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The Renaissance Fund NFP at a glance

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The Renaissance Fund NFP

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$757k
Granted FY2024still arriving
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$2.8MEducation$753kInternational$105kRecreation & Sports$80kArts & Culture$47kHousing & Shelter$40kCrime & Legal$35kHealth$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k43 grants · $141k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $33k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $587k
$2,500
Median grant
14
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Orthodox Christian Fellowship$100,000
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox$75,000
Orthodox Christian Alumni in Action$75,000
Pan Hellenic Scholarship Foundation$70,000
St Michael's Orthodox Church$67,184
Orthodox Christians in Action$50,000
Orthodox Volunteer Corps$50,000
Christ the Savior Seminary$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
Rise on Chauncey Purdue University$12,264
Rise on Chauncey Purdue University$11,216
Orthodox Christian Fellowship$10,000
The Liturgical Arts Academy$9,000
Hellenic College$6,800
Hellenic College$6,100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 48% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%Orthodox Christian Fellowship: $100k → 7%Orthodox Volunteer Corps: $50k → 11%Camp Nazareth: $50k → 13%Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry: $20k → 17%St Constantine School: $25k → 16%St Iakovos Retreat Center: $160k → 10%Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicag: $225k → 7%Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church: $42k → 15%Orthodox Christians in Action: $50k → 19%Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities: $50k → 11%Orthodox Christian Fellowship: $75k → 7%Orthodox Ministry Services: $50k → 11%St Iakovos Retreat Center: $160k → 10%Ancient Faith Ministries: $50k → 15%Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicag: $125k → 7%Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities: $25k → 11%Orthodox Christian Fellowship: $50k → 7%Orthodox Volunteer Corps: $50k → 11%St Iakovos Retreat Center: $160k → 10%Ancient Faith Ministries: $100k → 9%Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicag: $125k → 7%Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities: $25k → 11%Orthodox Christian Fellowship: $25k → 7%American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox: $75k → 16%Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicag: $125k → 7%St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church: $30k → 14%American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox: $57k → 16%Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicag: $56k → 7%Orthodox Christian Alumni in Action: $75k → 19%Christ the Savior Seminary: $50k → 16%Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicag: $49k → 7%Orthodox Christian Alumni in Action: $50k → 19%American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox: $50k → 16%Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicag: $42k → 7%Orthodox Christian Alumni in Action: $50k → 19%American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox: $35k → 16%Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicag: $30k → 7%Orthodox Christian Alumni in Action: $50k → 19%Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicag: $20k → 7%Orthodox Christian Alumni in Action: $25k → 19%Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicag: $18k → 7%St Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church: $25k → 14%Pan Hellenic Scholarship Foundation: $70k → 14%Pan Hellenic Scholarship Foundation: $60k → 14%Pan Hellenic Scholarship Foundation: $60k → 14%Pan Hellenic Scholarship Foundation: $40k → 14%PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation: $20k → 14%St Michael's Orthodox Church: $67k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
NE
VA
MD
AZ
KS
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 50 repeat orgs$337k to everyone else

50 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
15

Total granted

$3.5M
$203k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+25%

Still filing today

40%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionYouth DevelopmentInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • OC
    ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
    5× · 2020–2024 · $281k · revenue +130%
  • PS
    Panhellenic Scholarship Foundation
    5× · 2020–2024 · $260k · revenue +20%
  • AF
    Ancient Faith Ministries Formerly Conciliar Media Ministries
    3× · 2020–2023 · $155k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • OM
    Orthodox Ministry Services
    one grant, 2020 · $56k · revenue -60%
  • CT
    Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church
    one grant, 2021 · $42k
  • SC
    St Constantine School
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
2
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
3
Saint John's University

To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.

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4
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
5
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
6
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
7
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)

Education
8
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
9
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
10
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

—
11
Desales University

Desales is a catholic, salesian university that inspires transformative learning through the liberal arts and professional studies by energizing students to be who they are and be that well.

Education
12
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgetown University; the most unlike its peers is Hellenic Bar Association Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 79 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
24/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OFCHICAGO: $814,868 · OtherGREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OFCHICAGOST IAKOVOS RETREAT CENTER INC: $480,465 · OtherST IAKOVOS RETREAT CENTER INCAmerican Carpatho-Russian Orthodox: $281,141 · OtherAmerican Carpatho-Russian OrthodoxOrthodox Christian Alumni in Action: $255,922 · OtherOrthodox Christian Alumni in ActionSt Michael's Orthodox Church: $158,627 · OtherSt Michael's Orthodox Church+46 more: $719,904 · Other+46 morePanhellenic Scholarship Foundation: $260,000 · EducationPanhellenic S…Hellenic Bar Association Foundation: $35,000 · EducationHellenic Bar …ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $17,500 · Education+18 more: $118,750 · Education+18 moreORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: $280,640 · Youth DevelopmentAncient Faith Ministries Formerly Conciliar Media Ministries: $155,000 · ReligionOrthodox Ministry Services: $56,000 · ReligionFAITHTREE RESOURCES: $10,000 · ReligionORTHODOX VOLUNTEER CORPS: $105,336 · PhilanthropyINT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC: $105,000 · International
Other$2,710,927Education$451,250Youth Development$280,640Religion$221,000Philanthropy$105,336International$105,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: $280,640 over 5y, 20% of budgetPanhellenic Scholarship Foundation: $260,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetAncient Faith Ministries Formerly Conciliar Media Ministries: $155,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetORTHODOX VOLUNTEER CORPS: $105,336 over 2y, 21% of budgetINT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOrthodox Ministry Services: $56,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetHellenic Bar Association Foundation: $35,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $11,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARTHAGE COLLEGE: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarquette University: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorwich University: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAITHTREE RESOURCES: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetGENEVA COLLEGE: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCreighton University: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Scranton: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBenedictine College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP ↗
  • Who funds Panhellenic Scholarship Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Ancient Faith Ministries Formerly Conciliar Media Ministries ↗
  • Who funds ORTHODOX VOLUNTEER CORPS ↗
  • Who funds INT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Orthodox Ministry Services ↗
  • Who funds Hellenic Bar Association Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds CARTHAGE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Marquette University ↗
  • Who funds Norwich University ↗

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 John C Kulis Char…Hellenic FoundationVranas Family Foundat…Gianaras FoundationBuhler Kapsalis Famil…Orthodox Vision Found…AbbVie FoundationGreater HorizonsMorgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…
The John C Kulis Charitable FoundationFL28.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The John C Kulis Charitable Foundation · Hellenic Foundation · Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas · Gianaras Foundation · Buhler Kapsalis Family Foundation · Orthodox Vision Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Greater Horizons · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Renaissance Fund NFP funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Renaissance Fund NFP. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Norwich University: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to The Renaissance Fund NFP?

Find your warmest path to The Renaissance Fund NFP through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 79 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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