Encore Foundation is a highly focused, faith-oriented private foundation that directs virtually all of its funding to Catholic faith formation and resources. Their giving is concentrated in large gifts to a single organization that produces Catholic educational materials and programs, indicating a priority on strengthening lay Catholic engagement and religious education at scale. The foundation appears to fund national-level faith initiatives rather than a broad portfolio of causes or many small local projects.
Extremely concentrated: very few grants, repeated large gifts to a single grantee (repeat supporter of The Dynamic Catholic Institute) rather than diversified or small-dollar giving.
A pair of $1,000,000 grants to The Dynamic Catholic Institute, one in 2024 and one in 2025, define Encore Foundation’s recent giving. The foundation’s support is tightly centered on Catholic resources and faith formation, with those two awards accounting for a major share of the recent grants list. That pattern sits alongside a smaller set of grants that still point in the same direction: Catholic education, parish-based youth work, and faith-oriented programs. Encore Foundation also funded The Good Shepherd Catholic Montessori in Cincinnati, Ohio, and St Gertrude Church for youth evangelization, showing that its support extends from large-scale Catholic educational media to local parish and school settings. The grantee list suggests a foundation that favors direct support for religious formation and Catholic community programming rather than a broad, multi-issue portfolio. Its recent grants also include support for scholarship funds and youth ministry activities, which fits a consistent emphasis on Catholic learning and participation across age groups.
Catholic faith formation is the clearest throughline in Encore Foundation’s grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $1,000,000 to The Dynamic Catholic Institute for Catholic resources, and in 2024 it made the same-sized award for the same purpose. That scale indicates sustained backing for religious education content and programs. The foundation also supports Catholic schooling. It gave $50,000 to The Good Shepherd Catholic Montessori for education, and later added $8,100 to Good Shepherd Catholic Montessori for education. Scholarship support appears as well: Covington Latin School received $8,000 in 2024, $7,500 in 2023, and $3,168 in 2025, each marked scholarship fund. Beyond formal education, Encore Foundation funds parish life and youth formation. Holy Trinity Parish received $10,000 for playground use, and St Gertrude Church received $10,000 for youth evangelization. These grants show attention to both institutional Catholic education and local parish engagement.
Encore Foundation’s typical grant size is $8,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent record also includes two $1,000,000 awards, showing a pattern of very large gifts alongside smaller program and scholarship grants. Recipients can appear across multiple years: Covington Latin School was funded in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and The Dynamic Catholic Institute received major grants in both 2024 and 2025. The foundation is a private foundation, and it also funds individuals. It makes no program-related investments in the data provided.
$1.1M
$966K
$2K
$1.1M
Most grants fall between $8K and $50K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$50K
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Notable grantees: The Dynamic Catholic Institute
Encore Foundation gives most often in Kentucky, which accounts for 54% of grants to recipients in the HQ state. Recent Kentucky recipients include Erlanger, Covington, Louisville, and other in-state organizations, while Cincinnati, Ohio also appears frequently in the grant list. The only non-U.S. recipient geography shown is none; all 13 recent grants went to U.S. organizations. That pattern points to a regional footprint concentrated in the Ohio-Kentucky area, with Kentucky as the primary state of grantmaking.
The foundation’s recent grants center on Catholic faith formation and Catholic resources, with additional support for Catholic education, parish-based youth evangelization, scholarship funds, and youth-oriented religious programming. The largest grants in the file go to The Dynamic Catholic Institute for Catholic resources.
Its grant-size distribution is $8,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent file also includes two grants of $1,000,000, so the distribution includes both smaller awards and very large commitments.
Yes. The Dynamic Catholic Institute received $1,000,000 in both 2024 and 2025. Covington Latin School also appears repeatedly, with scholarship fund grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Kentucky is the top grant state, with 54% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Recent Kentucky recipients include organizations in Erlanger, Covington, and Louisville.
Recent recipients include Catholic educational organizations, a parish church, a Catholic Montessori school, a children’s hospital, a school serving autistic children, and a youth choir program. The named recipients show a mix of faith-based, education, health, and child-focused support.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE | ERLANGER, KY | $500,000 | 2026 | CATHOLIC RESOURCES |
| THE AUTISM TRUST | ERLANGER, KY | $100,000 | 2026 | SERVICES FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN |
| LIVE VERTICAL | SPRINGFIELD, PA | $60,000 | 2026 | TEEN EVANGELIZATION |
| GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC MONTESSORI | CINCINNATI, OH | $55,000 | 2026 | EDUCATION |
| LINDEN GROVE SCHOOL | CINCINNATI, OH | $50,500 | 2026 | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
| CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | CINCINNATI, OH | $50,000 | 2026 | CHILDREN'S HEALTH |
| COVINGTON LATIN SCHOOL | COVINGTON, KY | $13,000 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
| THE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE | ERLANGER, KY | $1,000,000 | 2025 | CATHOLIC RESOURCES |
| THE AUTISM TRUST | ERLANGER, KY | $25,000 | 2025 | SERVICES FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN |
| HOLY TRINITY PARISH | LOUISVILLE, KY | $10,000 | 2025 | PLAYGROUND |
| ST GERTRUDE CHURCH | CINCINNATI, OH | $10,000 | 2025 | YOUTH EVANGELIZATION |
| GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC MONTESSORI | CINCINNATI, OH | $8,100 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| COVINGTON LATIN SCHOOL | COVINGTON, KY | $3,168 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
| ST ANN CHURCH | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $1,000 | 2025 | YOUTH CHOIR |
| THE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE | ERLANGER, KY | $1,000,000 | 2024 | CATHOLIC RESOURCES |
| THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC MONTESSORI | CINCINNATI, OH | $50,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S | CINCINNATI, OH | $50,000 | 2024 | HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN |
| LINDEN GROVE SCHOOL | CINCINNATI, OH | $20,000 | 2024 | PURCHASE OF PASSENGER VAN |
| COVINGTON LATIN SCHOOL | COVINGTON, KY | $8,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
| COVINGTON LATIN SCHOOL | COVINGTON, KY | $7,500 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
THE AUTISM TRUST
$100,000SERVICES FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN
LIVE VERTICAL
$60,000TEEN EVANGELIZATION
GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC MONTESSORI
$55,000EDUCATION
LINDEN GROVE SCHOOL
$50,500CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
$50,000CHILDREN'S HEALTH
COVINGTON LATIN SCHOOL
$13,000SCHOLARSHIP FUND
THE AUTISM TRUST
$25,000SERVICES FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN
HOLY TRINITY PARISH
$10,000PLAYGROUND
ST GERTRUDE CHURCH
$10,000YOUTH EVANGELIZATION
GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC MONTESSORI
$8,100EDUCATION
COVINGTON LATIN SCHOOL
$3,168SCHOLARSHIP FUND
ST ANN CHURCH
$1,000YOUTH CHOIR
THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC MONTESSORI
$50,000EDUCATION
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S
$50,000HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN
LINDEN GROVE SCHOOL
$20,000PURCHASE OF PASSENGER VAN
COVINGTON LATIN SCHOOL
$8,000SCHOLARSHIP FUND
COVINGTON LATIN SCHOOL
$7,500SCHOLARSHIP FUND