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Helen & Robert Cahill Foundation Inc at a glance

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Helen & Robert Cahill Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$96k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$190kEducation$66kArts & Culture$55kReligion$41kCrime & Legal$27kYouth Development$8kInternational$5kHealth$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $75k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$924k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BREAD FOR THE WORLD INSTITUTE$45,000
CITI HARVEST$10,000
THE ALLIANCE TO END HUNGER$10,000
GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE$2,500
CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK$2,500
THE GLOBAL FOODBANKING NETWORK$2,000
AMERICARES$2,000
BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE$2,000
THE BOWERY MISSION$500
THE EAST HAMPTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$500
GEORGE JACKSON ACADEMY$500
THE SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF WOMEN & CHILDREN$400
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.

area typical 11%GOOD COUNSEL: $1k → 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.
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$274k · 14 repeat orgs$157k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
20

Total granted

$274k
$156k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+8%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
EducationInternationalArts & CultureFood & NutritionEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • BF
    Bread for the World Institute
    2× · 2023–2024 · $55k · revenue +26%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +16%
  • TA
    THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $8k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +17%
  • BF
    Bread For The World Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +31%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CENTER FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
3
Guttmacher Institute Inc

The institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the united states and globally.

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4
Ie New York College

(see schedule o)

Education
5
Women's Refugee Commission Inc

To improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. the women's refugee commission envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in…

Human Services
6
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
7
Arrow

To make grants to charitable organizations and programs that support the achievement of sexual and reproductive health (srh) of the poor & underprivileged women and others in the asia-pacific and elsewhere.

International
8
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation

Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…

Health
9
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

—
10
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
11
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
12
Municipal Art Society of New York

The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is Society for the Relief of Women and Children. 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

20 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. 20 of the 37 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
10/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bread For The World Inc: $50,000 · OtherBread For The World IncIndividual grant recipient: $28,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNATIONAL CENTER FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: $25,000 · OtherNATIONAL CENTER FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATIONCITI HARVEST: $20,000 · OtherCITI HARVESTGREGORIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherGREGORIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCLOYOLA SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherLOYOLA SCHOOLMOST HOLY TRINITY CHURCH: $16,000 · OtherMOST HOLY TRINITY CHURCHCATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK: $10,500 · OtherST PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL: $10,000 · OtherBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $8,000 · Other+15 more: $16,450 · Other+15 moreBread for the World Institute: $55,000 · InternationalBread for the Wo…AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUND…The Global FoodBanking Network: $4,500 · InternationalThe Global FoodB…Alliance to End Hunger: $60,000 · Food & NutritionAlliance to End…NATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CENTE…WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureWOODLAWN CONSE…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationTHOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE: $7,500 · Education+2 more: $750 · EducationEAST HAMPTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $4,500 · HealthStudents for Life of America Inc: $1,000 · Civil Rights
Other$223,950International$64,000Food & Nutrition$60,000Arts & Culture$54,000Education$23,250Health$4,500Civil Rights$1,000

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 budgetAlliance to End Hunger: $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBread for the World Institute: $55,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBread For The World Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST HAMPTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Global FoodBanking Network: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSCAN-HARBOR INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD COUNSEL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE JACKSON ACADEMY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $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.

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 Goldman Sachs Cha…The Hyde and Watson F…National Philanthropi…Jewish Communal FundVanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…Silicon Valley Commun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Helen & Robert Cahill Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Helen & Robert Cahill Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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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How do I get to Helen & Robert Cahill Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Helen & Robert Cahill Foundation Inc 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 37 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.

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