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Caa Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$461k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
18
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$168,402
Organizations funded a year
17 to 36
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$998k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Caa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$398k57%
FY202418$384k33%
FY202330$615k37%
FY202228$333k46%
FY202125$413k56%
FY202021$289k57%
FY201917$278k76%
FY201736$466kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.2MPhilanthropy$715kHuman Services$512kYouth Development$187kArts & Culture$156kEnvironment$140kCrime & Legal$118kCivil Rights$78kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
TN
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc$609,82175%
One Voice$381,10984%
Donorschooseorg$204,34030%
Communities in Schools of Tennessee$147,91054%
Lift Inc$125,00021%
First Book$109,98330%
National Women's Law Center$94,40010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$75,00050%
Nonprofit VOTE Inc$75,00032%
Oasis Center Inc$63,95731%
Show all 89 grantees
All grantees of Caa Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc$609,82175%
One Voice$381,10984%
Donorschooseorg$204,34030%
Communities in Schools of Tennessee$147,91054%
Lift Inc$125,00021%
First Book$109,98330%
National Women's Law Center$94,40010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$75,00050%
Nonprofit VOTE Inc$75,00032%
Oasis Center Inc$63,95731%
Creative Visions Foundation$62,00030%
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc$60,65150%
College Track$55,93340%
Step Up Women's Network$53,86061%
Array Alliance Inc$50,00010%
United Negro College Fund Inc$48,87760%
Point Foundation$40,20940%
Pencil Foundation$38,46341%
International Rescue Committee INC$38,25030%
Hispanic Federation Inc$37,11960%
The Alliance for Climate Protection$30,00010%
Chiefs for Change$25,00010%
American Indian College Fund$24,00010%
Inner-City Filmmakers$22,000113%
The Environmental Media Associationinc$20,00021%
The Posse Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
Immigrant Defenders Law Center$19,00010%
Children's Defense Fund$17,00020%
The Global Village Project Inc$15,50031%
Center for Black Educator Development$15,46540%
Voteriders$15,32520%
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment$15,00010%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$15,0001n/a
Student Voice Inc$15,00014%
Justin J Watt Foundation Inc$12,99411%
The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc$12,0001n/a
Shelterbox USA Inc$12,00010%
Urban School Food Alliance Inc$12,00013%
Two Bit Circus Foundation$12,00012%
Get Lit - Words Ignite Inc$12,00011%
Youth Policy Institute Inc$12,00010%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc$12,0001n/a
Civic Nation$10,00010%
Center for Scholars and Storytellers$10,00011%
Israel Emergency Alliance$10,00010%
Sos Children's Villages-Usa Inc$10,00010%
Educators for Excellence Inc$10,0001n/a
Democracy Works Inc$10,00010%
Pencils of Promise Incorporated$10,00010%
A Place Called Home$7,46610%
Fulfillment Fund$6,50010%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$5,00010%
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition$5,00010%
Seed Consulting Group$5,0001n/a
Middle Eastern Immigrant & Refugee Alliance$5,0001n/a
The Kids Mental Health Foundation$5,0001n/a
If Not Us Then Who$5,0001n/a
Citizen University$5,00010%
The Links Foundation Incorporated$5,00010%
Sierra Club$5,00010%
Spread the Vote Inc$5,00010%
Pathos Labs$5,00012%
Monroe Harding Inc$5,00010%
911 Day$5,0001n/a
Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles$5,0001n/a
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Inc$5,00010%
The Digdeep Right to Water Project$5,00010%
American Jewish Committee$5,0001n/a
Music Sustainability Alliance$5,00013%
Downtown Women's Center$2,75730%
American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc$2,00010%
Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$2,00010%
American Near East Refugee Aid$2,00010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$2,00010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$2,00010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$1,85020%
Wo Smith Nashville Community Music School$1,55020%
Common Goal USA Inc$1,50010%
Core Community Organized Relief Effort$1,25010%
Project Medishare for Haiti Inc$1,25010%
She's the First Inc$1,20010%
The Heroes Project$1,12510%
Worth Our Weight$1,10010%
Santa Monica Girls Fastpitch$1,0001n/a
Hollywood Indies Little League co Stanley M Brooks$9751n/a
Whitsitt Elementary$9002n/a
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$68810%
Dr Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation$50010%
New Alternatives for LGBT Homeless Youth Inc$40010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($236k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Caa Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc: $609,821 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetOne Voice: $381,109 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $204,340 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Tennessee: $147,910 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetLift Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFirst Book: $109,983 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Women's Law Center: $94,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNonprofit VOTE Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetOasis Center Inc: $63,957 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCreative Visions Foundation: $62,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLos Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc: $60,651 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCollege Track: $55,933 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetStep Up Women's Network: $53,860 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetArray Alliance Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $48,877 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPoint Foundation: $40,209 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPencil Foundation: $38,463 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $38,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHispanic Federation Inc: $37,119 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Alliance for Climate Protection: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChiefs for Change: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $24,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInner-City Filmmakers: $22,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetThe Environmental Media Associationinc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $19,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Defense Fund: $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Global Village Project Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCenter for Black Educator Development: $15,465 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVoteriders: $15,325 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStudent Voice Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetJustin J Watt Foundation Inc: $12,994 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetShelterbox USA Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUrban School Food Alliance Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTwo Bit Circus Foundation: $12,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGet Lit - Words Ignite Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYouth Policy Institute Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCivic Nation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Scholars and Storytellers: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSos Children's Villages-Usa Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDemocracy Works Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPencils of Promise Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA Place Called Home: $7,466 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFulfillment Fund: $6,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Recidivism Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 74.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Annenberg FoundationPA21.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Annenberg Foundation · Tides Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Carol and James Collins Foundation · Entertainment Industry Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Wasserman Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Gofundmeorg · Liberty Hill Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Caa Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Caa Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Caa Foundation

How much does Caa Foundation give?
Caa Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $461,288 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Caa Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Philanthropy (21%), Human Services (15%).
Who are Caa Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc ($610k), One Voice ($381k), Donorschooseorg ($204k).
Does Caa Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Caa Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Caa Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Annenberg Foundation, Tides Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Where is Caa Foundation based?
Caa Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 122 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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