Virginia · Public charity
Sacred Spaces Foundation
The Sacred Spaces Foundation is a nonprofit educational organization whose purpose is to highlight the beauty and intellectual and spiritual value of sacred spaces such as places of worship in our local communities and civil society more broadly, and to explore the role of religious institutions in modern cultural life.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,050,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,050,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 2
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Sacred Spaces Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $1.9M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $850k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Religion$3.7MEmployment$150k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Diocese of Arlington | $2,450,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Parish of the Transfiguration | $896,985 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of the Bible | $350,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sanctuary Project Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 61% |
About Sacred Spaces Foundation
- How much does Sacred Spaces Foundation give?
- Sacred Spaces Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $1,946,985 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 2 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Sacred Spaces Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (96%), Employment (4%).
- Who are Sacred Spaces Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Catholic Diocese of Arlington ($2.5M), Parish of the Transfiguration ($897k), Museum of the Bible ($350k).
- Does Sacred Spaces Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Sacred Spaces Foundation based?
- Sacred Spaces Foundation is based in VA.
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