· Private foundation
Cal Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k33 grants · $86k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $170k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $210k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HALCYON FOUNDATION | $110,000 |
| VERMONT STUDIO SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| TWO MAUDS | $50,000 |
| SCHWARTZMAN ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER | $30,000 |
| HEART OF THE HAMPTONS | $22,000 |
| SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER FDN | $20,000 |
| FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY | $20,000 |
| PARRISH ART MUSEUM | $15,000 |
| EVELYN ALEXANDER WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER | $12,500 |
| CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN | $10,000 |
| MADOO GARDEN CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| ANIMAL RESCUE FUND | $10,000 |
| ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER | $10,000 |
| NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART | $10,000 |
| CITY HARVEST | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
68 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HFHALCYON FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $770k · revenue +121%
- TMTWO MAUDS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $630k · revenue +50%
- TATHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER9× · 2017–2025 · $326k · revenue +77%
Funded once
- ARANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONSone grant, 2020 · $20k
- KBKips Bay Boys & Girls Clubone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +17%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $5k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Zoo new york, by example and action, provides knowledge and motivation for conserving nature in new york state through science-based natural and cultural experiences.
The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…
Nyc bird alliance is a grassroots community that protects wild birds and habitat in the five boroughs, improving the quality of life for all new yorkers.
See schedule oto coordinate and facilitate the economic development of the hudson yards area of manhattan. this includes construction of an extension to the no. subway line, the coordination of the design and construction of certain public…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…
The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…
Wild bird fund is a 501(c)(3) organization that cares for the injured, ill and orphaned wild life of new york city. our mission is to provide veterinary care and rehabilitation to native and migrant wildlife and to educate new yorkers…
The conservancy preserves and revitalizes new york's architecture. by doing so, it contributes to new york's economy, tourism and quality of life.
To manage the brooklyn navy yard for the city of new york, specifically to expand job opportunities for new yorkers by fostering the development of small businesses.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
How this is measured
46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 79 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds HALCYON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TWO MAUDS INC ↗
- Who funds THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
- Who funds THE SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc ↗
- Who funds THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND ↗
- Who funds HEART OF THE HAMPTONS LTD ↗
- Who funds National Gallery of Art ↗
- Who funds BOTTOMLESS CLOSET ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHAMPTON ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
- Who funds CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
- Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
- Who funds GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Joseph & Sylvia Slifka Foundation Inc · The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Chicago Community Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cal Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cal Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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