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David & Fern Canmann Family Foundation at a glance

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David & Fern Canmann 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.

$18k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$58kArts & Culture$46kReligion$11kHealth$9kPublic Benefit$3kEnvironment$2kCommunity Improvement$2kHousing & Shelter$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
8
States reached
$339k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAVINIA FESTIVAL$7,500
CARLETON COLLEGE$3,000
APBD RESEARCH FOUNDATION$2,500
WINNETKA COMMUNITY HOUSE$1,050
SAINTS FAITH HOPE AND CHARITY CATHOLIC PARISH$730
AMHERST COLLEGE ALUMNI FUND$500
THE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH$500
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN$300
WINNETKA PUBLIC SCHOOL'S FOUNDATION$250
CAMP TECUMSEH YMCA$250
NEW TRIER BOOSTER CLUB$250
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$250
LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$250
Individual grant recipient$240
LINCOLN PARK ZOO$189
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAMP TECUMSEH YMCA: $250 → 9%THE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH: $1k → 7%CAMP TECUMSEH YMCA: $185 → 9%THE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH: $500 → 7%CHILDREN'S HOME AND AID: $250 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CA
NE
VA
MD
DC
HI
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$134k · 29 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
18

Total granted

$134k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+17%

Still filing today

62%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CulturePublic BenefitHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • CC
    CARLETON COLLEGE
    6× · 2019–2025 · $50k · revenue +32%
  • RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $40k · revenue +40%
  • WC
    WINNETKA COMMUNITY HOUSE INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $4k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • CK
    CAMP KASEM-NORTHWESTERN SETTLEMENT HOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $500 · revenue +97%
  • BN
    Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $350 · revenue -24%
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.

04Its 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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
4
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
5
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
6
Children's Museum of Oak Park

To spark curiosity and creativity in all young children through positive, play-based learning experiences.

Arts & Culture
7
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
8
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
Lincoln Children's Museum

The lincoln children's museum invites children to create, discover and learn through the power of play.

Arts & Culture
11
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
12
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill; the most unlike its peers is Small Heroes Foundation Nfp. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 50 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CARLETON COLLEGE: $49,695 · EducationCARLETON COLLEGE+3 more: $3,050 · Education+3 moreRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $39,500 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATIONWINNETKA COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureWINNETKA COMMUNITY HOUSE INC+2 more: $1,299 · Arts & CultureSAINTS FAITH HOPE AND CHARITY CATHOLIC PARISH: $9,805 · OtherSAINTS FAITH HOPE AND C…AMHERST COLLEGE ALUMNI FUND: $4,000 · OtherAMHERST COLLEGE ALUMNI …JUF OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $2,000 · OtherJUF OF METROPOLITAN CHI…NORTH SHORE BOARD OF NU SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $1,700 · OtherNORTH SHORE BOARD OF NU…Individual grant recipient: $1,230 · OtherTHE ALLIANCE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT: $1,125 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,090 · OtherCAMP KASEM-NORTHWESTERN SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $1,000 · OtherLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $1,058 · Other+18 more: $6,143 · Other+18 moreAPBD RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $4,500 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $500 · HealthBear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation: $350 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $250 · Health+2 more: $250 · HealthILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $1,250 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $800 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $500 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE: $100 · Public BenefitTHE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesYMCA CAMP TECUMSEH INC: $435 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $250 · Human ServicesCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $2,100 · Environment+1 more: $50 · Environment
Education$52,745Arts & Culture$44,799Other$29,151Health$5,850Public Benefit$2,650Human Services$2,185Environment$2,150

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 budgetCARLETON COLLEGE: $49,695 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $39,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAPBD RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWINNETKA COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $4,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $2,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINNETKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $1,350 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $1,058 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $822 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW TRIER BOOSTER CLUB: $600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADLER PLANETARIUM: $477 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA CAMP TECUMSEH INC: $435 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY HEROES FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINGS PROGRAM INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMORELAND COUNTRY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FD: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMALL HEROES FOUNDATION NFP: $100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWINNETKA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $50 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.

  • Who funds CARLETON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds APBD RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WINNETKA COMMUNITY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds HADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
  • Who funds THE WINNETKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW TRIER BOOSTER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds THE ADLER PLANETARIUM ↗
  • Who funds YMCA CAMP TECUMSEH INC ↗
  • Who funds Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HENRY HEROES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds WINGS PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTMORELAND COUNTRY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FD ↗

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 Chicago Community…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL13.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization David & Fern Canmann Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David & Fern Canmann Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to David & Fern Canmann Family 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.

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 50 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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