· Private foundation
Hardy & Merryl McCalman 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 $10k5 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| DUNWOODY SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $18,500 |
| DUNWOODY METHODIST CHURCH | $11,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FDN | $3,000 |
| CURE CHILDHOOD CANCER | $2,500 |
| PERIMETER NORTH YOUNG LIFE | $2,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $1,500 |
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 (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 10 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, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUniversity of West Georgia Foundation Inc4× · 2017–2020 · $120k · revenue +29%
- TMTANNER MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC6× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +21%
- YLYOUNG LIFE4× · 2018–2022 · $20k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $5k
- LCLUTHERN CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRITone grant, 2022 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $3k
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 provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.
The mission of Children's of Alabama is to provide the finest pediatric health services to all children in an environment that fosters excellence in research and medical education. Children's will be an advocate for all children and work…
UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…
Facilitate networking among hospitals
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
Covenant HomeCare provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…
The mission of Toccoa Falls College is to glorify God through seeking and developing Christian servant leaders who will impact their world with the love and message of Jesus Christ.
Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.
CH-Franklin is a charitable organization which exists to meet the health needs of individuals within the communities it serves.
Claiborne Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 24 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 University of West Georgia Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds TANNER MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CARROLL COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds BRENAU UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds Cure Childhood Cancer Inc ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds House of Cherith 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hardy & Merryl McCalman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hardy & Merryl McCalman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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