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Ambrosiani Foundation at a glance

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Ambrosiani 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.

$36k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$99kEducation$68kHealth$62kEnvironment$19kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kArts & Culture$5kHousing & Shelter$4kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Catholic Charities USA$9,500
Lansing Community College Foundation$7,000
Hospice of Lansing$2,500
Mother Teresa Hospice Home$2,500
Smile Train$2,000
Holy Family Church$1,500
St Francis DeSales Church$1,500
St Florence Church$1,500
Catholic Relief Services$1,000
University of Alaska Development Office$1,000
Seward Area Hospice$500
Michigan Nature Association$500
Friends of Drummond Island Fire and Rescue$500
Little Traverse Conservancy$500
Mid Michigan Land Conservancy$500
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, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Seward Area Hospice: $500 → 11%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

AK
ME
ID
MI
NY
OR
WV
VA
MD
DC
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.
$258k · 33 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
16

Total granted

$258k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
-1%

Still filing today

39%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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
HealthEnvironmentEducationHousing & ShelterCivil RightsArts & 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

  • HO
    HOSPICE OF LANSING
    9× · 2017–2025 · $24k · revenue +70%
  • LC
    LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $14k · revenue +36%
  • LT
    Little Traverse Conservancy Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $7k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • MT
    MOTHER TERESA HOSPICE HOUSE
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • UC
    US CENTRAL REGION
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
  • CS
    CO ST IGNATIOUS LOYOLA
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
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
Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc

It is our mission at huron pines to conserve and enhance northern michigan's natural resources to ensure healthy water, protected places and vibrant communities. for alomst 50 years, our work across the forests, lakes and streams of…

Environment
2
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
3
Little Traverse Conservancy Conservation Trust

To protect scenic and natural lands in northern Michigan.

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4
Higgins Lake Land Conservancy

Acquire and otherwise manage conservation of lands within the watershed of Higgins Lake

Environment
5
Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy

To conserve natural land and open space - including forests, wetlands, meadows, agricultural lands, and places of scenic beauty - to provide habitat for wildlife and to enrich the lives of people.

Environment
6
Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy

Up land conservancy protects land in michigan's upper peninsula by owning it as nature preserves and working forest reserves, and through conservation easements(perpetual, voluntary agreements that guard the conservation values of the…

Environment
7
Leelanau Conservancy

To conserve the land, water and scenic character of leelanau county, and to provide educational programs to develop an understanding and appreciation of leelanau county's natural heritage.

Environment
8
Headwaters Land Conservancy

The purpose of headwaters land conservancy is to protect the natural beauty of northeast michigan by preserving significant lands and scenic areas, advancing stewardship of land held as preserves and in conservation easements, and…

Environment
9
Glacial Lakes Conservancy Inc

Glacial Lakes Conservancy, as a land trust, is a nonprofit organization that, as part of its mission, actively works to conserve land by undertaking or assisting in land or conservation easement acquisitions.

Environment
10
Livingston Land Conservancy Inc

To protect the natural heritage and rural character of the greater Livingston County area by preserving quality natural areas and productive farmland. To promote an appreciation and understanding of the environment for the long term…

Environment
11
Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network

To protect, enhance, and promote northwest michigan's natural communities through terrestrial invasive plant management and outreach

Environment
12
The Little Forks Conservancy Inc

To permanently protect and improve natural environments in Mid-Michigan by leading and inspiring actions that conserve vital habitats and waterways for the benefit of our entire community.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of Lansing; the most unlike its peers is Drummond Island Medical Center Inc. 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

20 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. 20 of the 65 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA: $49,913 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES USALansing Community College Fund Development: $49,000 · OtherLansing Community College Fund DevelopmentMother Theresa Hospice House: $18,000 · OtherMother Theresa Hospice HouseIndividual grant recipient: $14,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHoly Family Catholic Church: $10,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,500 · OtherST FLORENCE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $9,700 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $8,100 · Other+46 more: $54,025 · Other+46 moreHOSPICE OF LANSING: $24,305 · HealthHOSPICE OF …DRUMMOND ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER INC: $3,050 · HealthDRUMMOND IS…THE PEACEFUL PRESENCE PROJECT: $1,800 · HealthTHE PEACEFU…LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $14,000 · EducationJUNEAU COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC: $700 · EducationLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $6,600 · EnvironmentMICHIGAN NATURE ASSOCIATION: $4,600 · EnvironmentMID-MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY: $500 · EnvironmentJUNEAU HOUSING TRUST INC: $3,800 · Housing & ShelterIDAHO 2 FLY INC: $1,900 · Civil RightsUPPER PENINSULA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INCORPORATED: $850 · Arts & Culture
Other$223,738Health$29,155Education$14,700Environment$11,700Housing & Shelter$3,800Civil Rights$1,900Arts & Culture$850

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 budgetHOSPICE OF LANSING: $24,305 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $6,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN NATURE ASSOCIATION: $4,600 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,850 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJUNEAU HOUSING TRUST INC: $3,800 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetDRUMMOND ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER INC: $3,050 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO 2 FLY INC: $1,900 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PEACEFUL PRESENCE PROJECT: $1,800 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHOLY CROSS SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPPER PENINSULA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INCORPORATED: $850 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATURECONNECT CENTRAL OREGON: $800 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetJUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUNEAU COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC: $700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSt Vincent Catholic Charities: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMID-MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEWARD AREA HOSPICE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER LANSING FOOD BANK: $295 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.

  • Who funds HOSPICE OF LANSING ↗
  • Who funds LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Little Traverse Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN NATURE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds JUNEAU HOUSING TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds DRUMMOND ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds IDAHO 2 FLY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PEACEFUL PRESENCE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds HOLY CROSS SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds UPPER PENINSULA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds NATURECONNECT CENTRAL OREGON ↗
  • Who funds JUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Capital Region Commun…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Capital Region Community FoundationMI13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Capital Region Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Ambrosiani Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ambrosiani Foundation. 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 →median 0%
  • The Peaceful Presence Project: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report 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.

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 65 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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