Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The Catholic Association Foundation
The mission of the Organization is to educate the public on the wisdom of the Catholic Church on social and moral matters.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 24
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $479k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The Catholic Association Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $975k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $3.3M | 47% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $5.5M | 30% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $7.6M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $4.4M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $4.2M | 35% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $4.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Dominican Foundation | $3,310,000 | 5 | 40% |
| The Catholic University of America | $2,850,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Heights Inc | $2,000,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Catholic Information Center | $1,893,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $1,500,000 | 3 | 42% |
| Neuro Kids Inc | $1,400,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Christ Medicus Foundation | $1,350,000 | 4 | 34% |
| Dominican House of Studies | $1,250,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Center for Thomas More Studies | $1,250,000 | 5 | 83% |
| The Dominican Foundation of Dominican Friars Province of St Jo | $1,150,000 | 3 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
The Catholic Association Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Knights of Columbus · John Templeton Foundation · The Ortner Family Foundation · Eternal Word Television Network Inc · Timothy and Sheila Patton Family Charitable Trust · Alliance Defending Freedom · Robert and Bernarda Neal Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
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About The Catholic Association Foundation
- How much does The Catholic Association Foundation give?
- The Catholic Association Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $3,332,875 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 24 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Catholic Association Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (25%), Education (21%), Health (17%).
- Who are The Catholic Association Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: International Dominican Foundation ($3.3M), The Catholic University of America ($2.9M), The Heights Inc ($2.0M).
- Does The Catholic Association Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Catholic Association Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc, Knights of Columbus, John Templeton Foundation.
- Where is The Catholic Association Foundation based?
- The Catholic Association Foundation is based in DC.
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