Illinois · Private foundation
The Catalyst 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.
- $403k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 23
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations The Catalyst Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $333k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $388k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $388k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $423k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $442k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $360k | n/a |
97% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
International$885kHealth$592kCivil Rights$315kEducation$289kFood & Nutrition$125kReligion$108kHuman Services$65kCommunity Improvement$30kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
MI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DE
DC
AL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc | $320,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $250,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Adelphi University | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| San Francisco Food Bank | $125,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $105,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Women's Health Network | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Anthony Foundation | $65,000 | 6 | n/a |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| First Place for Youth | $42,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Canal Alliance | $42,500 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc | $320,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $250,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Adelphi University | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| San Francisco Food Bank | $125,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $105,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Women's Health Network | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Anthony Foundation | $65,000 | 6 | n/a |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| First Place for Youth | $42,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Canal Alliance | $42,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| California Jazz Conservatory Inc | $26,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Delaware | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| A Home Within Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $12,000 | 6 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($957k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Catalyst Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 16.
About The Catalyst Foundation
- How much does The Catalyst Foundation give?
- The Catalyst Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $403,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 23 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Catalyst Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (34%), Health (22%), Civil Rights (12%).
- Who are The Catalyst Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc ($320k), Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($250k), Adelphi University ($135k).
- Does The Catalyst Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Catalyst 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.
- Where is The Catalyst Foundation based?
- The Catalyst Foundation is based in IL.
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The camps
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By state
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