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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “discernment”
Where the money went
The Fund for Theological EducationAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
90 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to HOPE COLLEGE — discernment lab grant
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
7 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $534,000 to GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — to continue providing discerning leadership and management capacity development for senior vatican officials, and leaders of catholic sisters religious orders and emerging church l…
Largest: $20,000 to ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY — toward salaries for project leadership to focus on the core mission of engaging, equipping, and unleashing faithful catholics to participate in the church's active discernment of w…
Largest: $60,125 to FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF TEAGUE TX — one-half to the permanent endowment with the income used as the governing body discerns. one-half to the sadie jo black family endowment fund to provide seminars
Largest: $10,000 to ST THOMAS AQUINAS HOUSE OF DISCERNMENT — religious/educational
Love in ActionColorado Springs, CO
2 matching grants · $24.4M · through 2022Largest: $15.8M to DESTINY & DISCERNMENT FUND — to fund the distribution of christian educational materials.
Largest: $100,000 to DISCERNING DEACONS — general operating
Largest: $191,971 to ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES — to renew vital ministries, education & formation of children & support for priests & those discerning the call
Catholic Community FoundationSt Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $112,300 · through 2024Largest: $102,000 to DISCERNING DEACONS — general operating, program support
Largest: $2,500 to ST JOHN'S SEMINARY — to prepare candidates for service as roman catholic priests by assisting them to: grow as disciples of jesus christ; discern the vocation to which god calls them; root themselves i…
Largest: $15,000 to ALS ASSOCIATION THE — provide support to discern needs and coordinate services for people with als and their families
Center for Action and ContemplationAlbuquerque, NMCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to NORBERTINE COMMUNITY — for the norbertine community, apostolic way of life is rooted in the life of the early church. the authenticity of this mission has been discerned by the abbot and the church of st…
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →