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The Callum Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.8M
Granted FY2019
26
Grants FY2019
12
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2019 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $241k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.5M
$50,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION$200,000
STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION$200,000
GARY SENISE FOUNDATION$150,000
K9S FOR WARRIORS INC$124,437
GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC$100,000
WILD CANID SURVIVAL RESEARCH CENTER INC$100,000
COUNCIL ON AGING SERVICES FOR SENIORS$75,000
ELIZABETH TOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY$75,000
HAWTHORN HILL$75,000
WARRIOR DOG FOUNDATION$50,000
FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL IOWA$50,000
MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION$50,000
GOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INC$50,000
4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC$50,000
02The need
02

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 (FY19–19, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $100k → 16%RIVER DEEP FOUNDATION: $20k → 12%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $50k → 9%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

WA
IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
NC
TX
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 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
CAUSE4PAWS Pet Food Bank

Many seniors and veterans share their only meal of the day with their companion animals. we deliver pet food for these precious animals so they can remain at home or with their person and not have to be surrendered to shelters.

Animals
2
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
3
Kansas City Pet Project

Leading the way in creating a compassionate, safe community for pets and people through progressive lifesaving programs and services, community resources, and educational opportunities.

Animals
4
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
5
Roam Wolfdog Sanctuary

To provide a safe and nurturing environment for abandoned and neglected wolfdogs while educating the public about their unique needs and behavior.

Animals
6
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
7
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
8
Wayside Waifs Inc

Wayside prepares pets and people for the bond of their lives by protecting and caring for the pets under our watch; by collaborating with and supporting the community; and by advocating for and sharing the profound joy that pets bring to…

Animals
9
Danbury Animal Welfare Society

Danbury animal welfare society , inc.(daws) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals in our community and beyond. we promote responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals, and work toward…

Animals
10
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
11
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
12
Animal Lifeline of Iowa Inc

Animal lifeline is a special needs no kill animal shelter that helps dogs & cats that are abused, seriously ill, handicapped, pregnant & nursing moms, orphan babies that need to be bottle fed & abandoned. we provide vet care, surgery,…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 4 Paws for Ability Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kiya Koda Humane Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the 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 26 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATIONGARY SENISE FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherGARY SENISE FOUNDATIONFAMILIES FORWARD: $75,000 · OtherFAMILIES FORWARDCouncil on Aging Services for Seniors: $75,000 · OtherCouncil on Aging Services for SeniorsFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL IOWA: $50,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL IOWAWARRIOR DOG FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherWARRIOR DOG FOUNDATIONGOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 · OtherGOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INCNORTH SHORE FRIENDS INC: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUN…STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUN…ELIZABETHTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $75,000 · EducationELIZABETHTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARYK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $124,437 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS I…WILD CANID SURVIVAL AND RESEARCH CENTER INC DBA ENDANGERED WOLF CENTER: $100,000 · AnimalsWILD CANID SURVIVA…BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $48,859 · AnimalsBLANK PARK ZOO FOU…SPAY NEUTER SERVICES OF INDIANA: $14,190 · Animals+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesGUARDIAN ANG…4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $50,000 · Human Services4 PAWS FOR A…HOPE MINISTRIES: $25,032 · Human ServicesHOPE MINISTR…RIVER DEEP FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesRIVER DEEP F…MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Community ImprovementSHARE LIFE: $20,000 · Community ImprovementThe Independence Fund Inc: $38,400 · Public BenefitTHE WALLACE CENTERS OF IOWA: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$700,000Education$475,000Animals$292,486Human Services$195,032Philanthropy$50,000Community Improvement$45,000Public Benefit$38,400Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $124,437 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetELIZABETHTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $75,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $75,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetCouncil on Aging Services for Seniors: $75,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Independence Fund Inc: $38,400 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHOPE MINISTRIES: $25,032 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRIVER DEEP FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSHARE LIFE: $20,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetSPAY NEUTER SERVICES OF INDIANA: $14,190 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetKIYA KODA HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE WALLACE CENTERS OF IOWA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

Community Fdn of Grea…The Merchants Bonding…Meredith Corporation …Prairie Meadows Race …Chubb Charitable Foun…United Way WorldwideThe Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 The Callum Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Callum Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report 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.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Callum Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Callum 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 26 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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