· Private foundation
Cavan 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.
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 $10k2 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $183k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES | $36,000 |
| ANGELWOOD | $35,000 |
| HEALING BRIDGE CLINIC | $25,000 |
| CLOTHES CLOSET | $20,000 |
| DOWNTOWN ECUMENICAL SERVICES COUNCIL | $20,000 |
| SOUTHEAST GWINNET COUNTY CO-OP | $18,000 |
| BEACHES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE MINISTRY | $15,000 |
| FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLE | $14,000 |
| ARLINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICES | $6,000 |
| NORTH GWINNETT CO-OP | $5,000 |
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, $753k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% 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
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 +36% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 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, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MRMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $459k · revenue +33%
- AIANGELWOOD INC9× · 2017–2025 · $315k · revenue +12%
- PSPRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $313k · revenue +168%
Funded once
- SGSOUTHEAST GWINNET COUNTY CO-OPone grant, 2025 · $18k
- NGNORTH GWINNETT COOPERATIVE INCone grant, 2025 · $5k · revenue +14%
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.
To care for the needy, share the good news of jesus christ and change lives by providing counseling, life skill training, dignity gained through work and christ-centered discipleship.
It is the mission of Fresh Start Ministry to be the hands and feet of God by serving others in need in Monroe County. we have a mens and womans shelter and a program to help people get back on there feet
To create housing solutions, provide compassionate homeless day services, and work alongside partners to inspire community action.
New Covenant Safe Haven is a Christian-based organization committed to uplifting and supporting individuals and families living in poverty within our community. Our primary mission is to provide essential services such as temporary shelter…
Christian Community Ministries is a financial crisis ministry helping those who fall within our definition of crisis. Except for one paid administrator, we are a totally volunteer organization. We operate as an extension of the servant…
To provide food, shelter, clothing, medical assistance and other immediate need to the thousands of needy and homeless people living in our area.
Provide resource and referrals
Providing hope for the homeless and hurting through housing, case management, support services and strategic alliances.
Our mission is to help those who are struggling with homelessness, by providing resources to help rebuild their lives.
We are a church, food bank, outreach that ministers the love of Jesus to our city and the surrounding cities by preaching and teaching the word of God every Sunday. We also minister to anyone with a food need weekly through our food bank.…
The rescue missions purpose is to provide food, housing , and transportation in emergency situations to local residents and transients, Those served are spiritually ministered.
Street Ministries 25:40 is a ministry that sees people as Christ sees them, as we reach out to minister to their needs, while loving them unconditionally. We seek to meet the needs of the community in various ways including providing food,…
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 16 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 MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANGELWOOD INC ↗
- Who funds PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE CITY RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds HEALING BRIDGE CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLEINC ↗
- Who funds Must Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds Life Renewal Inc ↗
- Who funds PASTORAL COUNSELING SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry I Inc ↗
- Who funds Arlington Community Services Inc ↗
- Who funds NORTH GWINNETT COOPERATIVE INC ↗
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 Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust · The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation · United Way of Northeast Florida Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cavan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cavan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Presbyterian Social Ministries Inc: 8% of income from government
- Family Promise of Jacksonvilleinc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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