Space Forces Association$5010%
Alliance Defending Freedom$5010%
Citizens United$5010%
Soar$301n/a
Operation Smile Inc$2010%
St Joseph School$201n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 181 recipients with no EIN on record ($147k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sacred Family Causes Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPriests for Life: $8,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLive Action: $5,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $3,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans United for Life Inc: $2,650 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Answers Inc: $2,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $2,020 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $1,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPregnancy Aid Inc of Eastern Wayne County: $1,700 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCitizens United Foundation: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $1,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $1,420 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Medical Mission Board Inc: $1,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarch for Life Action: $1,150 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOpen Doors Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRacquet Up Detroit: $950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProject Veritas: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBeaumont Health Foundation: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAngels' Place: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHelpers of God's Precious Infants of Michigan: $650 over 2y, 16% of budgetMissionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLife Dynamics Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHeartbeat International Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGoodnow Library Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuest House Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetServices for Older Citizens Inc Dba the Helm at the Boll Life Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProlife Across America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Club: $440 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLife Issues Institute Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedical Teams International: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPro-Life Action Ministries Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLesea Global Feed the Hungry Inc: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpus Bono Sacerdotii: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeed the Children Inc: $245 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Center for Public Policy Research: $220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKevins Song a Nonprofit Community Education on Depression & Suicide: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Life Alliance: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSigma Gamma Association: $200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGrosse Pointe Farms Foundation: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetReform America: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for a Christian Civilization Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Center for Law and Justice Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 61.

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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.

Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo FoundationMI26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · B & R Charitable Foundation Inc · Doris J & Donald L Duchene Foundation C/O David Findling · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Sacred Heart Trust Foundation · Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation · The A&S Giancristofaro Family Foundation Inc · Vandevere Charitable Foundation · The Paula and William J Marino Family Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Patrick and Christie Scoggin Family Foundation

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.

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Find your warmest path to Sacred Family Causes 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.

About Sacred Family Causes Foundation

How much does Sacred Family Causes Foundation give?
Sacred Family Causes Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $26,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 92 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Sacred Family Causes Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Civil Rights (9%), Health (5%).
Who are Sacred Family Causes Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Paul Catholic Church ($28k), Priests for Life ($8k), Live Action ($6k).
Does Sacred Family Causes Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sacred Family Causes 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 Sacred Family Causes Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, B & R Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Sacred Family Causes Foundation based?
Sacred Family Causes Foundation is based in MI.

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 274 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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