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Columbus Citizens Foundation Inc

To perpetuate & honor significance of the disocvery of america by christopher columbus.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Education$607kArts & Culture$94kHealth$71kCommunity Improvement$18kCrime & Legal$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$5k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 12 grants below total $130,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,534,538 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,404,038 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $108k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PAIDEIA INSTITUTE$25,000
ITALIAN HERITAGE & CULTURE$12,500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$10,500
ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE$10,000
ITALIAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM$10,000
FUTURES IN EDUCATION$10,000
LT DETECTIVE JOSEPH PETROSINO$10,000
COOLEY'S ANEMIA FOUNDATION$10,000
MAYORS FUND TO ADVANCE NY$10,000
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN$7,500
CATHOLIC FAITH NETWORK$7,500
NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FD$7,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE: $10k → 17%ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE: $10k → 17%ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE: $8k → 17%IWL: $5k → 17%A CHANCE IN LIFE: $25k → 17%LA SCUOLA D'ITALIA: $10k → 17%NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN: $10k → 17%NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN: $8k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$353k · 10 repeat orgs$446k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

10 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
18

Total granted

$353k
$403k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+10%

Still filing today

80%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthPublic Safety & DisasterCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SO
    SONS OF ITALY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2023 · $60k · revenue +162%
  • CA
    COOLEY'S ANEMIA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $59k · revenue +2%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $37k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • AF
    ANDREAS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $87k · revenue -16%
  • HF
    HERITAGE FILM PROJECT
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • PARTNERSHIP TO END ADDICTIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +33%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Mario Negri Institute Foundation
International
2
Magazzino Italian Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
3
Center for Italian American Memoryfoundation Inc
—
4
American-Italian Cancer Foundation

To support cancer research, education and early detection, (cont. on schedule o)emphasizing the unique resources of italy & usa, recognizing world-class scientific excellence in medicine.

Health
5
The Sergio Franchi Music Foundation
Arts & Culture
6
The International Foundation
—
7
Foundation for Research of the New York Academy of Osteopathy Inc
—
8
The Laugeni Family Foundation
Philanthropy
9
The American Society for the Florence Academy of Art Inc
—
10
The Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation
Philanthropy
11
American Friends of Italian Jewry Inc
—
12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sons of Italy Foundation and the most unlike its peers is International Friends of Festival V. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyArts & Cultural Organizatio…Higher Education Institutio…Youth Education & Developme…Disease Research & Patient …Family & Corporate Foundati…Urban Neighborhood Revitali…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%4%<5yr14%7%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr20%18%20–35yr14%32%35–55yr11%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%1%<5yr14%8%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr20%12%20–35yr14%36%35–55yr11%29%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/31
the rest of the field
12%
7,312/62,449

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ANDREAS FOUNDATION — $86,600 · OtherANDREAS FOUNDATIONITALIAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE COMMITTEE OF NY INC — $65,000 · OtherITALIAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE COMMITTEE OF NY INCSONS OF ITALY FOUNDATION — $60,000 · OtherSONS OF ITALY FOUNDATIONCOOLEY'S ANEMIA FOUNDATION — $59,000 · OtherCOOLEY'S ANEMIA FOUNDATIONHERITAGE FILM PROJECT — $50,000 · OtherHERITAGE FILM PROJECTLIEUTENANT DETECTIVE JOSEPH PETROSINO ASSOCIATION IN AMERICA — $25,000 · OtherLIEUTENANT DETECTIVE JOSEPH PETROSINO ASSOCIATION IN AMER…NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC — $18,000 · OtherLAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST DRUGS — $15,000 · Other+3 more — $29,500 · Other+3 moreNATIONAL COLUMBUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL COLUMB…PAIDEIA INSTITUTE FOR HUMANISTIC STUDY — $25,000 · Arts & CulturePAIDEIA INSTITU…NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATIONINC — $17,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ITALIA…INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF FESTIVAL V — $10,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL F…REMEMBER THE TRIANGLE FIRE COALITION INC — $5,500 · Arts & CultureALBANIAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Arts & CultureSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $36,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER …FUTURES IN EDUCATION — $22,500 · EducationFUTURES IN EDUC…MARINE CORPS-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDA FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS-LA…IONA UNIVERSITY — $15,000 · EducationIONA UNIVERSITYGRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION — $10,800 · EducationGRANTMAKERS FOR…THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · EducationTHE ITALIAN LAN…ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE INC — $32,500 · Human ServicesITALIAN WEL…A CHANCE IN LIFEINC — $25,000 · Human ServicesA CHANCE IN…NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN INC — $17,500 · Human ServicesNATIONAL OR…Charity Navigator — $10,000 · Human ServicesCharity Nav…PARTNERSHIP TO END ADDICTION — $50,000 · HealthPARTNERSH…ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · HealthARTHRITIS…BOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION — $6,000 · HealthBOOMER ES…THE MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NEW YORK CITY — $17,500 · Community ImprovementFDNY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$408,100Arts & Culture$113,000Education$109,800Human Services$85,000Health$71,000Community Improvement$17,500Public Safety & Disaster$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetANDREAS FOUNDATION — $86,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSONS OF ITALY FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCOOLEY'S ANEMIA FOUNDATION — $59,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPARTNERSHIP TO END ADDICTION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL COLUMBUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $36,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE INC — $32,500 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetA CHANCE IN LIFEINC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPAIDEIA INSTITUTE FOR HUMANISTIC STUDY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFUTURES IN EDUCATION — $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC — $18,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NEW YORK CITY — $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATIONINC — $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN INC — $17,500 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetMARINE CORPS-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDA FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIONA UNIVERSITY — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALERIE FUND — $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION — $10,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF FESTIVAL V — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetCharity Navigator — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION — $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREMEMBER THE TRIANGLE FIRE COALITION INC — $5,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetALBANIAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetFDNY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Francesco and Mar…National Italian Amer…The Leandro P Rizzuto…Jewish Communal FundVerizon FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…
The Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation IncDE20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation Inc · National Italian American Foundationinc · The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Verizon Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Columbus Citizens Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get 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 · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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