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Meg and Tim Callahan Family Foundation at a glance

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Meg and Tim Callahan Family Foundation

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.

$4.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$4.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$4.9MEducation$515kArts & Culture$240kEnvironment$106kPublic Safety & Disaster$71kHealth$68kHuman Services$55kHousing & Shelter$49kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,880,773
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND - ECHO FUND$4,880,773
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 (FY18–23, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NEW WOMEN NEW YORKERS INC: $500 → 20%NEW WOMEN NEW YORKERS INC: $500 → 17%NEW WOMEN NEW YORKERS INC: $250 → 17%REBECCA A COPELAND FUND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $250 → 8%INVEST FOR KIDS INC: $1k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS INC: $1k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS INC: $1k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS INC: $1k → 14%A BETTER CHICAGO: $5k → 14%A BETTER CHICAGO: $2k → 14%A BETTER CHICAGO: $8k → 14%JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $300 → 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

IL
NY
MA
IN
NJ
RI
CA
TN
DC
TX
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.

17%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 25 repeat orgs$5.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
30

Total granted

$1.0M
$204k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+19%

Still filing today

88%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $70k · revenue +21%
  • NS
    NANTUCKET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $33k · revenue +26%
  • SV
    SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CHICAGO INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $21k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • NM
    NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • NM
    NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE-NORTHWESTERN MEMO
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • JT
    JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +19%
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
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
2
Junior Achievement of Chicago

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

International
3
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
4
Greater Chicago Food Depository

The greater chicago food depository is the nonprofit food bank serving cook county. our mission - is to end hunger. we believe food is a basic human right. to achieve our mission, we work in partnership with a network of community-based…

Food & Nutrition
5
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
6
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
7
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
8
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.

Social Science
9
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
10
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
The University of Chicago Charter School Corporation

To Prepare Students for Success in Four-Year Colleges.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is All Stars Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

49 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. 49 of the 57 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/49
Grantees still filing
34/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND - ECHO FUND: $4,880,773 · OtherFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND - ECHO FUND+34 more: $213,380 · OtherUrban Prep Academies: $504,300 · EducationUrban Pre…+4 more: $25,000 · EducationHUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO: $162,250 · Arts & CultureJOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ART CENTER OF HIGHLAND PARK: $15,250 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $14,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $8,000 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND INC: $55,500 · EnvironmentEVERGREEN CLIMATE INNOVATIONS: $50,000 · EnvironmentFAMILYFARMED DBA GOOD FOOD CATALYST: $20,500 · EnvironmentWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $70,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalNANTUCKET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $33,000 · Housing & ShelterSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CHICAGO INC: $21,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $7,000 · Philanthropy
Other$5,094,153Education$529,300Arts & Culture$225,000Environment$126,000International$76,000Housing & Shelter$33,000Philanthropy$28,000

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 budgetUrban Prep Academies: $504,300 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetHUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO: $162,250 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND INC: $55,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetEVERGREEN CLIMATE INNOVATIONS: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNANTUCKET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $33,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetJOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CHICAGO INC: $21,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetFAMILYFARMED DBA GOOD FOOD CATALYST: $20,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ART CENTER OF HIGHLAND PARK: $15,250 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $14,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA Better Chicago: $14,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA RESEARCH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetImagine Englewood If NFP: $5,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInvest for Kids Inc: $4,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORKERS AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONEGOAL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORPHANS OF THE STORM: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNANTUCKET SHELLFISH ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW WOMEN NEW YORKERS INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTABLE TO TABLE INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAZOM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVETS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChiArts Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL STARS PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDESIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NORA PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVE SHALOMWAHAT AL-SALAM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF JOLIET: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Child and Family Services: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRWINDS-NANTUCKET'S COUNSELING CENTER: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREBECCA A COPELAND FUND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBUILD INC: $250 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 Chicago Community…Jewish Federation of …Arie and Ida Crown Me…John D and Catherine …The Bluhm Family Foun…Circle of Service Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Cynthia Elkins Fo…Best Portion Foundati…Illinois Tool Works F…Zell Family FoundationFrank Family Foundati…
The Chicago Community TrustIL25.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Bluhm Family Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Cynthia Elkins Foundation · Best Portion Foundation · Illinois Tool Works Foundation · Zell Family Foundation · Frank Family 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 Meg and Tim Callahan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Meg and Tim Callahan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 Meg and Tim Callahan Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Meg and Tim Callahan 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 57 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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