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The Canda Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Canda Charitable Trust

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Human Services$707kHealth$391kEducation$295kAnimals$290kHousing & Shelter$70kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kReligion$25k
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $326k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $760k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY$100,000
SWEET BABIES$75,000
INCARNATE WORD CHURCH$75,000
ANIMAL HOUSE CAT RESCUE$60,000
DUO DOGS INC$50,000
MARYGROVE CHILD CENTER$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY$50,000
GOOD SHEPARD FAMILY SERVICES$50,000
OPEN DOOR ANIMAL SANCTUARY$50,000
OUR LITTLE HAVEN$50,000
RANKEN JORDAN HOSPITAL$50,000
SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS$50,000
ST LOUIS COUNSELING CENTER$40,000
SHRINERS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$36,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $207k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $57k → 21%SWEET BABIES: $75k → 11%SWEET BABIES: $75k → 11%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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 15 repeat orgs$447k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
3

Total granted

$1.4M
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+101%

Still filing today

47%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $320k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • SL
    ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +21%
  • DD
    DUO DOGS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +3%
  • QO
    QUEEN OF PEACE CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUISgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $57k · revenue +101%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD CHARITIES
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • SF
    ST FRANCIS COMMUNITY SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +76%
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
Good Shepherd Children & Family Services

Connecting children with families and keeping families connected by providing pregnancy and parenting support, foster care programs and adoption services.

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2
St Patrick Center

St. patrick center transforms lives through sustainable housing, employment and healthcare, following the compassion of jesus.

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3
Sts Joachim and Ann Care Service

To provide integrated services such as financial assistance, case management, and referrals to families and individuals of all ages to reduce the propensity for homelessness, abuse and neglect, and to provide the tools to achieve…

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4
Saint Louis Counseling Inc

The mission of saint louis counseling is to bring the healing, help, and hope of jesus christ to those in need with a compassionate caring presence. the purpose of saint louis counseling is "guided by the teachings of jesus christ, saint…

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5
Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

The humane society of southwest missouri is one of the largest open admission, no kill shelters in southwest missouri. it is dedicated to helping sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. for over 60 years the…

Animals
6
Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri Inc

A faith-based organization providing compassionaite, quality social services to the vulnerable.

Human Services
7
Child Center-Marygrove

Providing a safe home, compassionate care and high-quality mental health services to children and youth who have experienced significant trauma, to restore their childhood and equip them to productive adulthood.

Health
8
Stray Rescue of St Louis

To rescue stray animals in need of medical attention, restore them to health, and place them in homes.

Animals
9
Our Ladys Inn

Care of unhoused pregnant women and their children.

Human Services
10
Peace for Kids

The mission of peace for kids is to provide a comprehensive, quality child development program for a diverse socioeconomic and cultural population. peace for kids is committed to assisting working families with safe, quality child care at…

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11
Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc

Catholic charities of louisville serves people in need, especially the poor and oppressed. consistent with the principles of catholic social teaching, we build bridges of hope, mercy, and justice as we accompany struggling families and…

Human Services
12
Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri

Inspired by the gospel of the beatitudes as proclaimed by Jesus Christ, Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri is committed to providing care and creating hope for the lives of the vulnerable through compassionate social…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Francis Community Services; the most unlike its peers is Sweet Babies. 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

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 27 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $150,000 · OtherST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETYINCARNATE WORD CHURCH: $150,000 · OtherINCARNATE WORD CHURCHANIMAL HOUSE CAT RESCUE: $105,000 · OtherANIMAL HOUSE CAT RESCUERANKEN JORDAN HOSPITAL: $100,000 · OtherRANKEN JORDAN HOSPITALMARYGROVE CHILD CENTER: $100,000 · OtherMARYGROVE CHILD CENTERST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY: $100,000 · OtherST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERYDUO DOGS INC: $100,000 · OtherDUO DOGS INCGOOD SHEPARD FAMILY SERVICES: $70,000 · OtherOPEN DOOR ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $60,000 · OtherSHRINERS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $56,000 · OtherOUR LITTLE HAVEN: $50,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD CHARITIES: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS: $50,000 · Other+6 more: $165,000 · Other+6 moreSweet Babies: $150,000 · Human ServicesSweet BabiesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS: $56,500 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHA…QUEEN OF PEACE CENTER: $60,000 · HealthLARCHE ST LOUIS: $25,000 · HealthREADY READERS: $55,000 · EducationHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $50,000 · Animals
Other$1,406,000Human Services$206,500Health$85,000Education$55,000Animals$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSweet Babies: $150,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetDUO DOGS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetQUEEN OF PEACE CENTER: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOPEN DOOR ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $60,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS: $56,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetREADY READERS: $55,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetOUR LITTLE HAVEN: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLARCHE ST LOUIS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetST FRANCIS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

  • Who funds Sweet Babies ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds DUO DOGS INC ↗
  • Who funds QUEEN OF PEACE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds READY READERS ↗
  • Who funds OUR LITTLE HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds LARCHE ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗

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.

Moneta Group Charitab…St Louis Community Fo…Edward Jones Foundati…United Way of Greater…Ringwald Eberle Found…Youthbridge Community…St Louis Community Fo…Commerce Bancshares F…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…
Moneta Group Charitable FoundationMO19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Ringwald Eberle Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer 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 Canda Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Canda Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–20%
    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.

    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 27 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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