California · Nonprofit
MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM
MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,000 to it, the largest being Merrion Family Foundation ($7,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $395k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $168k
What Modern Catholic Pilgrim does
Mission
Provide opportunities for Catholic pilgrimage.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2023, MCP began to provide the National Eucharistic Congress with direct oversight of the NEP, including development of the walking routes and selection of perpetual pilgrims; the maintenance of the hospitality network necessary to provide for the pilgrims along the way; the interaction with local, regional, and national Church and governmental bodies; and the pre-pilgrimage engagement with the perpetual pilgrims. In late 2023, the scope of services to be provided by MCP was amended to reassign ownership of the direct expenses related to the NEP from MCP to the National Eucharistic Congress. As a result, the remaining service fee to be paid to MCP was reduced. For 2024, we expect that program service expenses will be significantly higher than program service revenue related to the NEP.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
We began work on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, hiring staff members, and receiving revenue for the work. We have coordinated for thousands of pilgrims to walk through 25 states along four routes for two months in the summer of 2024.
$231,495 spent$330,603 earned by the program96% of program spendingWe hosted multi-day pilgrimages across the United States.
$4,431 spent$7,900 earned by the program2% of program spendingOne-Day Pilgrimages were another program we led for groups around the United States.
$4,181 spent$1,920 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $240,107.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $106k to $168k (+60%).
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.
14% of MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
David Cable
Chair, Board of Directors
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM’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.
Where its funders are
MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
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
MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,278 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,278 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM: 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 MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM?
- MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,000 to it, the largest being Merrion Family Foundation ($7,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,000 in grants to MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM?
- Merrion Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $7,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MODERN CATHOLIC PILGRIM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2022–2023), and the filings of 1 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