Catholic Community Foundation
ActivePublic CharityReligion-Related
About Catholic Community Foundation
We facilitate impactful grantmaking and collaboration by connecting generous donors with effective ministries, programs, and organizations.
Focus Areas
EvangelizationFamily MinistryFormation (prayer, initiation, education)Music / Liturgical MusicParish Outreach (social ministry, feeding, basic needs)Worship (welcoming & Eucharist)Youth & Young AdultsEducation (parish & diocesan schools)Clergy & lay leadership development
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (unspecified sector)organizations seeking general operating support
Funding Style
About Catholic Community Foundation
A defining feature of The Catholic Community Foundation is its mix of donor-created endowments and open parish grant cycles tied to the Diocese of San Jose. In the recent grants list, large general-support awards recur to the Diocese of San Jose and its parishes, including $2,510,375 in 2025, $2,042,507 in 2024, and $2,388,569 in 2023. The foundation also makes sizable support grants to Catholic schools and ministries in San Jose, alongside gifts that reach other faith-based and community organizations in California and beyond. Its grantmaking is centered on Catholic ministry and parish life, but the portfolio includes education, social ministry, liturgical music, clergy and lay leadership, and youth and young adult formation. Several program areas are structured through endowed funds, while the Living the Faith cycle gives parishes in the Diocese of San Jose an annual application route. That combination of endowed giving and competitive parish grants shapes a portfolio that supports both ongoing ministries and specific pastoral priorities. Recent awards also show repeated support for organizations such as Sacred Heart Nativity School, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, and Bellarmine College Preparatory, suggesting a sustained connection to Catholic institutions in Santa Clara County.
What Catholic Community Foundation Funds
Catholic ministry and parish support sit at the center of the foundation’s work. Family Endowment Grants support ministries, organizations, and causes chosen by individual families, while Designated Endowment Grants direct annual support to one organization or ministry forever. Liturgical music is another distinct area. The Apolonia Andre Fund for Liturgical Music funds parish music ministries, including materials and support for multilingual music programs, and is focused on the Diocese of San José and Santa Clara County. The Living the Faith cycle brings in parish-based proposals. It is open to parishes in the Diocese of San Jose and supports work aligned with the Diocese’s Pastoral Plan in areas including evangelization, family ministry, formation, music, and clergy leadership. Parish Outreach grants cover services for vulnerable populations, including food distribution, rental and utility assistance, help for pregnant women, and outreach to unhoused communities.
How Catholic Community Foundation Gives
Typical awards fall in a mid-sized range, with a p25 of $10,000, a median of $15,700, and a p75 of $37,138. The recent grants list also includes a long tail of much larger support grants, reflecting a structure that mixes routine parish and ministry funding with major institutional awards. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off: the same recipients appear across multiple years, including the Diocese of San Jose and its parishes, Sacred Heart Nativity School, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, and Sacred Heart Church. The foundation is a public charity and a mixed community foundation, and the active programs show both endowed giving and an open application cycle. Living the Faith accepts unsolicited applications; the endowment-based family and designated grants do not.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$12M
Total Assets
$159.5M
Total Revenue
$10.6M
Total Expenses
$14.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $37K, with a median of $16K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$16K
75th Percentile
$37K
Geographic Reach
Regional22 states funded
About 65% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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