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Callahan-Dee Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Callahan-Dee Family 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.

$715k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

International$540kEnvironment$435kAnimals$215kArts & Culture$180kEducation$160kFood & Nutrition$125kCommunity Improvement$15kReligion$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $635,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $715,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $80,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $515k
$15,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mercy Corps$125,000
Doctors Without Borders USA$120,000
Artspace Community Arts Center$65,000
University of Orange$55,000
Natural Resources Defense Council$50,000
Marine Mammal Center$50,000
Berkshire Natural Resources Council$50,000
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts$25,000
Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll)$15,000
Camfed USA Foundation$15,000
South Community Food Pantry Inc$10,000
Trust Women Foundation Inc$10,000
Samaritan Center$10,000
World Central Kitchen$10,000
South Community Food Pantry Inc$10,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 13 repeat orgs$307k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
7

Total granted

$1.4M
$147k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
-1%

Still filing today

100%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’22’23’24
InternationalEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthAnimalsCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +29%
  • AC
    Artspace Community Arts Center
    2× · 2023–2024 · $115k · revenue +47% · 49% of their budget
  • BN
    BERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $100k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • AI
    Artspace Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -37%
  • N
    NRDC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +15%
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.

03Its field

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.

1
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
3
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
Mce Social Capital

To generate economic opportunities for women and families in underserved communities throughout the developing world.

Community Improvement
6
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Center for Arms Control and

A nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to enhancing international peace and security in the 21st century, thereby retaining its focus on nuclear weapons but expanding to include other present emerging security threats.

International
9
Wedontwaste Inc

We Dont Waste increases food access and protects the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.

Food & Nutrition
10
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
11
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
12
Moral Compass Federation Inc

Moral compass federation facilitates collaboration among multiple veteran-led nonprofit organizations, individuals, and businesses who came together during the fall of kabul, afghanistan to evacuate and resettle afghan allies who were in…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 25 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
8/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mercy Corps: $395,000 · InternationalMercy CorpsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $120,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $25,000 · International+1 more: $10,000 · InternationalNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $150,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENS…THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $100,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVAT…BERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentBERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOUR…MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SO…Artspace Community Arts Center: $115,000 · OtherArtspace Community Art…THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $75,000 · OtherTHE FOOD BANK OF WESTE…NRDC: $50,000 · OtherNRDCSAMARITAN CENTER INC: $25,000 · OtherSAMARITAN CENTER INCMass Audubon's Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary: $15,000 · OtherEntrepreneurship for All (EforAll): $15,000 · OtherWE CARE SOLAR: $15,000 · Other+5 more: $26,621 · Other+5 moreTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $200,000 · AnimalsTHE MARINE MA…UNIVERSITY OF ORANGE INC: $160,000 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSITY…Artspace Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF SPRINGFIELD INC: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSFIELD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $35,000 · Food & Nutrition
International$550,000Environment$370,000Other$336,621Animals$200,000Community Improvement$160,000Arts & Culture$65,000Food & Nutrition$35,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMercy Corps: $395,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $200,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ORANGE INC: $160,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $120,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArtspace Community Arts Center: $115,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetArtspace Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPITTSFIELD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN CENTER INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE CARE SOLAR: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF SPRINGFIELD INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTrust Women Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SYRACUSE NY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $948k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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