The Grace and Mercy Foundation is a high-dollar, faith-oriented grantmaker that channels multi‑million dollar awards to religious philanthropic intermediaries and Catholic/Christian charitable funds rather than direct service providers. Its giving is concentrated and strategic, supporting community endowments and faith‑based grantmaking organizations that in turn fund religious, community and charitable activities.
Highly concentrated: very few, large grants (multi‑million dollars) with repeat funding to the same intermediaries; the foundation prefers to fund intermediary grantmakers rather than many small direct-service nonprofits.
A $11.9 million grant to Christian Community Foundation in 2025 is the clearest signal of how The Grace and Mercy Foundation Inc gives: large, concentrated awards to faith-based philanthropic intermediaries rather than broad direct-service portfolios. The foundation’s recent record also includes an $8 million grant to Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc and a $5.28 million grant to The Fuller Foundation, underscoring a pattern of major support for community foundations, charitable funds, and religious institutions that redistribute resources through their own networks. In the same period, it backed organizations such as Fuller Theological Seminary and Faith Comes by Hearing, showing that education, religious formation, and Christian communication tools sit alongside its community-endowment work. The foundation’s profile is not built around many small awards; it favors substantial commitments to institutions with faith-based missions. That approach appears across community, religious, humanitarian, education, and medical recipients in the recent grants list, with several organizations appearing more than once across 2023 and 2025.
A central theme is Christian community foundation and endowment support. The Grace and Mercy Foundation Inc gave $11,932,315 to Christian Community Foundation and $5,000,000 to Christian Community Foundation Inc, both in Colorado Springs, indicating a strong preference for intermediary structures. It also backed faith-centered organizations tied to religious education and outreach, including $1,250,000 to Fuller Theological Seminary for religious purposes and $1,000,000 to Hosanna, dba Faith Comes by Hearing. Humanitarian and relief-related giving appears as well: the foundation granted $800,000 to Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization and $750,000 to International Justice Mission. Another recurring area is prison and justice ministry, reflected in $700,000 to Prison Fellowship International in 2025.
Typical grant size is $20,000 at the 25th percentile, $90,000 at the median, and $200,000 at the 75th percentile, but the recent list also shows several multi-million-dollar awards. The foundation is a regular funder and its recent grants include repeat recipients across years: Christian Community Foundation, Prison Fellowship International, Luis Palau Association, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and other organizations appear more than once. Grants are overwhelmingly domestic, and the pattern suggests institutional, faith-based support rather than individual giving or program-related investments. The recent record shows both operating-like community support and larger capital-style commitments, but no application process is stated in the data.
$21.7M
$495.2M
$53.1M
$60.5M
Most grants fall between $20K and $200K, with a median of $90K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$90K
75th Percentile
$200K
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Notable grantees: Christian Community Foundation / Christian Community Foundation Inc., Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc., The Fuller Foundation
Grants are nationally distributed, with recipients in 27% of awards located in New York State. Colorado Springs appears prominently through multiple grants to Christian Community Foundation and Christian Community Foundation Inc, while New York City recipients include Avail NYC, The Bowery Mission, Manhattan Christian Academy, and 414 Window New York Inc. Other repeated cities include Pasadena, Albuquerque, Washington, DC, and Kansas City. All recent grants in the dataset went to US recipients.
Its recent grants concentrate on Christian community foundations, Catholic and Christian charitable funds, and faith-based intermediaries. Examples include Christian Community Foundation, Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc, The Fuller Foundation, and Christian Community Foundation Inc, alongside religious, humanitarian, education, medical, and community organizations.
Yes. Christian Community Foundation, Prison Fellowship International, Luis Palau Association, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes each appear more than once across 2023 and 2025, showing repeated support rather than one-time grants only.
The grant-size distribution is $20,000 at the 25th percentile, $90,000 at the median, and $200,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent list also includes several awards in the hundreds of thousands and multiple grants above $1 million.
The top state by grant count is Oregon, while New York State recipients account for 27% of grants. Recent city-level recipients include Colorado Springs, New York, Pasadena, Albuquerque, Washington, DC, and Kansas City.
No. The foundation’s profile indicates that it does not fund individuals, and the recent grants are all made to organizations such as community foundations, seminaries, missions, and charitable funds.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | $11,932,315 | 2025 | COMMUNITY |
| HOSANNA (DBA FAITH COMES BY HEARING) | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $1,000,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS |
| PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL | WASHINGTON, DC | $700,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| YOUTH FOR CHRIST USA INC | ENGLEWOOD, CO | $450,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATION | PORTLAND, OR | $401,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS |
| HOLY NAME MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | TEANECK, NJ | $400,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY |
| BEACON CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | STATEN ISLAND, NY | $315,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY |
| FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES | KANSAS CITY, MO | $305,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| IN GRACE MISSION | FULLERTON, CA | $270,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS |
| NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST | JENKINTOWN, PA | $250,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY |
| MANHATTAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | NEW YORK, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| NEW YORK CITY RELIEF INC | ELIZABETH, NJ | $225,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| WESTERN CAROLINA RESCUE MINISTRIES | ASHEVILLE, NC | $210,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| RISING TIDE CAPITAL | JERSEY CITY, NJ | $200,000 | 2025 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP |
| CHRISTIAN HERALD ASSOCIATION (DBA THE BOWERY MISSION) | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| INHERITANCE OF HOPE | PISGAH FOREST, NC | $185,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY |
| UNION RESCUE MISSION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $175,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| MANGO FUND INC | FALMOUTH, MA | $175,000 | 2025 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP |
| THEOLOGY OF WORK PROJECT | JAMAICA PLAIN, MA | $165,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| THE NAVIGATORS | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | $155,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| CITY SEMINARY OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $150,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| YOUNG LIFE | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | $150,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| RESTORE NYC INC | NEW YORK, NY | $150,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| LAUSANNE COMMITTEE FOR WORLD EVANGELIZATION | ORLANDO, FL | $150,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS |
| CHESTERTON HOUSE | ITHACA, NY | $125,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| INTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION TRUST | CLEARWATER, FL | $125,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| EXODUS TRANSITIONAL COMMUNITY INC | NEW YORK, NY | $125,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY |
| NEW CANAAN SOCIETY INC | NEW YORK, NY | $125,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY |
| CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST | ORLANDO, FL | $115,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| NURU INTERNATIONAL | WASHINGTON, DC | $110,000 | 2025 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP |
| THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY |
| CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| NORTH AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CONVENTION (DBA SPIRE NETWORK) | LONGMONT, CO | $100,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY |
| A ROCHA USA INC | FREDERICKSBURG, TX | $100,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| HELPING UP MISSION INC | BALTIMORE, MD | $100,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| NEHEMIAH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP | MADISON, WI | $95,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| EL POZO DE VIDA | SANTA ANA, CA | $95,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| OPEN HANDS LEGAL SERVICES | NEW YORK, NY | $90,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY |
| NATION BUILDERS INC | STATEN ISLAND, NY | $90,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY |
| HAWAIIAN ISLANDS MINISTRIES INC | HONOLULU, HI | $80,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS |
| RBC MINISTRIES(OUR DAILY BREAD) | GRAND RAPIDS, MI | $75,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS |
| THE POTTER'S HOUSE | GRAND RAPIDS, MI | $75,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| THE KOREAN-AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTER INC | FLUSHING, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST INC | PARADISE, PA | $70,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| NEW ASIA FOUNDATION FOR ED AND CULTURE | LOS ANGELES, CA | $70,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| MILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION | MILWAUKEE, WI | $68,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP | MADISON, WI | $65,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| DOWNTOWN SOUP KITCHEN INC | ANCHORAGE, AK | $60,000 | 2025 | HUMANITARIAN |
| USTA FOUNDATION | WHITE PLAINS, NY | $60,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL
$700,000HUMANITARIAN
YOUTH FOR CHRIST USA INC
$450,000EDUCATION
COMMUNITY
IN GRACE MISSION
$270,000RELIGIOUS
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
$250,000COMMUNITY
MANHATTAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
$250,000EDUCATION
THE SALVATION ARMY
$200,000HUMANITARIAN
MANGO FUND INC
$175,000ENTREPRENEURSHIP
THE NAVIGATORS
$155,000EDUCATION
RESTORE NYC INC
$150,000HUMANITARIAN
NEW CANAAN SOCIETY INC
$125,000COMMUNITY
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST
$115,000EDUCATION
NORTH AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CONVENTION (DBA SPIRE NETWORK)
$100,000COMMUNITY
A ROCHA USA INC
$100,000EDUCATION
NEHEMIAH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP
$95,000EDUCATION
NATION BUILDERS INC
$90,000COMMUNITY
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS MINISTRIES INC
$80,000RELIGIOUS
RBC MINISTRIES(OUR DAILY BREAD)
$75,000RELIGIOUS
AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST INC
$70,000EDUCATION
NEW ASIA FOUNDATION FOR ED AND CULTURE
$70,000HUMANITARIAN
MILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION
$68,000HUMANITARIAN
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
$65,000EDUCATION
DOWNTOWN SOUP KITCHEN INC
$60,000HUMANITARIAN
USTA FOUNDATION
$60,000EDUCATION