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The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia
Helping catholics with faith-inspired giving and legacy planning while stewarding funds for the long-term sustainability of the catholic organizations in our community.
- $6.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 103
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 71
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 53 to 71
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $151M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesReligionEducationHealthHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 97 | $5.6M | 18% |
| FY2024 | 71 | $2.6M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 67 | $2.5M | 34% |
| FY2022 | 61 | $2.6M | 18% |
| FY2021 | 64 | $2.3M | 28% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $2.1M | 16% |
| FY2019 | 53 | $2.0M | 36% |
| FY2018 | 57 | $1.6M | 46% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Education$10MReligion$8.2MHuman Services$1.8MRecreation & Sports$893kHealth$866kPhilanthropy$718kHousing & Shelter$566kArts & Culture$144kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
NH
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $3,150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta | $2,613,937 | 7 | n/a |
| St Pius X Catholic High School Inc | $1,964,872 | 9 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta Inc | $1,479,065 | 8 | 4% |
| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Inc | $944,250 | 3 | n/a |
| St Marys Academy | $679,248 | 7 | n/a |
| Cathedral of Christ the King Catholic Church Atlanta Inc | $571,243 | 9 | n/a |
| St Peter Claver Regional Catholic School | $534,902 | 9 | n/a |
| Chastain Horse Park Ltd | $515,000 | 2 | 9% |
| St Thomas More Catholic School | $445,495 | 9 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $3,150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta | $2,613,937 | 7 | n/a |
| St Pius X Catholic High School Inc | $1,964,872 | 9 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta Inc | $1,479,065 | 8 | 4% |
| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Inc | $944,250 | 3 | n/a |
| St Marys Academy | $679,248 | 7 | n/a |
| Cathedral of Christ the King Catholic Church Atlanta Inc | $571,243 | 9 | n/a |
| St Peter Claver Regional Catholic School | $534,902 | 9 | n/a |
| Chastain Horse Park Ltd | $515,000 | 2 | 9% |
| St Thomas More Catholic School | $445,495 | 9 | n/a |
| St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church Alpharetta Inc | $396,846 | 8 | n/a |
| Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School | $343,089 | 9 | n/a |
| Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church Atlant | $331,861 | 9 | n/a |
| Holy Spirit Church Atlanta Inc | $325,072 | 9 | n/a |
| St Jude the Apostle Catholic School | $307,214 | 5 | n/a |
| St Marys Catholic School | $256,648 | 9 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic Church Dalton Inc | $252,206 | 2 | n/a |
| St Paul Center for Biblical Theology | $250,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Interfaith Outreach Home Inc | $222,500 | 7 | 12% |
| St John the Evangelist School | $221,788 | 9 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Georgia Inc | $218,974 | 4 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Atlanta Inc | $218,355 | 6 | n/a |
| Marist School Inc | $197,550 | 9 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic Church Marietta Inc | $189,887 | 9 | n/a |
| Monsignor Walter J Donovan Catholic High School | $181,742 | 9 | 2% |
| St Michael Catholic Church Gainesville Inc | $180,610 | 3 | n/a |
| Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church Brookhaven Inc | $149,100 | 6 | n/a |
| Mercy Care Foundation Inc | $142,900 | 4 | 1% |
| Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School Inc | $136,600 | 9 | n/a |
| St Catherine of Siena Catholic School | $130,700 | 9 | n/a |
| Southern Univerty System | $130,000 | 6 | 0% |
| My Sister's Place of Gainesville Inc | $122,700 | 3 | 5% |
| City of Refuge | $112,500 | 7 | 0% |
| St Joseph Church & School | $109,855 | 9 | n/a |
| Holy Spirit Preparatory School Inc | $109,517 | 9 | n/a |
| St Jude the Apostle Catholic Church Sandy Springs Inc | $105,592 | 6 | n/a |
| Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Legion of Christ Incorporated | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Brigid Catholic Church Johns Creek Inc | $92,491 | 5 | n/a |
| Notre Dame Academy Inc | $89,300 | 9 | n/a |
| St John Neumann Regional Catholic School Inc | $85,800 | 9 | n/a |
| Queen of Angels Catholic Elementary | $83,720 | 9 | n/a |
| Pregnancy Aid Clinic Inc | $83,100 | 4 | 3% |
| Our Lady of Victory Catholic Elementary School | $82,500 | 6 | n/a |
| St Marys Academy Inc | $81,170 | 2 | n/a |
| Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church Jasper Inc | $80,209 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Ann Catholic Church Marietta Inc | $77,953 | 5 | n/a |
| Home & Family Incorporated | $75,900 | 1 | n/a |
| The Catholic Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sophia Institute | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Christ Our Hope Catholic Church Lithonia Inc | $74,115 | 6 | n/a |
| Holy Redeemer Catholic Elementary School | $70,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Cool Girls Inc | $67,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Blessed Trinity Catholic High School | $66,698 | 5 | n/a |
| Catholic Housing Initiatives Inc | $65,107 | 3 | 57% |
| Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services Inc | $63,920 | 3 | 0% |
| St Brendan Catholic Church Cumming Inc | $63,473 | 2 | n/a |
| Christ the King Catholic School | $60,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Pinecrest Academy Inc | $58,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Passionist Fathers of Georgia Inc St Paul of the Cross Church | $57,600 | 6 | n/a |
| Immaculate Conception Church Atlanta Inc | $54,991 | 6 | n/a |
| Franciscan Mountain Retreat Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Helping Hands Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Peter the Rock Catholic Church the Rock Inc | $48,301 | 6 | n/a |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Church Stone Mountain Inc | $47,400 | 5 | n/a |
| St Peter Chanel Catholic Church Roswell Inc | $47,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Northeast Georgia Care Inc Choices Pregnancy Care Center | $46,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Blessed Trinity Catholic High School | $45,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church Smyrna Inc | $41,854 | 6 | n/a |
| St Bernadette Catholic Church Cedartown Inc | $41,600 | 5 | n/a |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Purification Heritage Center Inc | $38,400 | 3 | 4% |
| Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church Decator Inc | $37,300 | 5 | n/a |
| St Paul the Apostle Catholic Church Cleveland Inc | $36,663 | 4 | n/a |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $36,141 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities USA | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Springs Theatre | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Benedict Catholic Church Johns Creek Inc | $33,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc | $33,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Joseph Catholic Church Washington Inc | $32,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $30,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Answers Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Good News at Noon Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church Atlanta Inc | $29,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Atlanta Catholic Radio Inc | $29,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $26,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Phillip Benizi Catholic Church Jonesboro Inc | $26,397 | 3 | n/a |
| St John Paul II Parish Mission | $25,400 | 3 | n/a |
| University Catholic Center at Emory University | $25,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Leadership Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Benedict Xvi Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| SAIA Employee Relief Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Association for Catholic Formation and Leadership Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reach for Excellence Inc | $23,950 | 2 | 3% |
| Divine Mercy Catholic Mission | $23,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $22,750 | 1 | 0% |
| The Holy Name of Jesus Chinese Catholic Church | $22,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Atlanta Inc | $22,103 | 3 | n/a |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Divino Nino Jesus Catholic Mission | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Family Promise of Hall County | $19,300 | 2 | 1% |
| Prince of Peace Catholic Church Flowery Branch Inc | $18,950 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mark Catholic Church Clarksville Inc | $18,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Vox Teen Communications Inc | $18,500 | 2 | 1% |
| St Vincent de Paul Catholic Church Dallas Inc | $18,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Michael the Archangel Catholic Church Woodstock Inc | $17,200 | 2 | n/a |
| San Felipe De Jesus Parish Mission | $17,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Toribo Romo Parish Mission | $17,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Matthew Catholic Church Winder Inc | $16,784 | 2 | n/a |
| St Mary Catholic Church Toccoa Inc | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| A Womans Haven Inc | $15,800 | 2 | 1% |
| St Lawrence Catholic Church | $15,482 | 2 | n/a |
| Handshouse Studio Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 25% |
| St Marguerite Dyouville Catholic Church Lawrenceville Inc | $14,441 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Center at Georgia Tech | $14,350 | 1 | n/a |
| All Saints Catholic Church Dunwoody Inc | $14,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Whispering Angels Youth Ranch Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Latin American Association | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Mary Mother of God Catholic Church Jackson Inc | $13,623 | 2 | n/a |
| Our Lady of the Americas Catholic Mission | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic School | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St James Catholic Church McDonough Inc | $12,400 | 2 | n/a |
| St Marys Catholic Church Rome Inc | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Covenant House Georgia Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Apf Support Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Katharine Drexel Catholic Church | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Knights of Columbus Charities of Georgia Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Peter Catholic Church Lagrange Inc | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Holy Cross Catholic Church Atlanta Inc | $10,020 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Harvest Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Piedmont Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Exceptional Futures Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sovereign Military Order of Malta Federal Association USA | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jerry Cebulski African Disability Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Dietrich Von Hildebrand Legacy Project | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joyful Heart Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Helena Catholic Church Clayton Inc | $9,300 | 1 | n/a |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Blairsville Inc | $9,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Emory University | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Lawrence Catholic Church Lawrenceville Inc | $8,910 | 1 | n/a |
| St Matthew Catholic Church Tyrone Inc | $8,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Buckhead Christian Ministry Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Mary Magdalene Catholic Church Newnan Inc | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Inward Bound Center for Nonprofit Leadership | $8,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amigos For Christ Inc | $7,530 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church Milledgeville Inc | $7,100 | 1 | n/a |
| St Catherine of Siena Catholic Church Kennesaw Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Fulton County Zoo Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy Senior Care Inc | $6,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregational Methodist Church | $6,134 | 1 | n/a |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Foundation for Tigard Tualatin Schools | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Vietnam Catholic Church Catholic Church Riverdale Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sophia Academy Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Familiar Hearts Animal Society | $6,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Foundation for Blind Children | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catlanta Care | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church Hartwell Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Clements Catholic Church Calhoun Inc | $5,768 | 1 | n/a |
| St Brigid Catholic Church | $5,741 | 1 | n/a |
| St Francis de Sales Catholic Church Mabelton Inc | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Atlanta Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| First Love Kids International Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Oliver Plunkett Catholic Church Snellville Inc | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Carrollton Inc | $5,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Refugees Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St James Catholic Church Madison Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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 61.
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.
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA53.9× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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About The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia
- How much does The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia give?
- The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia reported 103 itemized grants totaling $5,634,260, out of $6,001,636 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 53 and 71 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Religion (34%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Southern Methodist University ($3.1M), Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta ($2.6M), St Pius X Catholic High School Inc ($2.0M).
- Does The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, The Waterfall Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia based?
- The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia is based in GA.
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