The Lilly Endowment has made 81 grants to Christian institutions, as part of a Compelling Preaching Initiative, with the goal of improving the quality of preaching in Christian churches.
Among the Catholic institutions receiving Lilly grants of over $1 million are St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the Catholic Extension Society, the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, and Catholic University,