Texas · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS
CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $142,382 to it, the largest being SCANLAN FOUNDATION ($114,582). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $187k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $142k
- Net assets
- $135k
What Catholic Literary Arts does
Mission
Catholic Literary Arts encourages ongoing growth in literary, artistic, and spiritual development of artists and writers so that the Cultural Patrimony and rich treasures of the Catholic Church may be more perfectly explored and used to draw all peoples to God.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Fearless Catholic Writing Camp is an immersive and intense classroom expeience where students in grades 3-12 learn practical, concrete writing skillls . CLA served 157 students with final readings for over 500 atendees and published an anthology of each students best work of the week with scholarships awarded to over 76 attendees (or 48% of total attendees). 16 faculty, 5 desk staff, 3 supervisors, and 10 volunteers.
$56,294 spentof which $20,255 as grants$96,710 earned by the program57% of program spendingIn-Person programs provided opportunities for the reading public to interact with contemporary authors and editors. These events also allow editors to encourage young writers, provide reading guidance, and be a living testament to the value of the intellectual and writing life. The largest in-person event brought approximately 500 people to a lecture and book-signing. Smaller events provided a chance to meet local authors and create community through fellowship and shared interests.
$10,485 spent$11,125 earned by the program11% of program spendingTodays virtual class environment is exciting, fast-growing and popular for adult learning. CLA provides three semesters of virtual programming with teachers and presenters able to join students and listeners worldwide. CLA served 253 students, with scholarships awarded to 18 for a value of $1,598.
$9,331 spentof which $1,598 as grants$20,055 earned by the program10% of program spendingOther program services include the following:Lesson Plan Project: a resource for professional educators and homeschooling parents to teach creative writing in grades 3-12.In-School Writing Program: A weekly program during the academic year to teach creative writing at schools, grades 3-8.Teen Mentorship Program: An annual cohort of high-school students are taught creative writing skills and assisted in entering contests and submitting writing to journals and magazines.Writing Contests: Competitive contests to encourage writing about sacred subjects using best-practices writing skills.
$21,860 spentof which $8,775 as grants$31,881 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $97,970.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $130k to $184k (+42%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
25% of CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Larry W Massey Jr
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $43k.
From the IRS filings of CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
80% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 87% · 2022 91% · 2023 86% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS?
- CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $142,382 to it, the largest being SCANLAN FOUNDATION ($114,582). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $142,382 in grants to CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS?
- SCANLAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $114,582 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC LITERARY ARTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing