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Calvary Foundation

Mcmurray, PA · EIN 25-1633965. Reported 119 grants totalling $889,250 to 66 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$7,500median grant
$889,250granted, 2021-2025
66recipients, as named on its returns
42%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,417,334assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Calvary Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
28 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
47 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
44 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Haggai InternationalPeachtree Corners, GA$65,000442025
The Pittsburgh ProjectPittsburgh, PA$42,200552025
Pine Valley CampEllwood City, PA$33,500442024
Morning Star DevelopmentColorado Springs, CO$32,500442025
Camp Id-Ra-Ha-JeBailey, CO$30,000332023
Focus on the FamilyColorado Springs, CO$30,000222022
Chestnut Mountain RanchMorgantown, WV$28,000332023
Global Teams International IncWinter Springs, FL$27,000332025
Horizons InternationalBoulder, CO$25,000332024
PAK7Greenville, SC$25,000222023
Sat-7Easton, MD$25,000222023
Global TeamsWinter Springs, FL$22,000222023
IndopartnersMesa, AZ$20,500332025
Sat-7 USABoone, IA$20,500222025
Bethlehem Bible CollegeNewbraunfels, TX$20,000222024
Pioneer Bible TranslatorsDallas, TX$19,200222025
Global DisciplesLancaster, PA$18,600222023
PAK7 US IncGreenville, SC$18,500222025
Transform AsiaAurora, CO$18,300222024
Avant MinistriesKansas City, MO$16,900222023
Alliance Defending FreedomScottsdale, AZ$15,000332024
Mission Aviation FellowshipRedlands, CA$15,000222025
Washington City MissionWashington, PA$15,000112021
GroundwireCastle Rock, CO$13,700222025
21C InternationalVenice, FL$13,600222025
Seneca Hills Bible CampPolk, PA$13,500222025
Seneca Hills CampPolk, PA$11,600222023
Adam's QuestPittsburgh, PA$10,000442025
Capitol MinistriesPhoenix, AZ$10,000112021
Christian Aid MissionCharlottesville, VA$10,000112025
Christian Immigration Advocacy CentPittsburgh, PA$10,000222023
Community Bible StudyColorado Springs, CO$10,000112021
Engineering Ministries InternationalColorado Springs, CO$10,000112024
Equip India IncBradenton, FL$10,000112025
Launch GlobalDallas, TX$10,000112025
Timberline MinistriesWinter Park, CO$10,000112021
InfaithExton, PA$9,000332023
Morningstar DevelopmentColorado Springs, CO$9,000112021
Slavic Gospel AssociationLoves Park, IL$9,000112024
Bible LeagueCrete, IL$8,000112024
Chestnut Mountain Ranch Foundation IncMorgantown, WV$8,000112025
Hope ChurchAlbany, OR$8,000222024
Missions Without BordersCamarillo, CA$8,000112023
Filter of HopeTuscaloosa, AL$7,500112025
Image Clear Ultrasound MobileAkron, OH$7,000112021
TransformasiaAurora, CO$7,000112021
Camp IdrahajeBailey, CO$6,000112025
Community Foundation of Western Pa & Eastern OhSharon, PA$6,000112025
Life on Belay IncOfallon, MO$6,000112024
Medical Ambassadors InternationalSalida, CA$6,000112025
New Covenant MissionsCoeur Dalene, ID$6,000112025
Christian Immigration Advocacy CenterPittsburgh, PA$5,000112025
Jesus OnlineHigley, AZ$5,000112023
Museum of the BibleWashington, DC$5,000112022
SamsAmbridge, PA$5,000552025
The Way With WordsWest Chester, PA$5,000112024
Youth for Christ MetroSouth Park, PA$5,000112023
Christ for All PeoplesMonroe, NC$4,000112021
Christian Home Fellowship of BoulderLouisville, CO$3,700112025
412 Sports MinistriesPittsburgh, PA$3,300112024
Christian Home FellowshipLouisville, CO$3,000222022
Gateways to Better EducationLake Forest, CA$3,000112022
Christian Home Fellowship of BoulderLouisville, KY$2,000112024
Adams QuestPittsburgh, PA$1,800112021
Truth in LoveNampa, ID$1,500112021
CruOrlando, FL$1,350112022

32 of 66 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 42%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 70 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Religion
31 grants
Human Services
12 grants
International Affairs
7 grants
Community Improvement
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Civil Rights
3 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202122$171,300$7,000
202225$167,250$5,000
202324$173,800$7,900
202423$174,300$8,000
202525$202,600$8,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

23% of its giving went to organizations in Colorado. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Colorado
$208K
Pennsylvania
$194K
Florida
$74K
Georgia
$65K
Arizona
$50K
Texas
$49K
South Carolina
$44K
West Virginia
$36K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund33 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc31 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc26 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program22 shared recipientsServant Foundation17 shared recipientsChristian Community Foundation Inc17 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Calvary Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1272, Mcmurray, PA, 15317. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 25-1633965 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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