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Aversa Foundation

Its FY2024 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 FY2024still arriving
41
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$273kRecreation & Sports$18kEnvironment$17kHuman Services$15kHealth$12kAnimals$11kHousing & Shelter$8kEducation$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k40 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC$10,000
REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY$5,500
THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY$5,000
LOS ANGELES OPERA$5,000
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE$3,000
LOS ANGELES ARBORETUM FOUNDATION$3,000
LOS ANGELES MISSION$2,000
RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE$2,000
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN RESEARCH HOSPITAL$2,000
YOUNG AMERICA'S FOUNDATION$1,500
SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE$1,200
MARINES TOYS FOR TOTS$1,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES$1,000
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS$1,000
CHARITY NAVIGATOR$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WOUNDED WARRIOR'S PROJECT: $1k → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $500 → 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $250 → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $500 → 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $1k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR'S PROJECT: $500 → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $500 → 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $1k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $500 → 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $1k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $250 → 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $250 → 9%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE: $3k → 10%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE: $2k → 10%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE: $2k → 10%RESCUE MISISON ALLIANCE: $1k → 10%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

NH
WA
IL
NY
OR
OH
NJ
CA
MO
VA
NM
KS
TN
DC
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$370k · 41 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

41 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
6

Total granted

$370k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+102%

Still filing today

73%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $120k · revenue +28%
  • HE
    HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $33k · revenue +112%
  • GP
    GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $16k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • HO
    HEART OF DINNER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +891%
  • MC
    MUSIC CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • SC
    SANTA CLARITA ENCORE CHORALE
    one grant, 2021 · $500
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
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
4
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
8
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
11
California Academy of Sciences

The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…

Arts & Culture
12
Sacramento Zoological Society

The sacramento zoo inspires appreciation, respect and a connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation and conservation.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 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

40 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. 40 of the 55 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)
40/40
Grantees still filing
30/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $120,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATIONHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $32,500 · Arts & CultureHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERYGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $16,000 · Arts & CultureGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC+7 more: $11,400 · Arts & Culture+7 moreLOS ANGELES OPERA: $65,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES OPERAREAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY: $21,000 · OtherREAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARYGEFFEN THEATER: $7,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherREAGAN LIBRARY: $4,750 · OtherLOS ANGELES ARBORETUM FOUNDATION INC: $5,250 · Other+23 more: $30,400 · Other+23 moreRESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE: $8,250 · Human ServicesNATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE: $4,000 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $3,750 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,850 · Human Services4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesMorgan's Wonderland: $15,500 · Recreation & SportsST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,500 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $3,750 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 · HealthLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,500 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $1,500 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $1,200 · AnimalsAUBURN VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsAmerican Bird Conservancy: $1,000 · AnimalsOPERATION DELTA DOG INC: $500 · Animals
Arts & Culture$179,900Other$139,400Human Services$21,350Recreation & Sports$15,500Health$10,250Housing & Shelter$8,000Animals$7,700

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 budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $120,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $32,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan's Wonderland: $15,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE: $8,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES ARBORETUM FOUNDATION INC: $5,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $3,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $3,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $2,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HISTORIC ITALIAN HALL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAUBURN VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLEVUE ART MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAPD DEVONSHIRE POLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE SUPPORTERS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Women in Need: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION DELTA DOG INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $250 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.

Mightycause Charitabl…American Express Foun…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodGs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL12.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment 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 Aversa Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aversa Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 55 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 2024, released 2024. 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
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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