Me & Fj Callahan Foundation
Chagrin Falls, OH · EIN 51-0164320. Reported 246 grants totalling $7,456,401 to 98 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Me & Fj Callahan Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,500 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $850,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | $1,930,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cleveland Orchestra | Cleveland, OH | $1,800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | Cleveland, OH | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | Cleveland, OH | $206,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Intermuseum Conservation Association | Cleveland, OH | $199,201 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University Circle Incorporated | Cleveland, OH | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United States Naval Academy | Annapolis, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleveland International Film Festival | Cleveland, OH | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hawken School | Gates Mills, OH | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University Settlement | Cleveland, OH | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Legal Aid of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beck Center for the Arts | Lakewood, OH | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland, OH | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YWCA Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $72,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moca Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Sculpture Center | Cleveland, OH | $62,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Food Bank | Cleveland, OH | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Scraton Road Ministries | Cleveland, OH | $57,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Malachi House | Cleveland, OH | $47,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Science Center | Cleveland, OH | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lbgt Community Center | Cleveland, OH | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cuyahoga County Public Library | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Downtown Cleveland Alliance | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Western Reserve Historical Society | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ideastream | Cleveland, OH | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Global Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Towards Employment | Cleveland, OH | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trust for Public Land | Cleveland, OH | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| College Now of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Frontline Services | Cleveland, OH | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seeds of Literacy | Cleveland, OH | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Print Room | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Edwin's Leadership and Restaurant Institute | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Esperanza | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kinnect | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Land Studio | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nature Center of Shaker Lakes | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children & Family Advocates | Cleveland, OH | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Karamu House | Cleveland, OH | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless | Cleveland, OH | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Promise | Cleveland, OH | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Housing Network | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dress for Success | Cleveland, OH | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lake Erie Ink | Cleveland Heights, OH | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maltz Museum | Beachwood, OH | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City Year Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kent State University | Kent, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Metrohealth Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peninsula Foundation | Peninsula, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ursuline College | Pepper Pike, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Syatt | Cleveland, OH | $19,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity | Cleveland, OH | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cleveland School of the Arts | Cleveland, OH | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chagrin History Center | Chargin Falls, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Council on World Affairs | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lifeact | Chargin Falls, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The City Mission | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| West Side Catholic Center | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | Chargin Falls, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Opportunities Unlimited | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland | Lakewood, OH | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Children's Museum | Cleveland, OH | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Metroparks | Cleveland, OH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Merrick House | Cleveland, OH | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YMCA Cleveland | Lakewood, OH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baldwin Wallace University | Berea, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Professionals Association | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Haven Home | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jumpstart | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| May Dugan Center | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northeast Ohio Coalition | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Providence House | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Recovery Resources | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stella Maris | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vocational Guidance Services | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Partnership on Aging | Cleveland, OH | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | Cleveland, OH | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Summer on the Cuyahoga | Cleveland, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Assembly for the Arts | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bellefaire Jcb | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Benjamin Rose Institute | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Childern's Museum | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Disability Rights Ohio | Columbus, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Services | Beachwood, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minds Matter | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Passages Connecting Fathers and Families | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peel Dem Layers Back | Shaker Heights, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Skidmark Dba Motogo | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Centers | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Math Movement | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Leaders Program | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairmount Arts Center | Novelty, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joseph's House | Cleveland, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
69 of 98 (70%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 80%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 136 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55 | $1,183,700 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 56 | $1,312,500 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 64 | $2,045,201 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 71 | $2,915,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Me & Fj Callahan Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 100 N Main Street 410, Chagrin Falls, OH, 44022. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 51-0164320 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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