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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CATALYST PHILANTHROPY FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,584,764
Total expenses
$5,747,184
Contributions and grants received
$6,463,755
Grants paid
$346,796
Program service revenue
$113,966
Investment income
$7,043
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,333,452
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,495,872
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$837,580
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,615,189
Management and general expenses
$131,995
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,615,189

Program services were 97.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,463,755

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FISCAL SPONSOR FEES

    total $113,966 · related or exempt $113,966

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,043 · excluded $7,043

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $346,796 · program services $346,796

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $95,000 · management and general $95,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $39,918 · program services $4,490 · management and general $35,428

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $423,890 · program services $423,890

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $360,079 · program services $360,012 · management and general $67

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,425 · program services $3,700 · management and general $725

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $101,920 · program services $101,920

  • 17 · Travel

    total $48,647 · program services $48,647

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $634 · program services $634

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,434 · program services $1,434

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSE

    total $4,071,330 · program services $4,071,330

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $230,217 · program services $230,217

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,640 · program services $15,640

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $5,724 · program services $5,724

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,530 · program services $755 · management and general $775

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $48,652

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $2,284,800

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,462,757

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $33,115

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year -$12,420

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $850,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CATALYST PHILANTHROPY FUND WAS FORMED TO SUPPORT AND EMPOWER PHILANTHROPY BY WORKING WITH EXISTING CHARITABLE INITIATIVES, CREATING NEW PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE SOCIAL IMPACT, AND DRAWING NEW INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PHILANTHROPY. CATALYST ACHIEVES THESE GOALS BY BEING A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR CHARITABLE PROJECTS, A PHILANTHROPIC ADVISOR TO FUNDERS AND DONORS, AND A CONVENER OF BOTH TO MAKE DOLLARS GO FURTHER AND HAVE GREATER SOCIAL IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CATALYST PHILANTHROPY FUND EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE A LASTING IMPACT THROUGH STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPY. OPERATING AS A FISCAL SPONSOR AND PHILANTHROPIC ADVISOR, CATALYST HANDLES THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLEXITIES OF CHARITABLE PROJECTS, ALLOWING THEM TO FOCUS ON MAKING IMPACT.

  • CATALYST PHILANTHROPY FUND EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE A LASTING IMPACT THROUGH STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPY. OPERATING AS A FISCAL SPONSOR AND PHILANTHROPIC ADVISOR, CATALYST HANDLES THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLEXITIES OF CHARITABLE PROJECTS, ALLOWING THEM TO FOCUS ON MAKING IMPACT.

    Expenses $5,615,189 · Grants $346,796 · Revenue $113,966

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • BRAD MARGOLIS

    PRESIDENT/SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • CHRISTIAN DAVIES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSEPH FISHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502839349300325

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