Missouri · Nonprofit
MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE
MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,597 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($35,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $653k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $94k
- Net assets
- $824k
What Mary Mother of the Church Shrine does
Mission
Mary, mother of the church shrine manages and maintains the programs, fundraising, operations, and facilities for the national shrine of mary, mother of the church.our mission is to provide faith filled and joyful eucharistic celebrations,to provide family-oriented programs, pilgrimages and retreats for the spiritual enrichment of home and life, and to provide greater recognition of mothers through the mother's wall of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Maintenance of fountains, equipment, artwork, lighting, sound system, granite engraved walls, stone terraces, walkways, parking, security, landscaping etc.
$243,836 spent45% of program spendingOffice expense for management, record keeping, bookkeeping, financial and tax return preparation, office supplies, etc
$106,311 spent20% of program spendingMarketing expense for database, website, communication, newsletters, and communication with over 7500 constituents and donors.
$144,880 spent27% of program spendingMiscellaneous
$47,447 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $542,474.
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 2019 to 2020, from $561k to $375k (−33%).
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.
95% of MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Tom Vincent
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $135.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE’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
MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
96% of MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE'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 $4k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Missouri, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $90k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE: 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 MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE?
- MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,597 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($35,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $93,597 in grants to MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH SHRINE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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