Connecticut · Nonprofit
JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC
JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,634 to it, the largest being CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($42,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $96k
- Net assets
- $39M
What John Paul II Shrine and Institute Inc does
Mission
To provide a comprehensive understanding of person, marriage and family faithful to the catholic tradition in light of the teachings of the second vatican council and pope john paul ii, by means of a multidisciplinary education centered in theology and integrated in light of john paul ii's notion of man and woman as an embodied, sexually differentiated communion of persons created in the image of god and destined for a state of life; to develop a critical understanding of issues on marriage and family, biotechnology and ethics in light of western/modern assumptions regarding the human person, as these bear on the nature and dignity of human life; to offer accredited pontifical degree programs, as well as accredited graduate degree programs (master's, license, and doctoral-level education); the operation and maintenance of the saint john paul ii national shrine, a world-class shrine depicting the life and legacy of the saint john paul ii and on catholic heritage of north america.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization and operation of the pontifical john paul ii institute for studies on marriage and family, which provides post-graduate degree and non-degree courses of study to 89 students in theology of marriage and family.
$3,473,958 spentof which $921,831 as grants$727,870 earned by the program32% of program spendingThe operation and maintenance of the saint john paul ii national shrine, a world-class museum depicting the life and legacy of the saint john paul ii and on catholic heritage of north america.
$7,228,133 spent$134,969 earned by the program68% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,702,091.
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 $62M to $58M (−7%).
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.
92% of JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Anthony Picarello
Executive director - st. Jpii shrine
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $11k → $49k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $84M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Knights of Columbus). These are real filings, and they are not money JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE 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
JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% 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 JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $42k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Knights of Columbus · exempt
- Knights of Columbus Charities USA Inc · exempt
- The Knights of Columbus Museum Inc · exempt
- Knights of Columbus Charities Inc · exempt
- Knights of Columbus Canada Charities Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC?
- JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,634 to it, the largest being CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($42,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $95,634 in grants to JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC?
- CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $42,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOHN PAUL II SHRINE AND INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 4 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