· Private foundation
The Cade Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Cade Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Cade Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $133k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $118k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MINNESOTA OVARIAN CANCER ALLIANCE | $37,500 |
| SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND | $30,000 |
| ST PAUL & MN FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| ANGEL FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| OVARIAN CANCER NATIONAL ALLIANCE | $10,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| CANCER LEGAL CARE | $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 (FY19–20, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2020, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2020, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MOMinnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc3× · 2017–2020 · $163k · revenue +36%
- AFANGEL FOUNDATION2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +38%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC2× · 2019–2020 · $10k · revenue +99%
Funded once
- ASALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOLone grant, 2019 · $5k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF ST CATHERINE'Sone grant, 2017 · $5k
- OWOSPREY WILDS ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTERone grant, 2019 · $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.
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…
The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…
Children's cancer research fund fuels transformational research to bring better treatments and cures to children with cancer.
Connecting families affected by childhood cancer by providing opportunities that encourage relationships and strengthen community.
To define and advance quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives.
Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…
The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…
City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
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 17 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 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
- Who funds ANGEL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds CANCER LEGAL CARE ↗
- Who funds PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OSPREY WILDS ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER ↗
- Who funds KENYA CHILDREN'S FUND INC ↗
- Who funds JP4 Foundation ↗
- Who funds TREEHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 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: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Online Giving 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 The Cade Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cade Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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