Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE BASILICA LANDMARK
THE BASILICA LANDMARK (Minnesota) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,049,459 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA ($1,603,600). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $5.0M
- Net assets
- $18M
What The Basilica Landmark does
Mission
The Basilica Landmark preserves and celebrates the basilica of saint mary (the basilica) as a religious and cultural symbol for all people by supporting the restoration and preservation of the basilica through educational programs, fund-raising and special events, by celebrating the basilica through publications and programs that document the history of the building and the community it serves, and by encouraging the use of the basilica as a cultural center for secular and liturgical arts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation gives grants to the basilica of saint mary for repairs and maintenance of the church campus and capital projects. In 2024, the main projects were roof repairs, elevators and structural assessment of masonry.
$3,744,122 spentof which $3,469,501 as grants98% of program spendingThe magazine of the basilica community, is produced and mailed by the foundation on behalf of the church. The magazine is educational in nature as it provides in-depth stories and beautiful photography about the building and community surrounding it. In 2024, two magazines were issued - 16,625 magazines were printed, 14,125 were mailed and 2,500 were placed at the back of the church.
$45,625 spent1% of program spendingArchives - the historical collection spans the more than 140-year history of the church and its forerunner, immaculate conception parish. The mission of the church archives is to collect, preserve, and make available to researchers historic materials and records related to the church and its community. The landmark assisted in the establishment of permanent archives and in the funding of an archivist for the church.
$16,803 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,806,550.
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 2023 to 2024, from $11M to $18M (+63%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
105% of THE BASILICA LANDMARK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $212k → $251k.
13 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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: $10M from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest The Basilica Landmark). These are real filings, and they are not money THE BASILICA LANDMARK raised.
From the IRS filings of THE BASILICA LANDMARK’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
THE BASILICA LANDMARK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
76% 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 THE BASILICA LANDMARK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 73% · 2019 56% · 2020 36% · 2021 40% · 2022 32% · 2023 22% — 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
62% of THE BASILICA LANDMARK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
74% of THE BASILICA LANDMARK'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 $1.3M that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
THE BASILICA LANDMARK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE BASILICA LANDMARK
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Basilica Events LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BASILICA LANDMARK?
- THE BASILICA LANDMARK (Minnesota) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,049,459 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA ($1,603,600). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE BASILICA LANDMARK have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $5,049,459 in grants to THE BASILICA LANDMARK, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BASILICA LANDMARK?
- CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA is the largest funder on record, with $1,603,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BASILICA LANDMARK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 30 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