Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund

Public charity · Grantmaker Fife, WA EIN: 46-1675019

To provide support for holy rosary church and school exclusively for religious and education purposes.

Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund at a glance

In short: Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund gave $69K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $69K). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$68,800
+3.6% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$68,800
+3.6% vs 2024
Median grant
$68,800
Total assets
$1,892,658
+9.2% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Holy Rosary School: $69KHoly Rosary School$69K

The largest 2025 recipient was Holy Rosary School ($69K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K5$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

How Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+14%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $51K (2019) to $69K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $69K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Holy Rosary School Funding of scholarships for students of holy rosary school of tacoma, wa.$68,800
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,892,658$113,894$70,020$68,8001$113,894
2024$1,732,428$120,042$67,520$66,4001$120,042
2023$1,640,949$69,754$58,553$56,9511$69,754
2022$1,496,341$63,612$65,516$60,1431$63,612
2021$1,807,586$76,471$56,959$55,9011$76,471
2020$1,652,283$65,512$54,988$51,4951$65,512
2019$1,570,120$52,779$51,736$50,6971$52,779

About Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund

Based on IRS filings

Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund is a public charity focused on Education, based in Fife, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $69K. Net investment income was $114K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund is led by Matthew Hedges, Chairman since 2023 (on filings since 2019); none of the 6 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Matthew Hedges

    Chairman

    Director → Chairman, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elise Hedges

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Pickles

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Michael B. Murphy

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Director → Secretary & Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Paul V. Martin

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Orm

    Board Observer

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

Former officers (6)
  • Former: Terrence F. McCarthy (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Larry Dahl (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: John Jack Peterson (2021–2022) — Chairman
  • Former: Anne Jesse (2021) — Director
  • Former: F. Leslie Cathersal (2019–2020) — Director & Vice President
  • Former: Pat Feist (2019–2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund

How much does Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund give each year?

Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund gave $69K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $66K across 1 grant.

How large is Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund?

Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund reported $1.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $114K.

What is Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund?

Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund is a public charity focused on Education, based in Fife, WA. It holds $1.9M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund's EIN?

Holy Rosary Sustaining Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-1675019. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 12, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 11, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 29, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 11, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)

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