· Private foundation
The Ortner Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $85k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $862k
- $250k+4 grants · $1.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CANA ACADEMY | $385,000 |
| RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE | $349,000 |
| ST JEROME INSTITUTE | $270,000 |
| CATHOLIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $250,000 |
| DOMINICAN HOUSE OF STUDIES COLLEGE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION | $150,000 |
| SENT INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP | $150,000 |
| THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE | $150,000 |
| THE INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC LIBERAL EDUCATION | $125,000 |
| ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER | $100,000 |
| A SIMPLE HOUSE | $87,182 |
| THE EVANGELICAL CATHOLIC INC | $50,000 |
| CATHOLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS | $50,000 |
| TRINITY HOUSE COMMUNITY | $40,000 |
| DIVINE MERCY ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| THE LEONINE FORUM INC | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 62% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $440k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JEJM EDUCATIONAL GROUP6× · 2018–2024 · $575k · revenue +654%
- TATHOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE4× · 2018–2024 · $300k · revenue +9%
- EAETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC4× · 2020–2024 · $275k · revenue +190%
Funded once
- CTCHRIST THE REDEEMER CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $100k
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF ARLINGTONone grant, 2020 · $50k
- CSCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON DC INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +39%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Collegium Institute is a Catholic intellectual apostolate that fosters the Catholic intellectual tradition within the University of Pennsylvania community and within the greater region and secular academia. (Continued on Sch. O)
The institute's mission is to conduct research on key issues facing society to help both the church and society deal thoughtfully with the major issues they face globally. the institute also sponsors and conducts research and scholarship…
To make the catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the culture of universities. to enrich academic communities at the university of chicago, across the nation, and the world with the insights of catholic thought. to dialogue with…
Inspired by Saint Pope John Paul II, we take as our motto Cultura Vitae, the culture of life, as our students triumph over the materialism and despair that pervades our culture in order to have life and have it abundantly. We do this with…
The institute on religion and public life is an interreligious, nonpartisan research and educational 501(c)(3) organization. the institute's mission is to articulate a governing consensus that supports: (see schedule o)- a religiously…
The mission of Chesterton Academy is to help parents raise up a new generation of joyful leaders and saints, educated in the classical tradition and the truths of the Catholic faith.
The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution with an international visiting scholar program which convenes researchers in an ideal setting for interdisciplinary inquiries where theology casts light on global…
To prepare students to serve christ and his church through biblical, experiential and practical ministry. prts provides theological training and instruction in accordance with the scriptures and the historic reformed creeds for promotion…
Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
St. john's university is a catholic, vincentian, metropolitan, and global institution of higher education (continued on schedule o).
John paul the great is a private, pk4-12 independent school committed to teaching an exemplary, rigorous classical curriculum, and a comprehensive understanding of the roman catholic faith.
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CANA ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds JM EDUCATIONAL GROUP ↗
- Who funds THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds SENT INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP ↗
- Who funds THE EVANGELICAL CATHOLIC INC ↗
- Who funds TRINITY HOUSE COMMUNITY ↗
- Who funds CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON DC INC ↗
- Who funds SAGAMORE INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds TRINITY SCHOOLS INC ↗
- Who funds Divine Mercy Academy ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE LEONINE FORUM INC ↗
- Who funds THE SOCIETY OF GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON ↗
- Who funds THE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE ↗
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: The Catholic Association Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ortner Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ortner Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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