Illinois · Public charity
The Aurora Catholic Education Foundation
To furnish financial support for Catholic education provided by parishes, high schools, grade schools and other programs in the greater Aurora, Illinois area.
- $110k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $79k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $12,678
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $21,939
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $899k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations The Aurora Catholic Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 6 | $79k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 6 | $83k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $88k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $83k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $113k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $104k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $104k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $96k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest grants in FY2026.
| HOLY ANGELS PARISH | $21,939 |
| ST RITA PARISH | $18,799 |
| St Pope John Paul II Academy | $12,678 |
| ANNUNCIATION PARISH | $12,501 |
| ST NICHOLAS PARISH | $7,005 |
| AUR CENTRAL CATH HS | $6,412 |
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About The Aurora Catholic Education Foundation
- How much does The Aurora Catholic Education Foundation give?
- The Aurora Catholic Education Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $79,334, out of $110,050 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Aurora Catholic Education Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Does The Aurora Catholic Education Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is The Aurora Catholic Education Foundation based?
- The Aurora Catholic Education Foundation is based in IL.
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