About Episcopal Church Foundation
Strengthening faith and transforming ministries. ECF is an independent, lay-led, and inclusive organization that supports the vitality of Episcopal faith communities through endowment management, fellowship programs, planned giving, stewardship, and other resources.
Focus Areas
Faith-based community vitalityEndowment managementLeadership and fellowship programsPlanned giving and stewardshipDiocesan support
Who They Fund
faith communities / congregationsministers / clergy / religious leaderssmall to mid-sized nonprofit organizations
Funding Style
general operating / unrestricted supportproject-specific expansion fundingprogram support
About Episcopal Church Foundation
A defining feature of Episcopal Church Foundation’s recent giving is its use of four $55,000 Bridges ECF Lilly Grants in 2023, directed to Episcopal partners in Minnesota, Michigan, Central Pennsylvania, and the Rio Grande. That pattern points to grantmaking built around Episcopal congregational and diocesan vitality rather than isolated one-off awards. The foundation supports Episcopal churches, dioceses, and church-related nonprofits through grants tied to ministry vitality, leadership development, capacity building, stewardship, planned giving, and diocesan support. Recent awards also show support for local church operations and ministry projects at a smaller scale, alongside larger initiative-based grants. In 2025, St Stephen’s Episcopal Church received $40,000 in general support, and Episcopal Project received $25,000 in general support. Other awards went to Episcopal congregations in cities including Minneapolis, Detroit, Harrisburg, Albuquerque, Bronx, Riverside, and Berkeley. The foundation’s grantmaking is organized through active programs and funding opportunities, including community grants, diocesan vitality work, scholarships, and general grant programs for Episcopal institutions and ministry leaders.
What Episcopal Church Foundation Funds
Within congregational vitality, Episcopal Church Foundation has funded general support for local churches such as St Mark’s Episcopal Church in 2025, showing an emphasis on sustaining parish ministry. It also backed All Saints Episcopal Church in Riverside, California, with a $16,250 general-support grant in 2024. Leadership and formation appear through diocesan and ministerial grants. The Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem received $15,822 in 2023 for Ministerial Excellence, and the foundation also funded the Cross Cultural Studies Program in Minneapolis with $10,000 for the Pivot Program. The foundation’s initiative-based work includes the Bridges ECF Lilly Grant awards, which went to Episcopal Church in Minnesota, Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, Episcopal Diocese of Central PA, and Diocese of the Rio Grande in 2023. Those awards signal structured support for church vitality across diocesan settings.
How Episcopal Church Foundation Gives
Typical awards are modest in size: the 25th percentile is $7,875, the median is $10,030, and the 75th percentile is $16,395. The recent list also includes several larger initiative grants at $55,000, showing a split between standard operating-style support and program-specific awards. The pattern is not limited to one-off relationships. Trinity Episcopal Church appears multiple times across 2023, 2024, and 2025 with different grant amounts, and St Stephens Episcopal Church also appears in more than one year. The foundation operates through grant programs and requests for proposals, with both unsolicited and structured opportunities listed across its site. It does not make program-related investments and does not fund individuals through these grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$139K
Total Assets
$874.1M
Total Revenue
$5.2M
Total Expenses
$4.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $16K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$16K
Geographic Reach
National11 states funded
About 10% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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