FundersPennsylvania

Calvary Foundation

Mcmurray, PA · EIN 25-1633965. Reported 94 grants totalling $686,650 to 55 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$7,500median grant
$686,650granted, 2021-2024
55organizations funded
41%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,493,476assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Calvary Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,100 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
24 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
36 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
34 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Haggai InternationalPeachtree Corners, GA$45,000332024
Pine Valley CampEllwood City, PA$33,500442024
The Pittsburgh ProjectPittsburgh, PA$30,200442024
Camp Id-Ra-Ha-JeBailey, CO$30,000332023
Focus on the FamilyColorado Springs, CO$30,000222022
Chestnut Mountain RanchMorgantown, WV$28,000332023
Horizons InternationalBoulder, CO$25,000332024
PAK7Greenville, SC$25,000222023
Sat-7Easton, MD$25,000222023
Global TeamsWinter Springs, FL$22,000222023
Morning Star DevelopmentColorado Springs, CO$20,500332024
Bethlehem Bible CollegeNewbraunfels, TX$20,000222024
Global DisciplesLancaster, PA$18,600222023
Transform AsiaAurora, CO$18,300222024
Global Teams International IncWinter Springs, FL$17,000222024
Avant MinistriesKansas City, MO$16,900222023
Alliance Defending FreedomScottsdale, AZ$15,000332024
Washington City MissionWashington, PA$15,000112021
IndopartnersMesa, AZ$12,000222023
Seneca Hills CampPolk, PA$11,600222023
Capitol MinistriesPhoenix, AZ$10,000112021
Christian Immigration Advocacy CentPittsburgh, PA$10,000222023
Community Bible StudyColorado Springs, CO$10,000112021
Engineering Ministries InternationalColorado Springs, CO$10,000112024
GroundwireCastle Rock, CO$10,000112023
PAK7 US IncGreenville, SC$10,000112024
Pioneer Bible TranslatorsDallas, TX$10,000112022
Sat-7 USABoone, IA$10,000112024
Timberline MinistriesWinter Park, CO$10,000112021
InfaithExton, PA$9,000332023
Morningstar DevelopmentColorado Springs, CO$9,000112021
Slavic Gospel AssociationLoves Park, IL$9,000112024
Bible LeagueCrete, IL$8,000112024
Hope ChurchAlbany, OR$8,000222024
Missions Without BordersCamarillo, CA$8,000112023
Seneca Hills Bible CampPolk, PA$7,500112024
Adam's QuestPittsburgh, PA$7,000332024
Image Clear Ultrasound MobileAkron, OH$7,000112021
TransformasiaAurora, CO$7,000112021
Life on Belay IncOfallon, MO$6,000112024
Jesus OnlineHigley, AZ$5,000112023
Mission Aviation FellowshipRedlands, CA$5,000112024
Museum of the BibleWashington, DC$5,000112022
The Way With WordsWest Chester, PA$5,000112024
Youth for Christ MetroSouth Park, PA$5,000112023
Christ for All PeoplesMonroe, NC$4,000112021
SamsAmbridge, PA$4,000442024
21C InternationalVenice, FL$3,600112023
412 Sports MinistriesPittsburgh, PA$3,300112024
Christian Home FellowshipLouisville, CO$3,000222022
Gateways to Better EducationLake Forest, CA$3,000112022
Christian Home Fellowship of BoulderLouisville, KY$2,000112024
Adams QuestPittsburgh, PA$1,800112021
Truth in LoveNampa, ID$1,500112021
CruOrlando, FL$1,350112022

25 of 55 (45%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 41%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 53 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Religion
24 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
International Affairs
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
3 grants
Civil Rights
3 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
Youth Development
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202122$171,300$7,000
202225$167,250$5,000
202324$173,800$7,900
202423$174,300$8,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 27% of this one's giving went to organizations in Colorado. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Colorado
$183K
Pennsylvania
$162K
Georgia
$45K
Florida
$44K
Arizona
$42K
South Carolina
$35K
Texas
$30K
West Virginia
$28K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund26 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc24 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc20 shared recipientsServant Foundation14 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program13 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc13 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Calvary Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1272, Mcmurray, PA, 15317. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 25-1633965 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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