Illinois · Nonprofit
Calahan Foundation Nfp
Calahan Foundation Nfp (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being THE CELLINI FAMILY FUND TRUST CO WILLIAM F CELLINI JR ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $399k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $500
- Net assets
- $335k
What Calahan Foundation Nfp does
Mission
The Calahan Foundation exists to inspire youth through educational scholarships contemporary role models and entrepreneurial mentorship.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Each year The Calahan Foundation awards college scholarships to deserving incoming freshmen providing financial assistance and support for higher education attainment.
$35,500 spentof which $35,500 as grants21% of program spendingThe Foundation provided youth mentoring leadership development educational enrichment and student support programming throughout the year.
$65,538 spent39% of program spendingThe Foundation conducted community engagement events induction activities outreach initiatives and mission-based programming supporting youth success.
$65,539 spent39% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $166,577.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $208k to $335k (+61%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of Calahan Foundation Nfp’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Calahan Foundation Nfp’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of Calahan Foundation Nfp's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Calahan Foundation Nfp holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Calahan Foundation Nfp
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Calahan Foundation Nfp: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Calahan Foundation Nfp?
- Calahan Foundation Nfp (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being THE CELLINI FAMILY FUND TRUST CO WILLIAM F CELLINI JR ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Calahan Foundation Nfp have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500 in grants to Calahan Foundation Nfp.
- Who is the largest funder of Calahan Foundation Nfp?
- THE CELLINI FAMILY FUND TRUST CO WILLIAM F CELLINI JR is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Calahan Foundation Nfp find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing