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World Religion Foundation

Accepts applications Eagan, Minnesota · EIN 263486043

World Religion Foundation is a private foundation in Eagan, Minnesota. In tax year 2024 it gave $69,500 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $9,000 and the largest $15,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $55,009 the year before.

86% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$61,0007$1.2 million
2023$55,0098$1.4 million
2024$69,5007$1.5 million

How to apply

ContactU S Bank N A
910 W Main St, Troy, OH 45373
Phone or email(937) 332-8346
What to submitWritten requests
RestrictionsOrganizations to be affiliated or operated by the following religions: hebrew; christianity; muslim; hindu and ancestral religions of the chinese and japanese

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What World Religion Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to District of Columbia.

StateGrantsAmount
District of Columbia3$36,500
Ohio2$16,000
Massachusetts1$9,000
California1$8,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington
Washington, DC
General operating$15,000
YMCA
Washington, DC
General operating$12,000
National LGBTQ Task Force
Washington, DC
General operating$9,500
Center for Higher Education in the Middl
Cambridge, MA
General operating$9,000
The Interfaith Center at Miami Universit
Oxford, OH
Scholarship$9,000
United Religions Initiative in North America
San Francisco, CA
General operating$8,000
St Vincent de Paul
Cincinnati, OH
General operating$7,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does World Religion Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does World Religion Foundation give?

$69,500 in tax year 2024, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $9,000.

Who runs World Religion Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists US Bank N A (Trustee).

What does World Religion Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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