Love of Christ Foundation Inc
Frederick, MD · EIN 52-2003166. Reported 36 grants totalling $2,912,980 to 34 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Love of Christ Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it under religion rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE X99I) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 34 distinct organizations, with 80% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is extreme concentration. A grantmaker sending three quarters of its money to one organization is in practice a support fund for that organization, whatever its classification says, and an unsolicited request is very unlikely to go anywhere.
- How much its list changes. 0% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 1 year-to-year transition. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $1,201,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Schedule Attached See Schedule Attached | $2,340,480 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | |
| Catholic Charities USA | Alexandria, VA | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | New York, NY | $73,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beyond Shelter Frederick Inc | Frederick, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Caring Ministries Inc | Tucson, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diamond Willow Ministries | Fort Thompson, SD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Vision | Federal Way, WA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | Pompano Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Frederick Rescue Mission Inc | Frederick, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| General Secretariat of the Franciscan Missions Inc | Burlington, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inn Ministry Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| It Is Well International Inc | Bel Air, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kino Border Initiative Inc | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Living Water International | Stafford, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Map International | Brunswick, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mission of Mercy Inc | Corp Christi, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Naco Wellness Initiative | Bisbee, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pattys Place Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shady Grove Pregnancy Center Inc | Gaithersburg, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teamlift | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Relief Corporation O National | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leaven Kids | Fairfield, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA Esperanza Para Ninos | Eldon, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ | Canton, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mesa Global | Charlotte, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Missioners of Christ | Virginia Bch, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sisterhouse | Oak Park, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Imprint Hope a Nj Non Profit Corporation | Berkeley Hts, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lennon Center | Dearborn Hts, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Peak Denver | Denver, CO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
1 of 34 (3%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Catholic Charities USA
Pandemic crisis relief, refugee crisis, USA tornado recovery - Catholic Relief Services
Haiti earthquake, pandemic crisis relief, refugee crisis aid - Doctors Without Borders USA
Haiti earthquake, pandemic crisis relief - Religious Coalition for Emergency Need
Alan P Linton Jr Emergency Shelter, Emergency Family Shelter program, New shelter fundraiser - Caring Ministries Inc
Loading and repaving project - Diamond Willow Ministries
Meals for youth and facility repairs
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 of 34 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $572,500 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | $1,201,000 | $1,201,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | $914,000 | $914,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | $225,480 | $225,480 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
29% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Maryland.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Love of Christ Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I 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: 7115 Guilford Drive Suite 100, Frederick, MD, 21704.
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