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The Edward F Calesa Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Edward F Calesa 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.

$300
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$250
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$100kPhilanthropy$96kSocial Science$50kAnimals$50kArts & Culture$40kYouth Development$25kReligion$20kHealth$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
1
States reached
$740k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION$250
FOCUSEDKIDS$50
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 (FY20–23, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $5k → 6%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $5k → 6%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $3k → 6%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

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NY
OR
OH
CA
CO
MD
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DC
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 grantees
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
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
3
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
4
Lead the Way Fund Inc

Army ranger lead the way fund is an active duty, casualty assistance, recovery, transition and veterans organization that provides financial support to u.s. army rangers and the families of those who have died, have been disabled or who…

Human Services
5
California Institute of Integral Studies

Ciis is an institution of higher education that encourages an interdisciplinary approach to learning. over 1,700 students are enrolled in masters, doctoral, bachelor of arts completion programs, and certifications. ours is a mosaic of…

Education
6
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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7
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
8
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
9
Santa Fe Institute

The santa fe institute is a transdisciplinary research community that expands the boundaries of scientific understanding. its aim is to discover, comprehend, and communicate the common fundamental principles in complex physical,…

Science & Tech
10
The Marathon Initiative

The mission of the marathon initiative is to develop the diplomatic, military, and economic strategies that the united states needs to navigate protracted competitions with great power rivals. motivated by the conviction that strategy is…

International
11
Fountain Valley School of Colorado

Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…

Education
12
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc

The tragedy assistance program for survivors (taps) is america's national nonprofit organization that has cared for the loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes since 1994. taps ensures these living legacies of service and sacrifice do not…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Operations Warrior Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

13 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. 13 of the 21 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $50,000 · OtherNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTETHE ARTS CAMPUS AT WILLITS (TACAW): $40,000 · OtherTHE ARTS CAMPUS AT WILLITS (TACAW)RESPONSE - Help for Domestic Violence: $10,000 · OtherRESPONSE - Help for Domestic Viole…ST VINCENT CATHOLIC CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherST VINCENT CATHOLIC CHURCHQueenan Fellowship for Global Health: $5,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 · Other+7 more: $6,050 · OtherSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR …HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE+1 more: $100 · EducationASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $96,000 · PhilanthropyASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATIO…K9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $50,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRI…FOCUSEDKIDS: $25,050 · Youth DevelopmentCHALLENGE ASPEN: $12,500 · Human ServicesMARC GELLMAN INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$126,050Education$100,100Philanthropy$96,000Animals$50,000Youth Development$25,050Human Services$12,500Arts & Culture$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $96,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUSEDKIDS: $25,050 over 2y, 19% of budgetCHALLENGE ASPEN: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMARC GELLMAN INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Oregon Trail Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTorrey Pines High School Foundation Inc: $100 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.

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

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no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Central Oregon Trail Alliance: 1% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 21 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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