Ohio · Private foundation
The Howley 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.
- $29M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 60
- Grants FY2024
- 53
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $185,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,938,908
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 53
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $132M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations The Howley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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 | 59 | $29M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 53 | $22M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $16M | 27% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $9.8M | 31% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $5.9M | 34% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $5.1M | 10% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $4.0M | 4% |
| FY2017 | 36 | $3.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rey Network | $9,042,717 | 8 | 20% |
| Gilmour Academy Inc | $8,911,232 | 8 | n/a |
| Drexel University | $7,043,744 | 8 | 0% |
| Saint Martin de Porres High School | $5,731,011 | 8 | 8% |
| American Federation for Children Inc | $4,500,000 | 4 | 17% |
| Merion Mercy Academy | $3,443,398 | 8 | n/a |
| Independence Mission Schools | $3,422,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School | $2,832,090 | 8 | 2% |
| The Drexel Fund | $2,453,697 | 1 | 27% |
| St Joseph Academy | $2,012,224 | 8 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rey Network | $9,042,717 | 8 | 20% |
| Gilmour Academy Inc | $8,911,232 | 8 | n/a |
| Drexel University | $7,043,744 | 8 | 0% |
| Saint Martin de Porres High School | $5,731,011 | 8 | 8% |
| American Federation for Children Inc | $4,500,000 | 4 | 17% |
| Merion Mercy Academy | $3,443,398 | 8 | n/a |
| Independence Mission Schools | $3,422,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School | $2,832,090 | 8 | 2% |
| The Drexel Fund | $2,453,697 | 1 | 27% |
| St Joseph Academy | $2,012,224 | 8 | n/a |
| Benedictine High School Incorporated | $1,881,400 | 8 | n/a |
| Malvern Preparatory School | $1,857,012 | 4 | 4% |
| The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc | $1,760,250 | 7 | 2% |
| Elevate 215 | $1,559,999 | 5 | 10% |
| Villa Angela St Joseph High School | $1,352,186 | 8 | n/a |
| Office of Catholic Education | $1,301,321 | 4 | n/a |
| St Ignatius High School of Cleveland | $1,231,950 | 8 | n/a |
| Cleveland Central Catholic High School | $1,107,162 | 8 | n/a |
| Beaumont School | $574,750 | 6 | n/a |
| The Gesu School Inc | $574,250 | 6 | 3% |
| Saint James School | $534,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology | $533,872 | 1 | n/a |
| Seton Education Partners | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Christ School Inc | $480,250 | 5 | 1% |
| St Edward High School | $460,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mercy Vocational High School Sisters of Mercy | $354,050 | 3 | n/a |
| Liguori Inc | $334,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Magnificat High School | $319,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Waldron Mercy Academy | $272,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Logan Hope | $226,750 | 3 | 4% |
| School Choice Ohio Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Holy Name High School | $156,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc | $155,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Lasalle College High School | $140,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Marys Catholic School | $127,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St James School | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Breakthrough Schools | $115,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Catholic Schools Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sisters of St Joseph Third Order of St Francis | $91,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Church Farm School | $90,247 | 4 | 0% |
| The Woodlynde School Corporation | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute | $55,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Laurence School 31189 | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Studios of Key West | $47,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Urban Community School | $44,656 | 2 | 0% |
| Metro Catholic Parish School | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $38,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Drexel Neumann Academy Inc | $37,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Flea Theater Inc | $31,320 | 2 | 1% |
| Hope Partnership for Education | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Theatre Exile Company | $27,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Hope Ignites Northeastern Ohio Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Julie Billiart School | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| EdChoice Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Academy of Notre Dame de Namur | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School | $13,334 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Catholic High School | $11,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Elyria Catholic High School | $11,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Arts-Inspired Learning | $10,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cleveland Public Theatre Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Effective Leadership Academy | $8,750 | 3 | 1% |
| Key West Literary Seminar Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Convergence-Continuum | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Rosary Regional Catholic School | $4,392 | 1 | n/a |
| The Philanthropy Roundtable | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($26M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Howley Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools · Connelly Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund · The Maguire Foundation · The Veale Foundation · Henkels Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Paul E Kelly Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The Fedeli Family Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About The Howley Foundation
- How much does The Howley Foundation give?
- The Howley Foundation reported 60 grants totaling $28,515,082 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 53 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Howley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (91%), Religion (3%), Health (2%).
- Who are The Howley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cristo Rey Network ($9.0M), Gilmour Academy Inc ($8.9M), Drexel University ($7.0M).
- Does The Howley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Howley 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Howley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools, Connelly Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation.
- Where is The Howley Foundation based?
- The Howley Foundation is based in OH.
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