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12 funders with a record of paying for “priest”
Where the money went Fatima Foundation of Milwaukee → Inst Christ King Sovereign Priest: $11M across 3 grants, latest 2025 I Am Mercy Foundation → Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary: $5.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Catholic Foundation No Colorado → St John Vianney Theological Seminary: $2.9M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Religious Care Foundation Inc → St Joseph's Priest Fund: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2025 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Palace of Priests Assembly: $970K across 5 grants, latest 2023 Catholic Community Foundation → Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis: $471K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy → St John Vianney Residence for Retired Priests: $155K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Commun → Society of the Divine Savior Salvatorian Priests and Brothers: $116K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Innovia Foundation → Priest River Ministries: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Koch Foundation Inc → Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Raskob Foundation for Catholic → St Edmund's Retreat Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John & Barbara Friedrich Foundation → Priestly Fraternity - St Peter: $8K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Fatima Foundation of Milwaukee → Inst Christ King Soverign Priest: $2.7M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Catholic Community Foundation → The Institute for Priestly Formation: $102K across 2 grants, latest 2024 I Am Mercy Foundation → Legionaries of Christ: $90K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Catholic Foundation No Colorado → Sjv-Rm: $85K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy → Priest Services & Continuing Education - Diocese of Amarillo: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Commun → Priests Ofthe Sacred Heart: $36K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Innovia Foundation → Priest River Ministries: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Koch Foundation Inc → Dong Thanh Tam Hue: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Raskob Foundation for Catholic → Franciscan Life Center Network Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John & Barbara Friedrich Foundation → Priests of the Sacred Heart: $8K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Catholic Community Foundation → Church of the Assumption: $56K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy → Saint John Vianney Priest Retirement Home in San Juan: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Catholic Foundation No Colorado → Capuchin Province of Mid-America: $44K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Commun → Society of the Divine Savior Salvatorian Priests & Brothers: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2022 I Am Mercy Foundation → Congregacion Religiosa - Legionarios De Cristo: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Innovia Foundation → Priest Lake Memory Gardens: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Raskob Foundation for Catholic → Archdiocese for the Military Services USA: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Koch Foundation Inc → Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy → Priests' Support: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy → Priest Support: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy → Diocese of Corpus Christi - Priest Support: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy → Diocese of Amarillo - Priest Services Continuing Education: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Catholic Community Foundation → Diocese of Duluth Mn: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy → Priest Support - Diocese of San Angelo: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Catholic Foundation No Colorado → Aod - Retired Priests: $27K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Catholic Community Foundation → Church of St Timothy: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Innovia Foundation → Priest River Lamanna High School: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Raskob Foundation for Catholic → Diocese of Gallup: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Raskob Foundation for Catholic → St Vincent Seminary: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Raskob Foundation for Catholic → Catholic Extension: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Koch Foundation Inc → Eparchy of Saint Vladimir Le Grand De Paris: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Innovia Foundation → City of Priest River: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Innovia Foundation → Priest Lake Food Bank: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Catholic Community Foundation → Diocese of New Ulm: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Catholic Community Foundation → Saint John's Abbey: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Catholic Foundation No Colorado → Laboure Society: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Koch Foundation Inc → St Thomas Aquinas Churchnewman Center: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Raskob Foundation for Catholic → Institute for Priestly Formation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Koch Foundation Inc → Archdiocese of Mexico: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Koch Foundation Inc → Archdiocese of Shkodre-Pult: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Koch Foundation Inc → Claretian Missionaries St Charles Lwanga Independent Delegation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Koch Foundation Inc → National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Koch Foundation Inc → St Anne's Catholic Parish: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Koch Foundation Inc → Archdiocese of Mexico: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Koch Foundation Inc → Lumen Christi Institute: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Innovia Foundation → Priest Lake Library: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Innovia Foundation → Priest Community Forest Connection: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Innovia Foundation → Priest Lake Nordic Club Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Catholic Community Foundation → School Sisters of Notre Dame: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Commun → Priests of the Sacred Heart: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Koch Foundation Inc → St Andrew Catholic Church - Ifakara: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Koch Foundation Inc → Diocese of Laredo: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Fatima Foundation of Milwaukee: $14M on this topic. Open the funder. Fatima Foundation of Milwaukee $14M I Am Mercy Foundation: $5.1M on this topic. Open the funder. I Am Mercy Foundation $5.1M The Catholic Foundation No Colorado: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Catholic Foundation No Co… $3.1M Religious Care Foundation Inc: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Religious Care Foundation Inc $1.4M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $970K on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $970K Catholic Community Foundation: $723K on this topic. Open the funder. Catholic Community Foundation $723K The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy: $498K on this topic. Open the funder. The John G and Marie Stella K… $498K Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Commun: $190K on this topic. Open the funder. Archdiocese of Milwaukee Cath… $190K Koch Foundation Inc: $182K on this topic. Open the funder. Koch Foundation Inc $182K Innovia Foundation: $170K on this topic. Open the funder. Innovia Foundation $170K Raskob Foundation for Catholic: $130K on this topic. Open the funder. Raskob Foundation for Catholic $130K John & Barbara Friedrich Foundation: $16K on this topic. Open the funder. John & Barbara Friedrich Foun… $16K Inst Christ King Sovereign Priest: received $11M on this topic Inst Christ King Sovereign Prie… $11M Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary: received $5.0M on this topic Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary $5.0M St John Vianney Theological Seminary: received $2.9M on this topic St John Vianney Theological Sem… $2.9M Inst Christ King Soverign Priest: received $2.7M on this topic Inst Christ King Soverign Priest $2.7M St Joseph's Priest Fund: received $1.4M on this topic St Joseph's Priest Fund $1.4M Palace of Priests Assembly: received $970K on this topic Palace of Priests Assembly $970K Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis: received $471K on this topic Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Min… $471K St John Vianney Residence for Retired Priests: received $155K on this topic St John Vianney Residence for R… $155K Society of the Divine Savior Salvatorian Priests and Brothers: received $116K on this topic Society of the Divine Savior Sa… $116K The Institute for Priestly Formation: received $102K on this topic The Institute for Priestly Form… $102K Legionaries of Christ: received $90K on this topic Legionaries of Christ $90K Sjv-Rm: received $85K on this topic Sjv-Rm $85K Priest Services & Continuing Education - Diocese of Amarillo: received $70K on this topic Priest Services & Continuing Ed… $70K Church of the Assumption: received $56K on this topic Church of the Assumption $56K Saint John Vianney Priest Retirement Home in San Juan: received $50K on this topic Saint John Vianney Priest Retir… $50K Priests' Support: received $50K on this topic Priests' Support $50K Priest Support: received $50K on this topic Priest Support $50K Diocese of Corpus Christi - Priest Support: received $50K on this topic Diocese of Corpus Christi - Pri… $50K Capuchin Province of Mid-America: received $44K on this topic Capuchin Province of Mid-America $44K Diocese of Amarillo - Priest Services Continuing Education: received $40K on this topic Diocese of Amarillo - Priest Se… $40K Priests Ofthe Sacred Heart: received $36K on this topic Priests Ofthe Sacred Heart $36K Priest River Ministries: received $35K on this topic Priest River Ministries $35K Priest River Ministries: received $35K on this topic Priest River Ministries $35K Diocese of Duluth Mn: received $33K on this topic Diocese of Duluth Mn $33K Priest Support - Diocese of San Angelo: received $33K on this topic Priest Support - Diocese of San… $33K Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles: received $30K on this topic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon… $30K Society of the Divine Savior Salvatorian Priests & Brothers: received $29K on this topic Society of the Divine Savior Sa… $29K Aod - Retired Priests: received $27K on this topic Aod - Retired Priests $27K Church of St Timothy: received $25K on this topic Church of St Timothy $25K St Edmund's Retreat Inc: received $25K on this topic St Edmund's Retreat Inc $25K Dong Thanh Tam Hue: received $25K on this topic Dong Thanh Tam Hue $25K Congregacion Religiosa - Legionarios De Cristo: received $25K on this topic Congregacion Religiosa - Legion… $25K Priest Lake Memory Gardens: received $21K on this topic Priest Lake Memory Gardens $21K Franciscan Life Center Network Inc: received $20K on this topic Franciscan Life Center Network… $20K Archdiocese for the Military Services USA: received $20K on this topic Archdiocese for the Military Se… $20K Priest River Lamanna High School: received $20K on this topic Priest River Lamanna High School $20K Diocese of Gallup: received $20K on this topic Diocese of Gallup $20K St Vincent Seminary: received $20K on this topic St Vincent Seminary $20K Priests of the Sacred Heart: received $17K on this topic Priests of the Sacred Heart $17K Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity: received $15K on this topic Missionary Servants of the Most… $15K Catholic Extension: received $15K on this topic Catholic Extension $15K Eparchy of Saint Vladimir Le Grand De Paris: received $15K on this topic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir Le Gr… $15K City of Priest River: received $15K on this topic City of Priest River $15K Priest Lake Food Bank: received $15K on this topic Priest Lake Food Bank $15K Diocese of New Ulm: received $14K on this topic Diocese of New Ulm $14K Saint John's Abbey: received $13K on this topic Saint John's Abbey $13K Laboure Society: received $11K on this topic Laboure Society $11K St Thomas Aquinas Churchnewman Center: received $10K on this topic St Thomas Aquinas Churchnewman… $10K Institute for Priestly Formation: received $10K on this topic Institute for Priestly Formation $10K Archdiocese of Mexico: received $10K on this topic Archdiocese of Mexico $10K Archdiocese of Shkodre-Pult: received $10K on this topic Archdiocese of Shkodre-Pult $10K Claretian Missionaries St Charles Lwanga Independent Delegation: received $10K on this topic Claretian Missionaries St Charl… $10K National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor: received $10K on this topic National Shrine of Our Lady of… $10K St Anne's Catholic Parish: received $10K on this topic St Anne's Catholic Parish $10K Archdiocese of Mexico: received $10K on this topic Archdiocese of Mexico $10K Lumen Christi Institute: received $10K on this topic Lumen Christi Institute $10K Priest Lake Library: received $10K on this topic Priest Lake Library $10K Priest Community Forest Connection: received $10K on this topic Priest Community Forest Connect… $10K Priest Lake Nordic Club Inc: received $10K on this topic Priest Lake Nordic Club Inc $10K School Sisters of Notre Dame: received $9K on this topic School Sisters of Notre Dame $9K St Andrew Catholic Church - Ifakara: received $9K on this topic St Andrew Catholic Church - Ifa… $9K Priestly Fraternity - St Peter: received $8K on this topic Priestly Fraternity - St Peter $8K Diocese of Laredo: received $8K on this topic Diocese of Laredo $8K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “priest” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $25,000 to Dong Thanh Tam Hue — to support the training of missionary priests
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Largest: $470,861 to ARCHDIOCESE OF SAINT PAUL & MINNEAPOLIS — medical expenses of retired priests from africa, respect life office, leo byrne residence, capital improv, general oper, program supp, retired priests
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Largest: $30,724 to SOCIETY OF THE DIVINE SAVIOR SALVATORIAN PRIESTS AND BROTHERS — operational support for salvatorian priests and brothers
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Largest: $14,500 to Priest Lake Food Bank — priest lake food bank grant application 2025
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Largest: $100,000 to St John Vianney Residence for Retired Priests — operations and maintenance support
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Largest: $20,000 to ARCHDIOCESE FOR THE MILITARY SERVICES USA — toward expenses of the ams vocations and co-sponsored seminarian programs to address the current shortage of priests to serve in the military, to recruit and train the next generat…
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Largest: $20,250 to AOD - Retired Priests — preparing future priests
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Largest: $2.0M to SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARY — to support ongoing academic and pastoral programs to priests, deacons, religious and laity.
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Largest: $4.3M to INST CHRIST KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST — general operating
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Largest: $300,000 to Palace of Priests Assembly — to use behavior change approaches to strengthen accountability messaging using faith-based platforms in nigeria
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Largest: $430,000 to ST JOSEPH'S PRIEST FUND — program support
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Largest: $2,000 to PRIESTLY FRATERNITY - ST PETER — further charitable purposes
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