The Calamus Foundation
EIN 133922034 Private FoundationTotal Given 2020–2024
$1.3M
60 grants · $268K avg/year
based on 5 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$100K+/yr
local funder
capacity
$10K
typical small grants · $10K–$15K
grant size
11%
transactional · 6/54 multi-year
repeat
$7.9M
Assets (2024)
54
Distinct Recipients
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
No. Preselected Only
Phone
(212) 598-4872
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $248K | $6.2M | $629K | 19 |
| 2021 | $268K | $6.8M | $670K | 26 |
| 2022 | $425K | $5.7M | $125K | 3 |
| 2023 | $250K | $6.9M | $260K | 1 |
| 2024 | $150K | $7.9M | $800K | 11 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 60 grants on record
Minimum
$2K
25th Pctl
$10K
Median
$10K
Average
$22K
75th Pctl
$15K
Maximum
$400K
Geographic Distribution
Texas Counties Served
3.3% of US grants
· Rank #8 of 13 states
$15K across
2 grants
2 of 254 counties
Top 2 counties
- 1 Dallas
- 2 Travis
Officers & Directors
Grants Awarded (60 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $400,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT. | 2023 |
| The Transgender Law Center (Borderless Butterflies) | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2020 |
| Astraea Foundation (Racial Justice Fund) | New York, NY | $25,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2020 |
| New Venture Fund (Youth First State Advocacy Fund) | Washington, DC | $20,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2020 |
| Social and Environmental Engineers | Calabasas, CA | $20,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2021 |
| Swop Behind Bars | Apopka, FL | $20,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2021 |
| Chosen Family Center | New York, NY | $20,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2024 |
| Transgender Law Project | La, CA | $20,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2024 |
| William Insitute Ucla School of Law | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2024 |
| Lambda Legal (Youth in Out-Of-Home Care) | New York, NY | $15,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2020 |
| Lineage Project | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2020 |
| Treatment Action Group (Prep4All Collaboration) | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2020 |
| Center for Transformative Action | Ithaca, NY | $15,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2021 |
| Lineage Project | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2021 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $15,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2021 |
| Prep4All | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2021 |
| America Diversa | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2024 |
| Designing Justice Designing Spaces | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2024 |
| Promise of Justice | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $15,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2022 |
| Drive Change | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2020 |
| Human Rights Watch - Lgbt Division | New York, NY | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2020 |
| Masjid Al-Rabia | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2020 |
| Montefiore Medical Center (Terra Firma Project) | Bronx, NY | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | 2020 |
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