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Cinelli Family Foundation at a glance

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Cinelli Family 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.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$1.0M
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Religion$1.0MEducation$702kHealth$513kHuman Services$44kYouth Development$22kCrime & Legal$11k
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $121k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $334k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$11,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$236M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ENDOWMENT ASSO$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ENDOWMENT ASSO$250,000
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - DR$104,000
CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSO$100,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$80,000
KHAN ACADEMY$50,000
CHEMO BUDDIES$22,000
BABYJAYS LEGACY OF HOPE FUND$11,000
PREVENT CANCER FOUNDATION$11,000
Individual grant recipient$11,000
STAND FOR THE SILENT INC$11,000
LMH HEALTH FOUNDATION$11,000
YOUTH FIRST$11,000
STOMP OUT BULLYING$11,000
TOUCH INC$11,000
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 (FY23–24, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE HOPE CENTER: $11k → 15%GIRLS WHO CODE: $11k → 17%TOUCH INC: $11k → 15%TOUCH INC: $11k → 15%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

IL
NY
IN
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
KS
NC
OK
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 48% of Cinelli Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 69% of the giving stays in KS; by stated purpose, 25%.

Cinelli Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 44% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

8%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$177k · 4 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
12

Total granted

$177k
$504k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-2%
+5%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • KA
    KHAN ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +20%
  • CB
    CHEMO BUDDIES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $33k · revenue -3%
  • PC
    Prevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn
    2× · 2023–2024 · $22k · revenue -9%

Funded once

  • KE
    KU ENDOWMENT - CANCER RESEARCH FACILITY
    one grant, 2023 · $266k
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +4%
  • KE
    KU ENDOWMENT - EDU FUND
    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
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
4
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
5
Breastcancerorg

Our mission is to help people make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast health and breast cancer, so they can make the best decisions for their lives.

Health
6
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
7
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
8
Commonwealth Cancer Consortium Inc

Break through cancer is a foundation dedicated to supporting translational research in the most difficult to treat cancers. our partner organizations are among the top cancer research centers and together, represent some of the most…

—
9
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
10
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
11
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
12
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Living Beyond Breast Cancer; the most unlike its peers is 826 National Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 27 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
7/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ENDOWMENT ASSO: $1,250,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ENDOWMENT ASSOKU ENDOWMENT - CANCER RESEARCH FACILITY: $266,000 · OtherKU ENDOWMENT - CANCER RESEARCH FACILITYTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - DR: $104,000 · OtherTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - DRCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSO: $100,000 · OtherCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSO+7 more: $105,000 · Other+7 moreJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS …KHAN ACADEMY INC: $100,000 · EducationKHAN ACADEMY I…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSIT…826 National Inc: $11,000 · EducationCHEMO BUDDIES: $33,000 · HealthPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $22,000 · HealthLIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $11,000 · HealthLMH HEALTH FOUNDATION: $11,000 · HealthYOUTH FIRST: $11,000 · HealthBABYJAYS LEGACY OF HOPE FUND: $11,000 · HealthTOUCH INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOPE CENTER INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesSTAND FOR THE SILENT INC: $11,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSTOMP OUT BULLYING CORP: $11,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,825,000Education$291,000Health$99,000Human Services$44,000Youth Development$11,000Public Safety & Disaster$11,000Crime & Legal$11,000

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 budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $80,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHEMO BUDDIES: $33,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTOUCH INC: $22,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetSTAND FOR THE SILENT INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $11,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLMH HEALTH FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH FIRST: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBABYJAYS LEGACY OF HOPE FUND: $11,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER PATHWAYS MIDWEST: $11,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget826 National Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTOMP OUT BULLYING CORP: $11,000 over 1y, 2.8% 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.

The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC11× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Cinelli Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cinelli Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cinelli Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cinelli Family Foundation 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 27 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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