· Private foundation
World Religion Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN | $15,000 |
| YMCA | $12,000 |
| NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE | $9,500 |
| CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE MIDDL | $9,000 |
| THE INTERFAITH CENTER AT MIAMI UNIVERSIT | $9,000 |
| UNITED RELIGIONS INITIATIVE IN NORTH | $8,000 |
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL | $7,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TITHE INTERFAITH CENTER2× · 2023–2024 · $35k
- SVST VINCENT DE PAUL3× · 2023–2025 · $18k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF THE MIDDLE EAST PROJECT2× · 2022–2023 · $16k
Funded once
- NUNEXUS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTone grant, 2023 · $25k
- GMGREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCAgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +63%
- NCNEW CREATION COUNSELING CENTER INCone grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue -28%
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.
The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.
Interfaith alliance is a growing network of people of diverse faiths and beliefs across the country working together to build a resilient democracy and fulfill america's promise of religious freedom and civil rights not just for some, but…
The mission of the ymca of metropolitan denver is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. the ymca of metropolitan denver is recognized as the area's largest provider of…
The jewish federation of greater washington (federation) envisions a connected and vibrant jewish community that cares for each other, fosters jewish learning and journeys, embraces jewish peoplehood and israel, and acts as a force for…
Our vision is a flourishing jewish community where everyone feels included, supported and inspired. in order to accomplish this vision we cultivate resources, connect people and collaborate across the community to live and fulfill jewish…
To assure the building and strengthening of the jewish community locally, nationally, overseas and in israel, in accordance with jewish values.
The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…
The montgomery ymca, reflecting its judeo-christian heritage, is an association of volunteers, members, and staff open to and serving all, providing programs and services which develop spirit, mind, and body. montgomery ymca statement of…
Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…
The mission of the organization is to enrich the lives of jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world.
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…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 22 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 JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA ↗
- Who funds NEW CREATION COUNSELING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN HOPE INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DAYTON INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds University of Dayton ↗
- Who funds BETHANY CENTER ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH CONFERENCE OF METROPOLIT ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization World Religion Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from World Religion Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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