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Aletto Family Foundation Gary S Aletto

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.

$114k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$230kYouth Development$195kArts & Culture$51kHealth$16kRecreation & Sports$9kHuman Services$2kPhilanthropy$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $95k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$640k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARMEL DADS CLUB$45,000
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
500 FESTIVAL FOUNDATION$5,000
BUTLER UNIVERSITY$5,000
COUGARBALL CORP$2,500
VILLAGE OF MERICI INC$2,100
ST MARKS PRESCHOOL KIDZONE INC$2,000
CAROLINE SYMMES INC$2,000
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 (FY25–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ST MARKS PRESCHOOL KIDZONE INC: $2k → 13%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$530k · 8 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
13

Total granted

$530k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+37%

Still filing today

88%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • CD
    CARMEL DADS CLUB INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $190k · revenue +46%
  • BU
    Butler University
    6× · 2019–2025 · $110k · revenue +24%
  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    9× · 2017–2025 · $95k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • FF
    FUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOULDER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue -9%
  • MU
    Marian University
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -3%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +37%
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Physicians Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
3
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
4
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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5
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
6
Indiana University Health Bloomington Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
7
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
8
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc

Benefit, perform, and carry out the charitable, educational, and other exempt purposes of indiana university health ball memorial hospital, inc. ("iu health ball memorial hospital") and related organizations, and to support activities…

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9
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
10
Bakersfield Country Club

Membership - country club.bakersfield country club is a private family club, providing social and recreational activities for the benefit of its members and their guests. the club is committed to maintain its reputation for excellence and…

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11
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
12
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Baldrick's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cougarball Corp. 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

15 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. 15 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CARMEL DADS CLUB INC: $189,600 · Youth DevelopmentCARMEL DADS CLUB INC500 Festival Foundation Inc: $36,000 · Youth Development500 Festival Foundation IncButler University: $110,000 · EducationButler UniversityDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $95,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT+1 more: $5,000 · EducationIndividual grant recipient: $74,000 · OtherIndividual grant reci…FUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOULDER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $12,500 · OtherFUND FOR THE NEW SCHO…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $5,000 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $5,000 · Other+8 more: $11,000 · Other+8 moreThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCAROLINE SYMMES INC: $6,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · HealthVILLAGE OF MERICI INC: $4,100 · Housing & ShelterCOUGARBALL CORP: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsINDIANA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Youth Development$225,600Education$210,000Other$107,500Arts & Culture$15,000Health$8,000Housing & Shelter$4,100Recreation & Sports$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCARMEL DADS CLUB INC: $189,600 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetButler University: $110,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $95,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budget500 Festival Foundation Inc: $36,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOULDER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAROLINE SYMMES INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMarian University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVILLAGE OF MERICI INC: $4,100 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $500 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.

Richard M Fairbanks F…Lilly Endowment IncNicholas H Noyes Jr M…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Richard M Fairbanks Foundation IncIN15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Aletto Family Foundation Gary S Aletto funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aletto Family Foundation Gary S Aletto. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Aletto Family Foundation Gary S Aletto?

    Find your warmest path to Aletto Family Foundation Gary S Aletto through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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