Does The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas 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 Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.

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The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 19
Grants FY2024: 12
Organizations funded FY2023: 83%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $300,000
Organizations funded a year: 4 to 12; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 9
Total assets, FY2024: $33M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 83% of the organizations The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $994k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationPhilanthropyCivil RightsReligionHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther

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	18	$1.1M	56%
FY2023	12	$1.1M	83%
FY2022	9	$1.5M	56%
FY2021	8	$1.3M	50%
FY2020	6	$1.3M	100%
FY2019	4	$1.3M	25%
FY2018	8	$1.3M	88%
FY2017	5	$1.3M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.9MEnvironment$2.7MReligion$1.2MCivil Rights$960kPublic Benefit$800kInternational$400kPhilanthropy$336kScience & Tech$300kOther$0

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
Trustees of Boston College	$559,760	2	0%
Seton Education Partners	$500,000	3	2%
The News Literacy Project Inc	$500,000	2	10%
United States Catholic Conference	$476,687	2	n/a
Association of Catholic Colleges and University	$400,000	2	14%
Lasallian Educational and Research Initiatives	$400,000	1	6%
National Religious Campaign Against Torture	$375,000	1	28%
ColaborativoPR Inc	$354,689	1	n/a
Red Cloud Renewable	$335,000	2	27%
Red Cloud Indian School	$329,000	3	n/a

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All grantees of The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Trustees of Boston College	$559,760	2	0%
Seton Education Partners	$500,000	3	2%
The News Literacy Project Inc	$500,000	2	10%
United States Catholic Conference	$476,687	2	n/a
Association of Catholic Colleges and University	$400,000	2	14%
Lasallian Educational and Research Initiatives	$400,000	1	6%
National Religious Campaign Against Torture	$375,000	1	28%
ColaborativoPR Inc	$354,689	1	n/a
Red Cloud Renewable	$335,000	2	27%
Red Cloud Indian School	$329,000	3	n/a
Georgetown University	$325,000	2	0%
Center for Humane Technology	$300,000	1	3%
Catholic Mobilizing Network	$200,000	1	20%
Tariq Khamisa Foundation Inc Tkf	$200,000	2	22%
Interfaith America	$150,000	1	1%
Makoce Agriculture Development	$135,000	2	3%
Constructive Dialogue Institute Inc	$100,000	1	2%
National Council of the US Society of St Vincent de Paul Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Issue One	$100,000	1	1%
Childhood Education International	$100,000	1	8%
Leadership Roundtable Inc	$70,000	3	1%
Upstream Education Inc	$60,200	1	8%
The One America Movement	$60,000	1	2%
Salt Lake Civil Network Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
New America Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
Covenant House	$50,000	1	0%
Ashoka	$50,000	1	0%
South Dakota Education Equity Coalition	$35,000	1	15%
Prison Contemplative Fellowship	$30,000	1	41%
National Black Catholic Congress Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
George Family Foundation	$21,000	1	n/a
Commonweal Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
Funders Together to End Homelessnes	$2,000	2	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.

The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 27.

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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.

Lilly Endowment IncIN12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation

How much does The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation give?: The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $1,291,240 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Environment (26%), Religion (11%).
Who are The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Trustees of Boston College ($560k), Seton Education Partners ($500k), The News Literacy Project Inc ($500k).
Does The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas 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 Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
Where is The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation based?: The Porticus North America Foundation F/K/A the Humanitas Foundation is based in NY.