Louisiana · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION
INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,377,309 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($14,068,884). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $29M
- Net assets
- $68M
What International Dominican Foundation does
Mission
The purpose of the International Dominican Foundation is to aid and support the national and international projects of the dominican order of the catholic church.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The angelicum is one of the principle centres for intellectual life in the order of preachers. A house of studies where st. Thomas aquinas once taught, it sought and was granted pontifical status under the mastership of blessed hyacinth cormier op. Today, it offers pontifical degrees up to the level of doctorate in theology, philosophy, canon law, and the social sciences. Each year, it welcomes over 1,200 seminarians, religious, and laypeople from almost 100 different countries. The administration and teaching staff are mainly dominicans, supported by a 70-strong convent of friars, which make it one of the largest communities in the order. The angelicum is also the accrediting body for 15 higher learning institutes spread across the world (including blackfriars stadium in oxford). Grants were given for scholarships to seminarians and lay persons at the angelicum university in rome.
$4,181,102 spentof which $4,036,017 as grants$6,348 earned by the program99% of program spendingEcole biblique and french school of archaeology is the centre of biblical study and archaeology that produced the jerusalem bible and edits the revue biblique. Founded by the dominican marie-joseph lagrange in 1890, the ecole continues to offer scholars of the bible and the archaeology of the holy land a unique venue to study, teach, and publish. There are 20 dominican friars assigned to the ecole and approximately 40 postgraduates from different parts of the world in residence. Situated in east jerusalem, the ecole students and staff witness the inter-religious context of the modern world not as a subject of study only but as a real life experience. This sensitivity to different cultural and religious contexts has inspired the community to begin a new bible project called bible en ses traditions, best. Best will not be yet another catholic bible, but one that can be read catholically, that is with equal attention given to the scriptural text and the tradition(s) of reception, including jewish, protestant, and orthodox readings. Grants were given to the ecole biblique and french school of archaeology in jerusalem.
$34,186 spentof which $33,000 as grants1% of program spendingThe dominican institute of oriental studies (ideo) was founded in cairo in 1953 at the request of the holy see to open a dialogue, without proselytism, between muslim and christian scholars. It is the home to an extensive collection of works on arabic culture and islam and is recognized as a preeminent research institution by international scholars. The ideo is comprised of a team of approximately 12 scholars, mainly dominicans. Approximately 10 of the scholars live in cairo, where they devote themselves to the ideo's library and welcome visitors and readers. Those who live outside of egypt lecture in universities or work in research centers such as the cnrs in france. 12 other scholars are supporting them. Ideo works toward better knowledge and understanding of the arab-muslim cultural heritage and toward the improvement of islamic and christian relations. Grants were given to the ideo in cairo.
$25,899 spentof which $25,000 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,241,187.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $15M to $43M (+182%).
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.
85% of INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 17 funders, grant income rose $10k → $6.0M.
15 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 funders by total. 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
INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 82% · 2020 49% · 2021 50% · 2022 57% · 2023 33% — 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
78% of INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
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
76% of INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7.0M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Louisiana, across 14 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Against its field
INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 249 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 249 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION?
- INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,377,309 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($14,068,884). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $29,377,309 in grants to INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $14,068,884 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 36 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