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Sacred Heart Trust Foundation at a glance

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Sacred Heart Trust Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$54k
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Religion$288kHealth$46kEducation$27kScience & Tech$25kHousing & Shelter$25kInternational$18kCivil Rights$17kFood & Nutrition$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$639
Median grant
17
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL$3,135
GUEST HOUSE$3,135
ETERNAL WORLD TELEVISION NETWORK$3,135
CATHOLIC NEAR EAST ASSOCIATION$3,135
SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARY$3,135
PRIESTS FOR LIFE$3,135
PRIESTLY FRATERNITY OF ST PETER$3,135
OPUS BONO SACERDOTII$3,135
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION$3,135
COVENANT HOUSE$3,134
CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT$3,134
BERNARDINE FRANCISCAN SISTERS$640
SALESIAN MISSIONS$640
THE COMING HOME NETWORK$640
DOMINICAN SISTERS OF HOPE$640
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $5k → 10%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $5k → 15%OPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $3k → 10%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $3k → 15%OPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $3k → 10%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $3k → 15%OPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $3k → 10%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $3k → 15%OPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $3k → 10%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $3k → 15%OPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $3k → 10%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $3k → 15%OPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $3k → 10%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $3k → 15%OPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $3k → 10%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $3k → 15%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

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IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
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PA
NE
KY
VA
MD
DC
AL
FL
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$463k · 43 repeat orgs$678 to everyone else

43 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
1

Total granted

$463k
$678

Still filing today

33%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesReligionInternationalYouth DevelopmentHealthSocial ScienceOther
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

  • EW
    ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +98%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +34%
  • CA
    CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +147%

Funded once

  • RA
    RELGIOUS ASSISTANCE TO POLAND
    one grant, 2017 · $678
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
Living His Life Abundantly International

To inform, instruct and inspire people through the media about the sacred scriptures and teachings of the roman catholic church

Religion
2
Paulist Press Inc

The Paulist Press was founded to provide Catholic literature and resources for the the religious use of parishes, institutions, individuals and other religious bodies to further the educational and mission goals of the Christian faith and…

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3
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
4
L I F E Ministries Inc Community Pregnancy Center

Our mission is to affirm life through evangelism, education, counseling and practical assistance.

Health
5
Vocation Ministry

Vocation Ministry's mission is to equip the Church once again to awaken the call of a vocation within the human heart by creating an environment that encourages men and women to say "Yes" to God's call in their lives to the priesthood,…

Education
6
Life Teen Inc

Life teen is a missionary youth movement within the catholic church. we believe that eucharist-based ministry has the power to transform teens, transform parishes, and transform culture. our top priorities are resourcing and (continued on…

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7
Human Life Services Inc

Human Life Services is a life affirming Christ-centered pregnancy care organization serving York through medical services, peer counseling, education and community referrals.

Civil Rights
8
Life Network

Life Network provides support and mentoring to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies; offers parenting support, material resources, and referrals; and promotes sexual risk avoidance through education to foster a culture that values…

Health
9
Save a Life International Inc

Save a life international helps women in crisis; including crisis pregnancies, domestic violence, post-abortion depression and other types of hardships. they provide education and bring awareness to young people about the importance of…

Human Services
10
Indiana Right to Life Incorporated

To educate the public about abortion

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11
Real Life Catholic

Real Life Catholic's mission is to share the love of Jesus and help others do the same.

Religion
12
International Life Services Central Program Office

Pro-life services include education, counseling, referral and direct assistance to clients

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opus Bono Sacerdotii; the most unlike its peers is Covenant House. 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

14 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. 14 of the 44 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $25,106 · OtherRED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOLTHE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION: $25,106 · OtherTHE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATIONCATHOLIC NEAR EAST ASSOCIATION: $25,106 · OtherCATHOLIC NEAR EAST ASSOCIATIONSAINT CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARY: $25,105 · OtherSAINT CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARYPRIESTLY FRATERNITY OF ST PETER INC: $25,105 · OtherPRIESTLY FRATERNITY OF ST PETER INCSS CYRIL & METHODIUS SEMINARY: $16,172 · OtherSS CYRIL & METHODIUS SEMINARY+28 more: $149,718 · Other+28 moreOPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $25,106 · Human ServicesOPUS BONO SACERDOT…COVENANT HOUSE: $25,105 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSECHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $25,104 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APPALACH…ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $25,105 · ReligionMarian Movement of Priests: $5,682 · ReligionPRIESTS FOR LIFE: $25,104 · Youth DevelopmentGUEST HOUSE INC: $23,618 · HealthHUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,682 · InternationalSISTER OF MARY BOYSTOWN AND GIRLSTOWN INC: $5,682 · InternationalPOPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $5,681 · Social Science
Other$291,418Human Services$75,315Religion$30,787Youth Development$25,104Health$23,618International$11,364Social Science$5,681

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 budgetOPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $25,106 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $25,105 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $25,105 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPRIESTS FOR LIFE: $25,104 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $25,104 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGUEST HOUSE INC: $23,618 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE INC: $5,685 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetXAVIER SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND: $5,683 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLife Issues Institute Inc: $5,683 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,682 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSISTER OF MARY BOYSTOWN AND GIRLSTOWN INC: $5,682 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMarian Movement of Priests: $5,682 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetST LUKE INSTITUTE INC: $5,682 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPOPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $5,681 over 8y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds OPUS BONO SACERDOTII ↗
  • Who funds ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds PRIESTS FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds GUEST HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds Life Issues Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SISTER OF MARY BOYSTOWN AND GIRLSTOWN INC ↗
  • Who funds Marian Movement of Priests ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds POPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗

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.

B & R Charitable Foun…John a & Mary Pollock…Catholic Community Fo…James J Capone Charit…The A&S Giancristofar…Sacred Family Causes …Ge Aerospace Foundati…Cousineau Family Char…Rafael Madan & Lilian…The Catherine V and M…The Salem FoundationKoch Foundation Inc
B & R Charitable Foundation IncTN26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: B & R Charitable Foundation Inc · John a & Mary Pollock Yanta Memorial Tr · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · James J Capone Charitable Foundati · The A&S Giancristofaro Family Foundation Inc · Sacred Family Causes Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Cousineau Family Charity · Rafael Madan & Lilian Casas Foundation · The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation · The Salem Foundation · Koch Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%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
    3get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    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.

    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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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