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Celani Family Foundation Inc

To provide financial assistance to the underprivileged as well as bring awareness to the issues facing the underprivileged, especially underprivileged children.

$704k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

International$1.5MFood & Nutrition$1.4MHealth$518kHuman Services$209kPhilanthropy$115kRecreation & Sports$95kEducation$95kYouth Development$76kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $668,631, the rows itemized in this filing. The $704,143 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $35,512 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $89k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $330k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$26,250
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CIGAR FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$250,000
THE CAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN$101,000
GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC$100,000
ANGELS OF HOPE$66,176
BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION$62,500
THE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$26,250
THE KIEFER FOUNDATION$17,500
DYNAMI FOUNDATION$15,000
COMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY$10,205
CHALDEAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
KIRK GIBSON FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY: $10k → 9%ANGEL VIEW: $10k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 21%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE OF MI INC: $15k → 21%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $5k → 21%DETROIT PAL: $10k → 21%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 16 repeat orgs$415k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +94% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
22

Total granted

$3.7M
$377k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+94%
+23%

Still filing today

69%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CF
    CIGAR FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +109%
  • VR
    VETS RETURNING HOME INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $115k · revenue +18%
  • AO
    ANGELS OF HOPE A FAMILY CANCER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2024 · $76k · revenue +130%

Funded once

  • VO
    VILLAGE OF CHESANING
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
  • MG
    MCLAREN GREATER LANSING FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +12%
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
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
2
Detroit International Research and Education Foundation

Diref enchances cross-cultural understanding, develops contacts, and opens channels of communication for investment and other business activities by promoting, supporting, and administering educational and research programs in healthcare…

Health
3
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
4
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
5
Dominican Hospital Foundation

The mission of the dominican hospital foundation is to ensure that philanthropic resources are available to respond to and support the changing health care needs of the people within the area served by dignity health dba dominican…

Health
6
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
7
Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation

To accelerate breakthroughs by providing today's best young scientists with funding to pursue innovative cancer research. the foundation's goals are to identify and fund the best and brightest early-career scientists in cancer research;…

Health
8
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation Inc

Detroit regional chamber foundation, inc. (the "foundation") is dedicated to growing programs or initiatives that are important to ensuring the detroit region's economy is one of the fastest growing in the u.s.

Community Improvement
9
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
10
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
11
Detroit Food Policy Council

The organization was founded by a group of concerned citizens, working in cooperation with the detroit city council, to shape food policy and to work for a more localized, more just, and environmentally friendly food system. the…

Food & Nutrition
12
Diploma Equity Project

The organization works with k-12, higher education and other community partners to design and implement programs to improve rates of college persistence and completion.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Dynami Foundation. 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

33 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. 33 of the 42 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CIGAR FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,540,000 · PhilanthropyCIGAR FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INCVETS RETURNING HOME INC: $115,000 · PhilanthropyVETS RETURNING HOME INC+2 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropyPROVINCE OF ST JOSEPH OF THE CAPUCHIN ORDER INC: $702,109 · OtherPROVINCE OF ST JOSEPH OF THE CAPU…ANGELS OF HOPE A FAMILY CANCER FOUNDATION: $76,176 · OtherANGELS OF HOPE A FAMILY CANCER FO…VILLAGE OF CHESANING: $75,000 · OtherVILLAGE OF CHESANINGMCLAREN MACOMB FOUNDATION: $58,000 · OtherMCLAREN GREATER LANSING FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Other+17 more: $254,550 · Other+17 moreGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $686,800 · Food & NutritionGLEANERS COMMUNITY F…FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFORGOTTEN HARVEST IN…BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $260,500 · HealthBEAUMONT H…DYNAMI FOUNDATION: $64,000 · HealthDYNAMI FOU…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S…+3 more: $25,000 · Health+3 moreEton Academy: $70,000 · EducationDESERT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $7,600 · EducationHOPE IGNITES: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY: $10,205 · Human ServicesDETROIT PAL FUNDRAISING FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesAngel View Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $10,000 · Human ServicesMOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC: $28,515 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$1,670,000Other$1,215,835Food & Nutrition$736,800Health$374,500Education$77,600Human Services$60,205Arts & Culture$28,515

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 budgetCIGAR FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,540,000 over 7y, 22% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $686,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $260,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetVETS RETURNING HOME INC: $115,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetANGELS OF HOPE A FAMILY CANCER FOUNDATION: $76,176 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetEton Academy: $70,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDYNAMI FOUNDATION: $64,000 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC: $28,515 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE IGNITES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION: $19,750 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetThe Kiefer Foundation: $17,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetSHERIFF PAL PROGRAM: $15,250 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY: $10,205 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KIRK GIBSON CENTER FOR PARKINSON'S WELLNESS: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetFood Now Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDETROIT PAL FUNDRAISING FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CHALDEAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAngel View Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO FALLEN HERO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDESERT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $7,600 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCAREHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRUGIERO PROMISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOSTANTINO DEL SIGNORE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% 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.

DTE Energy FoundationCommunity Foundation …United Jewish Foundat…Edward C and Linda Dr…Harry a and Margaret …Michigan Health Endow…Ford PhilanthropyMorgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
DTE Energy FoundationMI24.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · United Jewish Foundation · Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Ford Philanthropy · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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 Celani Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Celani Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Celani Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Celani Family Foundation Inc 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 42 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 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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