Opus Prize Foundation C/O Adler Trust
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About Opus Prize Foundation C/O Adler Trust
The Opus Prize Foundation funds a very small number of large, mission-driven awards focused on faith-based social impact and community renewal. Their giving mixes international religious/mission projects and local community revitalization, with support for projects tied to Catholic/Christian actors and religiously affiliated leaders. Grants are distinctively large, honorific, and targeted to organizations implementing community-building or faith-motivated social programs.
Focus Areas
Catholic/Christian mission-driven community projects (e.g., Holy Trinity Peace Village)Religiously affiliated women's leadership and service initiatives (honoree-based support)Neighborhood-level community renewal and neighborhood organizing in the U.S.
Who They Fund
victims of Hansen's Disease (leprosy patients)refugees from Myanmarsecondary school girls in Malawistudents receiving first-year/encounter scholarshipslocal neighborhood residents and community groups
About Opus Prize Foundation C/O Adler Trust
A defining feature of Opus Prize Foundation C/O Adler Trust Company is its $1,000,000 annual Laureate award, paired with $100,000 finalist awards, through a confidential nomination process. The foundation uses that structure to recognize faith-based humanitarian work and social entrepreneurship, with prize funding directed to the recipient organization to advance its mission. In practice, its recent giving combines major honors for religiously affiliated leaders and organizations with support for community renewal, education, health, and refugee assistance. The foundation’s largest recent awards include $1,000,000 to Community Renewal International Inc for connecting neighbors and residents to restore safe and caring communities, and $1,000,000 to Centre for Women Studies and Intervention as an honoree award for Sister Uti Francisca Ngozi. Another seven-figure grant went to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith for Holy Trinity Peace Village. Those gifts sit alongside a long tail of smaller grants that support operating needs, ceremony hosting, scholarships, and direct service projects, showing a mix of prize-style recognition and targeted project support.
What Opus Prize Foundation C/O Adler Trust Funds
Faith-based humanitarian work is the organizing frame for the foundation’s biggest awards. One example is the $1,000,000 grant to Community Renewal International Inc for connecting neighbors and residents to restore the foundation of safe and caring communities. Another is the $100,000 award to Interfaith Mediation Centre to create a peaceful society through non-violence and strategic engagement in Nigeria and beyond. Its giving also reaches education and youth-serving work. TeamLift Inc received $30,000 for general operations and scholarships for students, and another $10,000 for St. Mary’s Secondary School for Girls in Malawi. Health and care appear as well: Damien House Inc received $100,000 to provide medical care for victims of Hansen’s Disease, while The Gray House received $6,000 split between general operations and food. The foundation also supports refugee-related assistance, including $100,000 to Jesuit Refugee Service Romania for honorees Catalin and Bianca Albu.
How Opus Prize Foundation C/O Adler Trust Gives
Typical grant size is sharply bifurcated: the p25 and median are both $5,000, while the p75 rises to $78,000, reflecting many small awards and a few very large prize grants. The foundation makes annual award-style grants rather than a broad open application portfolio, and the prize program accepts no unsolicited proposals. Recent records show repeated support to TeamLift Inc across multiple years and locations, indicating some ongoing relationships alongside one-off honoree and project grants. The organization also funds individuals indirectly through organization-based awards, and it does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.4M
Total Assets
$38.8M
Total Revenue
$5.2M
Total Expenses
$1.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $78K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$78K
Geographic Reach
National14 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in OR.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
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Where Opus Prize Foundation C/O Adler Trust Funds
Top 5 recipient countries by grant volume for Opus Prize Foundation C/O Adler Trust.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 43 | $3M | 87.8% |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | $1.2M |
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