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Ciervo 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.

$298k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$85k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Community Improvement$584kPhilanthropy$380kEducation$297kHuman Services$143kYouth Development$139kArts & Culture$128kFood & Nutrition$67kSocial Science$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $137k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAPE COD FOUNDATION$85,000
THE FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD$26,500
CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FUND$16,500
FAMILY TABLE COLLABORATIVE$15,000
THE BRIGID ALLIANCE$13,000
COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF CAPE COD & ISLANDS$13,000
CENTERVILLE CIVIC ASSOCIATION$12,500
CENTERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION$10,500
TOMMY'S PLACE FOUNDATION$10,000
CAPE KID MEALS$10,000
CAPE HEAD INJURED PERSONS & EDUCATION GROUP$10,000
ELDER SERVICES OF CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS$7,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$6,500
CAPE ABILITIES$5,000
THE ELLIS SCHOOL$5,000
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 (FY18–25, $158k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TOMMY'S PLACE FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%ADOPTION EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION: $250 → 6%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $13k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%CAPE ABILITIES: $5k → 8%CAPE ABILITIES: $500 → 8%CAPE HEAD INJURED PERSONS & EDUCATION GROUP: $10k → 8%ELDER SERVICES OF CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS: $7k → 8%LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $20k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2k → 11%THREE RIVERS ADOPTION COUNCIL: $25k → 11%THREE RIVERS ADOPTION COUNCIL: $10k → 11%THREE RIVERS ADOPTION COUNCIL: $5k → 11%THREE RIVERS ADOPTION COUNCIL: $5k → 11%THREE RIVERS ADOPTION COUNCIL: $5k → 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

ME
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
MD
DC
GA
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 25 repeat orgs$379k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
32

Total granted

$1.2M
$236k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+5%

Still filing today

80%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $143k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationAnimalsHealthInternationalOther
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

  • Y
    YOUTHPLACES
    5× · 2019–2023 · $128k · revenue +15%
  • KA
    KENTUCKY AVENUE SCHOOL
    6× · 2018–2023 · $93k · revenue +18%
  • TE
    THE ELLIS SCHOOL
    7× · 2018–2025 · $57k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • RC
    RAND CORPORATION
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • YF
    YFUND FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MINORITIES THROUGH EDUC
    one grant, 2020 · $28k
  • FF
    FUND FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MINORITIES THROUGH EDUCATI
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
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
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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2
Center for American Progress

The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…

Civil Rights
3
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
4
Community Action Commission

Commmunity action commission's mission is to build on the strengths and resources available, provide solutions, for complex issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities to move out of poverty.

Human Services
5
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
6
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
7
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
8
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
9
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
10
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
11
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
12
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Strawberry Lane Foundation 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

62 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. 62 of the 85 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/62
Grantees still filing
38/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INNOVATION WORKS INC: $533,000 · OtherINNOVATION WORKS INCRAND CORPORATION: $50,000 · OtherRAND CORPORATION+48 more: $324,625 · Other+48 moreKENTUCKY AVENUE SCHOOL: $92,500 · EducationKENTUCKY AVENUE SC…Cape Cod Foundation Inc: $86,000 · EducationCape Cod Foundatio…THE ELLIS SCHOOL: $56,500 · EducationTHE ELLIS SCHOOLFAME: $50,000 · EducationFAMECape Cod Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $16,500 · EducationCENTERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $10,500 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $159,069 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDAT…THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY OF…THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTSBURGH FO…+3 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTHREE RIVERS ADOPTION COUNCIL: $49,750 · Human ServicesTHREE RIV…WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $37,100 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S C…THE LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE LATIN…THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIGI…CAPE HEAD INJURED PERSONS HOUSING AND EDUCATION GROUP INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCAPE HEAD…YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION AND IRENE KAUFMANN CENT: $10,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN…Tommy's Place Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesTommy's P…ELDER SERVICES OF CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesCAPE ABILITIES INC: $5,500 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesYOUTHPLACES: $127,500 · Youth DevelopmentCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $85,000 · Arts & CultureBricolage: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR THEATER ARTS: $12,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $8,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD CORP: $38,000 · Food & NutritionCAPE KID MEALS INC: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $2,100 · Food & Nutrition
Other$907,625Education$315,000Philanthropy$299,069Human Services$157,600Youth Development$127,500Arts & Culture$120,500Food & Nutrition$50,100

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 budgetINNOVATION WORKS INC: $533,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $159,069 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTHPLACES: $127,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKENTUCKY AVENUE SCHOOL: $92,500 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetCape Cod Foundation Inc: $86,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $85,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ELLIS SCHOOL: $56,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFAME: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHREE RIVERS ADOPTION COUNCIL: $49,750 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD CORP: $38,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $37,100 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAG COMMUNITY VENTURES: $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCape Cod Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $16,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBricolage: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $12,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAIRCRAFT OWNERS & PILOTS ASSOCIATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THEATER ARTS: $12,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCENTERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $10,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCAPE HEAD INJURED PERSONS HOUSING AND EDUCATION GROUP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAPE KID MEALS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFRANKIES FRIENDS HUMANE: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN AND WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION AND IRENE KAUFMANN CENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTERVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $7,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetELDER SERVICES OF CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH IMPERATIVES INC: $6,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPE ABILITIES INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAYSTATE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATE GIRLS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDREAMS OF HOPE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 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.

Cape Cod Foundation I…Hillman Family Founda…The Pittsburgh Founda…Mutual Bancorp Founda…Richard King Mellon F…Rockland Trust Charit…The Grable FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsEastern Bank Foundati…The Buhl FoundationThe Peter and Elizabe…Eqt Foundation
Cape Cod Foundation IncMA27.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Eqt 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 Ciervo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ciervo Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cape Abilities Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Health Imperatives Inc: 79% of income from government
  • Cordial Eye Gallery and Artist Space Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Baystate Health Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Family Table Collaborative Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 85 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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