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Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc

Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,408,750 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($4,520,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.5M
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$8.4M
Net assets
$11M
12/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 63%
01What it does

What Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc does

Mission

FADICA is a leading philanthropic peer network serving as a catalyst for a vital Catholic Church, Catholic ministries, and the common good. We promote the growth and effectiveness of Catholic philanthropy inspired by the joy of the gospel and the Catholic social tradition. FADICA supports its members through education, exchange, fellowship and faith, research, joint funding opportunities, and interaction with Catholic leadership.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Leadership Symposia: Provide continuing education and peer learning on issues and trends of importance in the Catholic Church and Catholic philanthropy. Symposia also provide networking and information-sharing opportunities, and serve as a forum for discussion between Catholic philanthropists and leaders in the Catholic charitable sector and the Catholic Church.

    $542,045 spentof which $5,000 as grants$210,353 earned by the program
    24% of program spending
  2. Philanthropy Services is a core activity of FADICA's operating function. FADICA offers a range of programs to support funders in faith-driven philanthropy, providing opportunities to integrate faith with giving, deepening the impact of members' philanthropy. FADICA offers research and strategic consultation, as well as joint funding and impact opportunities.

    $311,048 spent
    14% of program spending
  3. Education programs and research on topical philanthropy areas, such as Catholic education, faith-aligned investing, Catholic social tradition, and safeguarding.

    $222,830 spentof which $59,000 as grants
    10% of program spending
  4. Philanthropy Leadership Intern Program

    $5,000 spent
    0% of program spending
  5. Other Programs

    $319,160 spentof which $192,464 as grants$5,000 earned by the program
    14% of program spending
  6. Safe-guarding

    $211,639 spentof which $15,000 as grants
    9% of program spending
  7. Catholic Funding Guide

    $199,707 spent$205,334 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  8. FADICA Digital

    $154,645 spent
    7% of program spending
  9. Growth for Impact Campaign

    $147,138 spent
    7% of program spending
  10. Vatican COVID 19 Commission

    $100,000 spentof which $100,000 as grants
    4% of program spending
  11. Member Working and Interest Groups

    $46,917 spent
    2% of program spending

The 11 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,260,129.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($6.1M)2018 Revenue 89 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 96 ($5.9M)2019 Revenue 125 ($1.7M) Expenses 113 ($1.5M) Net assets 114 ($7.0M)2020 Revenue 364 ($4.9M) Expenses 218 ($2.9M) Net assets 161 ($9.9M)2021 Revenue 428 ($5.7M) Expenses 292 ($3.9M) Net assets 199 ($12M)2022 Revenue 205 ($2.7M) Expenses 243 ($3.2M) Net assets 150 ($9.2M)2023 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 184 ($2.4M) Net assets 149 ($9.1M)2024 Revenue 261 ($3.5M) Expenses 197 ($2.6M) Net assets 174 ($11M)
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Revenue (261)Expenses (197)Net assets (174)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $12M to $9.4M (−25%).

$6.3M
$6.0M
$7.1M
$10M
$12M
$9.4M
$9.4M
$11M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

82% of Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,052 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$14k
’17
−$135k
’18
$176k
’19
$2.0M
’20
$1.9M
’21
−$471k
’22
−$1.1M
’23
$890k
’24
4.4
months of
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.

Chief executive

Alexia Kelley

President & CEO

Board chair

Michael Wolohan MD

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Joined·+1+1+6+3+2+2+0
No longer listed·1240321
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $35k → $740k.

5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc’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

Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

54%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 42% · 2019 45% · 2020 79% · 2021 47% · 2022 46% · 2023 43% — 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.

How long its funders stay

71% of Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states in all.

MN
MI
NY
SD
PA
CA
MD
DE
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $675k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin26% · above the median
Months of reserve4.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 11%Fundraising 2%

Governance

11
board members
91%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

45%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc?
Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,408,750 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($4,520,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $8,408,750 in grants to Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc?
CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,520,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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