· Private foundation
The Calvin and Marisa Allen Foundation
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, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $258k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $467k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SPIRITUAL STUDIES INSTITUTECHURCH OF SPIRITUAL STUDIES | $150,000 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ATLANTA | $125,000 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN | $75,000 |
| CHI PHI EDUCATIONAL TRUST | $67,200 |
| JOHN CHEATHAM MEDICAL FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| WOODWARD ACADEMY | $42,500 |
| ATLANTA CLASSICAL ACADEMY (NORTHSIDE EDUCATION INC) | $33,334 |
| PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC | $27,000 |
| A PLACE AT THE TABLE | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN LEGION POST 29 (VETERAN'S MEMORIAL 5K) | $25,000 |
| BOOTS ON THE GROUND | $25,000 |
| ATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| INTROSHIPS PROGRAM | $15,000 |
| PARADISE DREAMS ANIMAL SANCTUARY | $10,000 |
| CROSSROADS CAMPUS | $10,000 |
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 (FY18–25, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 13% of The Calvin and Marisa Allen Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
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 +40% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 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, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $207k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WAWOODWARD ACADEMY INC7× · 2018–2025 · $218k · revenue +50%
- AHAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc7× · 2018–2025 · $160k · revenue +40%
- EHEMORY & HENRY UNIVERSITY5× · 2020–2024 · $125k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- RBROTARY BOYS & GIRLS STYLE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIONone grant, 2023 · $40k
- TWThe Westminster Schools Incone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +22%
- EAEMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE - HORSE RETIREMENT FUNDone grant, 2018 · $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.
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.
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
THE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS ACTIVELY RESCUES CATS AND DOGS, PROVIDES QUALITY CARE AND OFFERS SANCTUARY UNTIL LOVING HOMES CAN BE FOUND. ARF's work with animals, within our community and throughout the organization is guided by…
At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…
The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…
To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
Aarf is a nonprofit organization serving the winston-salem area dedicated to finding loving homes for dogs and cats through rescue, foster care, veterinary services, adoption, and education.
Improving the lives of animals by fostering the human-animal bond.
How this is measured
36 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. 36 of the 54 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 CHI PHI EDUCATIONAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds WOODWARD ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds JOHN CHEATHAM MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC (FRMR T HARVEY MATHIS EYE FOUNDATION) ↗
- Who funds Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds EMORY & HENRY UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF BLUE RIDGE INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF VERO BEACH AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Paradise Dreams Animal Sanctuary ↗
- Who funds INTROSHIPS PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
- Who funds LAURA RIDING JACKSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ANGELS AMONG US PET RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC ↗
- Who funds The Westminster Schools Inc ↗
- Who funds A PLACE AT THE TABLE ↗
- Who funds ROANOKE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE CROSSROADS CAMPUS ↗
- Who funds COASTAL GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds THE MARLEY PROJECT IN ↗
- Who funds AMC SUPPORT INC ↗
- Who funds SUNLAND HOME FOUNDATION ↗
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 The Calvin and Marisa Allen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Calvin and Marisa Allen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
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