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Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$520k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
64
Grants FY2024
59
Organizations funded FY2023
14%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 62
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$1.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionHealthEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving63$510k17%
FY202359$456k14%
FY202262$488k23%
FY202154$310k13%
FY202051$197k35%
FY201944$256k41%
FY201819$82k74%
FY201756$250kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$571kEducation$551kEnvironment$253kHuman Services$176kFood & Nutrition$172kArts & Culture$165kPhilanthropy$113kYouth Development$104kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MT
MI
NY
MA
CT
MD
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 97 grantees
All grantees of Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northeastern University$222,50070%
Suffolk University$175,00040%
West Suburban Young Men's Christian Association$153,50061%
Global Smile Foundation Inc$134,44285%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$125,00070%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$86,80070%
Friends of Herter Park Inc$76,000734%
Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc$70,00031%
Metco College Scholarship Fund of Lexington$61,000613%
Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation$60,00061%
West End House Inc$51,00070%
Rosie's Place Inc$42,50050%
The Alliance for Children Foundationinc$38,50056%
Crossroads for Kids Inc$32,50070%
Middlesex Community College Foundation C/O Jackson Chege$25,00050%
Lazarus House Inc$25,00050%
Just Zero$25,00031%
Lexington Interfaith Outreach Food Pantry Inc$25,00054%
Environmental League of Massachusetts Inc$24,00070%
Conservation Law Foundation Inc$23,00070%
Lexington Observer Inc$20,00030%
Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston Inc$17,90061%
Food Link Inc$17,00030%
Birthday Wishes Inc$16,0003n/a
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$15,00030%
The Trustees of Reservations$14,50060%
Help for Haiti Inc$14,00051%
Lexington Education Foundation Inc$13,50061%
Weston Metco Scholarship Fund Inc$12,70044%
Anne E Borghesani Community Foundation$12,000483%
Lexrap Corp$10,00024%
Lexington Symphony Inc$10,00070%
Samaritans Inc$10,00030%
Franciscan Hospital for Children$10,00010%
Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Saint Anselm College$10,00010%
Boston Area Gleaners Inc$10,00040%
Walkboston Inc$8,50060%
Battlegreen Run Foundation Inc$8,50072%
Music With Heart$7,60083%
The Carroll School$7,50020%
Livable Streets Transportation Alliance of Boston Inc$7,00061%
Lexington Youth and Family Services Inc$7,0002n/a
Cradles to Crayons Inc$7,00060%
Lexington Historical Society$7,00060%
Charles River Conservancy Inc$7,00021%
Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc$7,00030%
Cary Memorial Library Foundation Inc$5,50022%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc$5,15010%
The American India Foundation$5,00010%
Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston Inc$5,00010%
Supportive Living Inc$5,00050%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$5,0001n/a
Trustees of Boston University$4,50030%
Communities for Restorative Justice Inc$4,00020%
WGBH Educational Foundation$4,00020%
Justice Resource Institute Inc$4,00020%
Pine Street Inn Inc$4,00010%
Land's Sake Inc$3,50040%
Special Needs Arts Programs Inc$3,50022%
Association of Black Citizens of Lexington$3,5002n/a
New Horizons of Southwest Florida Inc$3,00010%
Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery$3,00030%
Appalachian Mountain Club$3,00030%
Fisher House of Boston Inc$2,50010%
Lexington Community Farm Coalition Inc$2,5001n/a
Michael Mosier Defeat Dipg Foundation$2,50010%
A Better City Inc$2,50010%
International Institute of New England Inc$2,00010%
Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Incorporated$2,0001n/a
Essex County Trail Association Inc$1,00011%
Brighton Main Streets Inc$1,00011%
Windham Woods School$1,00010%
Steps to Success Inc$1,00010%
5050 Women on Boards Inc$1,00010%
Quiet Communities Inc$1,00010%
Wenham Historical Association & Museum Inc$1,00010%
Charles River Community Health Inc$1,00010%
Allston Brighton Youth Hockey Inc$1,0001n/a
The Valedictorian Project Inc$1,0001n/a
Race Cars for a Cause LLC$1,0001n/a
Share Our Strength$1,00010%
Belmont World Film Inc$1,0001n/a
Archbishop Williams High School Inc$1,0001n/a
Boston Partners in Education Inc$1,00010%
Razom Inc$50010%
Buddy Dog Humane Society Inc$50010%
Warriors Soar Inc$50011%
Jackson Mann Community School and Council Inc$50010%
Weston Boosters Inc$50011%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$50010%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$50010%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$50010%
Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation Inc$25010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$10010%
Catholic Schools Foundation Inc$10010%
Rotary Club of Lexington Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($672k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 85 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNortheastern University: $222,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSuffolk University: $175,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWest Suburban Young Men's Christian Association: $153,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGlobal Smile Foundation Inc: $134,442 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $125,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $86,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Herter Park Inc: $76,000 over 7y, 34% of budgetBoston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMetco College Scholarship Fund of Lexington: $61,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetAllston Brighton Community Development Corporation: $60,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWest End House Inc: $51,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $42,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Alliance for Children Foundationinc: $38,500 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetCrossroads for Kids Inc: $32,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMiddlesex Community College Foundation C/O Jackson Chege: $25,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLazarus House Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJust Zero: $25,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLexington Interfaith Outreach Food Pantry Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetEnvironmental League of Massachusetts Inc: $24,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetConservation Law Foundation Inc: $23,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLexington Observer Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetReagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston Inc: $17,900 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetFood Link Inc: $17,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHelp for Haiti Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLexington Education Foundation Inc: $13,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWeston Metco Scholarship Fund Inc: $12,700 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetAnne E Borghesani Community Foundation: $12,000 over 4y, 83% of budgetLexrap Corp: $10,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetLexington Symphony Inc: $10,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSamaritans Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFranciscan Hospital for Children: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Anselm College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Area Gleaners Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWalkboston Inc: $8,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBattlegreen Run Foundation Inc: $8,500 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetMusic With Heart: $7,600 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetThe Carroll School: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLivable Streets Transportation Alliance of Boston Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLexington Historical Society: $7,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCharles River Conservancy Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetProject Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCary Memorial Library Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc: $5,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe American India Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Greater Boston Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 85.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA49.8× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · President and Fellows of Harvard College · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 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.

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About Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc

How much does Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc give?
Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc reported 64 grants totaling $520,472 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 62 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (22%), Education (21%), Environment (10%).
Who are Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Northeastern University ($223k), Suffolk University ($175k), West Suburban Young Men's Christian Association ($154k).
Does Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc.
Where is Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc based?
Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 149 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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