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Cannata Family 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.

$126k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$418kHuman Services$110kPublic Safety & Disaster$38kHealth$32kMembership Benefit$16kEnvironment$10kReligion$9kCommunity Improvement$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAY PATH HUMANE SOCIETY$50,000
WINSLOW FARM ANIMAL AWARENESS INC$10,000
POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS$10,000
INTERNATIONAL LILAC SOCIETY$10,000
SAVE A PET SOCIETY(SEEKONK ANIMAL SHELTER)$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE TAUNTON ANIMAL CARE FACILITY$5,000
FRIENDS OF COLLETON COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER$5,000
OPERATION DELTA DOG$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE PAWTUCKET ANIMAL SHELTER$5,000
NEPONSET VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
MARTIN RICHARD FOUNDATION$5,000
HORSE LOVERS UNITED INC$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$1,000
NORTHEAST BARBECUE SOCIETY$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 (FY17–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%IN-SIGHT: $1k → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $6k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $6k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 8%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
MI
NY
MA
IN
RI
UT
MD
AZ
KS
TN
SC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$574k · 41 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
31

Total granted

$574k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+6%

Still filing today

56%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementArts & 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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    5× · 2017–2021 · $26k · revenue +46%
  • WF
    WINSLOW FARM ANIMAL AWARENESS CORP
    9× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +51%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE TAUNTON ANILMAL CARE FACILITY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $19k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • PR
    PROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +55%
  • AO
    ARKANPAWS OF NEW ENGLAND
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • NW
    NEW WINDSOR LIONS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    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
Raskels Rescue
Animals
2
Animal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard Inc

The mission of the Animal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard is to provide shelter, health care, lover and support to all domestic animals until a permanent home is found for them.

Animals
3
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
4
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
5
The Adoptable Dog
Animals
6
Animal Rescue League of New Bedford Inc Dba Humane Society&Shelter-Southcoast

Animal rescue league of new bedford, inc., d/b/a humane society & shelter-southcoast, provides services to reduce the number of homeless pets. the organization provides quarantine services to other rescue organizations bringing animals…

Animals
7
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
8
Animal Aid Society Incorporated

The Animal Aid Society is a No-Kill shelter. Our dogs are not euthanized. Dogs are kept at the shelter until placed in a home.However this means that new dogs can only be accepted by the shelter after previous ones have been adopted or…

Animals
9
Happy Tails Dog Rescue Inc

The Organization's mission is to rescue dogs from high-kill animal shelters and place them in loving forever homes. All dogs rescued are given necessary medical care prior to adoption, including required vaccinations. Dogs are placed in…

Animals
10
Donna's Love Pet Rescue
Animals
11
Paws From Afar Inc

At Paws From Afar Rescue, a 501c3, New England foster based dog rescue, where the wagging tails meet their happy tails. Our mission is a joyful one: to sprinkle a little magic in matching rescue dogs with their perfect human buddies.

Animals
12
Pet Rescue Alliance Inc

Rescue animals from shelter

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Robert Potter League for Animals Inc; the most unlike its peers is Animal Rescue League of Fall River. 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

48 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 86 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/48
Grantees still filing
32/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BAY PATH HUMANE SOCIETY: $113,000 · OtherBAY PATH HUMANE SOCIETYSALVATION ARMY: $95,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYSAVE A PET SOCIETY(SEEKONK ANIMAL SHELTER): $18,500 · OtherORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR-ANGLE STONE #118: $16,000 · Other+38 more: $118,450 · Other+38 moreWINSLOW FARM ANIMAL AWARENESS CORP: $24,500 · AnimalsWINSLOW FARM ANIMAL AWARENESS CORPFRIENDS OF THE TAUNTON ANILMAL CARE FACILITY INC: $18,500 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE TAUNTON ANILMAL CARE FA…NEPONSET VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $16,000 · AnimalsNEPONSET VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INCFOREVER HOME RESCUE NEW ENGLAND INC: $13,500 · AnimalsFOREVER HOME RESCUE NEW ENGLAND INCBUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $13,500 · AnimalsBUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY INCBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $12,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYFRIENDS OF THE ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER: $11,500 · AnimalsMansfield Shelter Friends Inc: $11,000 · AnimalsSAVE A DOG INC: $11,000 · AnimalsRhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $11,000 · AnimalsROBERT POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS INC: $11,000 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $10,500 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF ANIMALS IN NEED: $10,000 · AnimalsVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC: $8,000 · Animals+17 more: $37,500 · Animals+17 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $14,000 · HealthFRAXA Research Foundation Inc: $7,000 · HealthPROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $26,000 · Human ServicesIN-SIGHT: $1,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCELEBRATION FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Community ImprovementMARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $500 · PhilanthropyGERMAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$360,950Animals$219,500Health$29,250Human Services$28,000Community Improvement$6,000Philanthropy$5,500Arts & Culture$500

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $26,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWINSLOW FARM ANIMAL AWARENESS CORP: $24,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE TAUNTON ANILMAL CARE FACILITY INC: $18,500 over 9y, 8.5% of budgetNEPONSET VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $16,000 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOREVER HOME RESCUE NEW ENGLAND INC: $13,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $13,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER: $11,500 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetMansfield Shelter Friends Inc: $11,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetSAVE A DOG INC: $11,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetRhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $11,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $10,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ANIMALS IN NEED: $10,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetRIVMA COMPANION ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFRAXA Research Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCELEBRATION FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION DELTA DOG INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Colleton County Animal Shelter: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetVolunteer Services for Animals: $4,750 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetWEST PLACE ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $4,750 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN DOG COALITION AND RESCUE LIMITED: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER: $2,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetWORCESTER ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIN-SIGHT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOWELL HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREVER PAWS ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ENGLAND HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDFIELD ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF FALL RIVER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALAGILLE SYNDROME ALLIANCE: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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 American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds WINSLOW FARM ANIMAL AWARENESS CORP ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE TAUNTON ANILMAL CARE FACILITY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEPONSET VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOREVER HOME RESCUE NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds BUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds Mansfield Shelter Friends Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAVE A DOG INC ↗
  • Who funds Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ANIMALS IN NEED ↗
  • Who funds RIVMA COMPANION ANIMAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC ↗
  • Who funds FRAXA Research Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CELEBRATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION DELTA DOG INC ↗
  • Who funds PROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Colleton County Animal Shelter ↗
  • Who funds Volunteer Services for Animals ↗
  • Who funds WEST PLACE ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗

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.

Amica Companies Found…The Rhode Island Comm…Analog Devices Founda…Citizens Charitable F…American Tower Corpor…Red Acre Farm Inc Dba…Petsmart Charities IncVerizon FoundationHumane World for Anim…AbbVie FoundationMassachusetts Animal …The Pfizer Foundation…
Amica Companies FoundationRI22.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amica Companies Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Analog Devices Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Red Acre Farm Inc Dba Red Acre Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc · Verizon Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Massachusetts Animal Coalition Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 86 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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