· Private foundation
Spell Family Foundation co William Spell
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $99k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $420k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox | $100,000 |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago | $100,000 |
| The Hellenic Institute | $100,000 |
| ST MARYS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH | $61,833 |
| Laestadian Lutheran Church | $58,241 |
| St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church | $25,000 |
| St George Greek Orthodox | $22,250 |
| Friends of the Hogar Rafael Ayau | $11,500 |
| Fordham University-Orthodox Christian Studies Ctr | $10,000 |
| St Thomas More Play Group | $10,000 |
| SAE Minnesota Alpha Education Fund | $10,000 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | $10,000 |
| CENTER OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT | $8,500 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | $7,400 |
| Greek Orthodox Church of St John the Baptist | $5,300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- COCenter of the American Experiment5× · 2020–2024 · $91k · revenue +34%
- FRFAITHTREE RESOURCES2× · 2021–2022 · $50k · revenue +25%
- STST THOMAS MORE PLAY GROUP INC2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- SMSt Mary's Greek Orthodox Churchone grant, 2020 · $73k
- TOThe Order of St Andrew Apostleone grant, 2020 · $28k
- DODormation of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Churchone 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.
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.
The dynamic catholic mission is to re-energize the catholic church in america by developing world-class resources that inspire people to rediscover the genius of catholicism.
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…
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
Word on fire catholic ministries is a global media apostolate that supports the work of bishop robert barron and reaches millons of individuals to draw them back to or into the catholic faith.
The University of Mary exists to serve the religious, academic and cultural needs of the people in this region and beyond.(Continued on Schedule O)
Conference
To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…
Orthodox Christian Coaching supports adaptive leadership practice through professional coaching for: Seminary graduates who are embarking on new ministries, priests and ministry leaders who have accepted new parish assignments, lay and…
As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…
See schedule o.christians for biblical equality (cbe), www.cbeinternational.org, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization comprised of individuals, churches, colleges, seminaries, and organizations, representing more than 100 different…
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…
Christian veterinary mission (cvm) serves to challenge, empower and facilitate veterinary professionals to serve others, living out their christian faith through long term missions, short term missions, professional ministry, affiliate…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 55 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Center of the American Experiment ↗
- Who funds Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds FAITHTREE RESOURCES ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HOGAR RAFAEL AYAU ↗
- Who funds ST THOMAS MORE PLAY GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds PASTORS STUDY ↗
- Who funds THE EDINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF MADAGASCAR MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds Fordham University ↗
- Who funds Orthodox Christian Laity ↗
- Who funds HIGHER GROUND USA INC ↗
- Who funds 30-DAYS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PROJECT MEXICO OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH ↗
- Who funds RYAN HOUSE ↗
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: The Katsaros Family Foundation · Metropoulos Family Foundation · The John C Kulis Charitable Foundation · The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc · Joannides Family Foundation · James and Virginia Kallins Foundation · Buhler Kapsalis Family Foundation · Orthodox Vision Foundation · The George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation II · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · AbbVie Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Spell Family Foundation co William Spell funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Spell Family Foundation co William Spell. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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