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12 funders with a record of paying for “pilgrimage”
Where the money went
Largest: $4,000 to Jungels Trey — pilgrimage for youth educational trip
Largest: $25,000 to JAPANESE AMERICAN MEMORIAL PILGRIMAGES — community outreach
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $835,200 · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to TULE LAKE COMMITTEE INC — support the pilgrimage for future genera
Koch FoundationGainesville, FL
4 matching grants · $37,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Diocese of Bridgetown — to support the costs of a pilgrimage
Largest: $25,962 to THE CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMAGE — unrestricted general
Catholic Community FoundationGlendale, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $72,250 · through 2023Largest: $35,000 to EQUESTRIAN ORDER OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF JERUSALEM — eosg - seminarian pilgrimages, genearl support
Largest: $10,800 to SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT LUTHERAN CHURCH - MISSOURI SYNOD — spiritual pilgrimage for a clergyman and his spouse
Franciscan AllianceMishawaka, INCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $859,185 · through 2024Largest: $694,819 to FRANCISCAN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — franciscan mission enhancement pilgrimage
The Order of Malta Pilgrimage FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $537,951 · through 2024Largest: $324,201 to SOVEREIGN MILITARY HOSPITALLER ORDER OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM OF RHODES — lourdes pilgrimage
Largest: $9,254 to THE CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMAGE — unrestricted general
United CharitableAshburn, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to AVATAR MEHER BABA HEARTLAND CENTER — support the center which serves to nurture the awareness of the teachings of avatar meher baba by maintaining a place for retreat, prayer, pilgrimage and study
Largest: $7,000 to FIRST PRESBYTERIAN PILGRIMAGE — mission support
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →