Grants for religious media organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to religious media production and publishing organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,818 religious media production and publishing organizations received at least $102.6 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 3,174 grants made from 2,001 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 2,001 foundations, 77% made just a single grant to religious media orgs, and 4% made grants to four or more religious media orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$102,583,270

Total grant dollars given to religious media organizations

3,174

Number of grants made annually to religious media organizations

2,001

Number of grantmakers funding religious media organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to religious media organizations

Foundations that support religious media production and publishing organizations

Out of all grants made to religious media organizations, 82% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 94% of the dollar-value of grants to religious media orgs. Foundations funding religious media orgs also made grants to religious organizations, christian organizations, colleges, international humanitarian organizations, and multiservice human service organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,660
Medium	178
Large	163

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	39
Private	1,741
Corporate	83
Other	138

Grants made

Grants made to religious media orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,555
2-3	363
4-10	64
11+	19

Top 10 foundations supporting religious media production and publishing organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to religious media orgs	Number of grants made to religious media orgs	Median grant size
Greater Chicago Food Depository	IL	Metro	10.0%	60	$1,999
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	52	$295
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	37	$500
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.3%	36	$250
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.5%	32	$281
Jewish Federation Foundation of Greater Rhode Island	RI	Regional	1.8%	30	$450
Fidelity Foundation	MA	National	0.1%	24	$900
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.2%	24	$1,000
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation	IL	National	0.8%	23	$250
Albemarle Foundation	NC	National	0.1%	22	$50

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Religious media production and publishing organizations grantees

Religious media organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 75% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 42% of all religious media orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	3,159
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	15

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,305
$1M-$5M	$1,022
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	562
California	515
Texas	221
District of Columbia	197
Other	1,679

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	577
Los Angeles	315
Washington DC	224
Chicago	110
Other	1,776

Top 25 grants made to religious media organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles A Corporation Sole	$11,588,023	Inner City School Improvements	Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles (CCF LA)
Longyear Foundation	$10,000,000	Related Ministries	Tenacre
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange A Corporation	$8,733,525	Accrual	Saint Joseph Health (SJH)
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange A Corporation	$8,733,525	Program Support	Saint Joseph Health (SJH)
The OSS Society	$8,500,000	Leadership Grant in Support of the National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations	Starr Foundation
Superchannel Centre	$7,898,000	Cash	Associated Christian Television System
Superchannel Centre	$7,898,000	Building Construction and Other General Ministry Support	Associated Christian Television System
Superchannel Centre	$7,898,000	Cash	Associated Christian Television System
Our Daily Bread Ministries	$5,250,000	Ministry	Our Daily Bread Ministries Foundation
Our Daily Bread Ministries	$5,250,000	Need	Our Daily Bread Ministries Foundation
Hope for the Heart	$4,422,040	General Support	WaterStone
Grace to You	$3,003,900	General Support	WaterStone
Daystar Foundation and Library	$2,679,600	General	Dorothy D. & Joseph A. Moller Foundation
Community Eductional Television (CET)	$2,509,088	General Support	Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)
American Israel Education Foundation	$2,500,000	Outreach, Education, and Engagement Programs	Koret Foundation
Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema NFP	$5,000	General Use	Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation
Christian Family Life	$5,000	Charitable Donation	Chupp Family Foundation
St Vincents Academy	$5,000	General Use	The Ryan Family Foundation
Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas	$5,000	General Budget	The Aileen and Jack Pratt Foundation
Seton Hall Preparatory School	$5,000	Generations Capital Campaign	Monte Sacro Foundation
Jewish Book Council	$5,000	General Charitable Support - No Designation	The Samuel Bronfman Foundation
Algemeiner	$5,000	Charitable and Educational Purposes	Meyer and Jean Steinberg Family Foundation
Arrupe Jesuit High School	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	Forst Family Foundation
Jewish Women's Theatre	$5,000	Public Support of Organization Mission	The Stanley and Joyce Black Family FOUNDATION
Canisius High School	$5,000	Educational	The Russert Family Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Religious media organizations" category for this page is determined by the "X80: Religious Media, Communications Organizations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.