Skip to content
Alfred & Dawn Dalessandro Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Alfred & Dawn Dalessandro 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$12k
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, FY2023 to 2025.

Education$51kHealth$40kHuman Services$38kRecreation & Sports$8kPublic Safety & Disaster$8kCommunity Improvement$7kInternational$5kPublic Benefit$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$11,500
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$9,000
VARIOUS SMALL ORGANIZATIONS$6,905
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITA$5,900
SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES$3,500
TURNING POINT USA$2,500
MERCY CENTER CORP$2,200
SYNGAP RESEARCH FUND$2,000
MARY'S PLACE BY THE SEA$2,000
MAKE A WISH$2,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CEN$2,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,800
SEA GIRT POLICE FIRE RESCUE$1,500
SPECIAL OLYMPICS NJ$1,000
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 (FY23–25, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BLANKETS OF HOPE: $1k → 20%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $9k → 14%NIGHT STALKER FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND: $500 → 6%SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES: $4k → 12%BLANKETS OF HOPE: $500 → 20%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $4k → 14%SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES: $2k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%MERCY CENTER CORP: $2k → 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

IL
WI
NY
IN
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$146k · 20 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
22

Total granted

$146k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
0%

Still filing today

65%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationReligionArts & 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

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $44k · revenue +50%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $17k · revenue +29%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • WE
    WEST ESSEX FIRST AID SQUAD INC
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue 0%
  • TT
    THE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -5%
  • NC
    NORTH CALDWELL POLICE DEPT
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

—
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
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…

—
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
6
Prostate Cancer Foundation

The prostate cancer foundation (pcf) funds the world's most promising research on the biology and treatment of prostate cancer, accelerating those discoveries into therapies and strategies designed to improve the quality of life and…

Philanthropy
7
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
8
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc

The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…

Health
9
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
10
Cog Research Foundation Llc

Cog research foundation, llc is a california 501(c)(3) entity founded in 2024 and designed to become the federal grantee organization for the children's oncology group (cog). the cog, a member of the national cancer institute (nci)…

Health
11
International Myeloma Foundation

Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure.

Unclassified
12
Prayers From Maria Children's Glioma Cancer Foundation

The prayers from maria foundation was established to fight a specific form of childhood brain cancer commonly referred to as "gliomas." the foundation's purpose is to find a cure for this tragic family of diseases, while also providing…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

30 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. 30 of the 46 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)
30/30
Grantees still filing
18/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $43,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS …FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATIONAMERICAN CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE INC: $2,500 · EducationSPECIAL OLYMPICS NJ: $7,500 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS NJMAKE A WISH: $7,000 · OtherMAKE A WISHVARIOUS SMALL ORGANIZATIONS: $6,905 · OtherVARIOUS SMALL ORGANIZATIONSIndividual grant recipient: $5,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CEN: $5,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER …SEA GIRT POLICE FIRE RESCUE: $4,580 · OtherSEA GIRT POLICE FIRE RESCUETURNING POINT USA INC: $4,175 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCMT ST DOMINIC ACADEMY: $2,000 · OtherWEST ESSEX FIRST AID SQUAD INC: $2,000 · Other+9 more: $4,375 · Other+9 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $17,400 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S …MARY'S PLACE BY THE SEA INC: $4,000 · HealthMARY'S PLACE BY THE…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $4,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS …MAKING HEADWAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,000 · Health+3 more: $950 · HealthWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR P…SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES INC: $5,900 · Human ServicesSAFE HAVEN BABY B…MERCY CENTER CORPORATION: $2,200 · Human ServicesMERCY CENTER CORP…BLANKETS OF HOPE INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesBLANKETS OF HOPE …The Night Stalker Foundation Inc: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $7,000 · PhilanthropySynGAP Research Fund Incorporated: $2,000 · PhilanthropyTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $500 · PhilanthropyHOLIDAY EXPRESS INC: $500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $200 · PhilanthropySAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 · ReligionFeeding America: $500 · Food & NutritionOUR RESCUE: $200 · Arts & Culture
Education$49,000Other$48,735Health$29,600Human Services$26,100Philanthropy$13,200Religion$5,000Food & Nutrition$500Arts & Culture$200

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 budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $43,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $17,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES INC: $5,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $4,175 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARY'S PLACE BY THE SEA INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY CENTER CORPORATION: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST ESSEX FIRST AID SQUAD INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLANKETS OF HOPE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMAKING HEADWAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Night Stalker Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANASQUAN FIRST AID SQUAD: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOLIDAY EXPRESS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EHE FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERO AMICI FOR CHARITY: $200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $200 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Manasquan Bank Charit…New Jersey Natural Ga…Investors Foundation …Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for Good
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY14.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good

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 Alfred & Dawn Dalessandro Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alfred & Dawn Dalessandro Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Mercy Center Corporation: 21% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 46 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Alfred & Dawn Dalessandro’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home