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David and Sherry Cordani Family Foundation at a glance

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David and Sherry Cordani Family 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.

$889k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.7MEducation$713kRecreation & Sports$561kHealth$268kYouth Development$44kReligion$19kInternational$8kPhilanthropy$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $76k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$500,000
BOSTON COLLEGE TRUSTEES$100,000
TEXAS A & M FOUNDATION$100,000
ACHILLES INTERNATIONAL INC$100,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA$35,604
JDRF BREAKTHROUGH T1D$20,207
BABY2BABY$20,000
THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY RESEARCH FOUNDATION$5,000
FENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND$2,500
CONNECTICUT BRAIN TUMOR ALLIANCE INC$2,500
PAN MASSCHUSETTS CHALLENGE TRUST$1,027
CONNECTICUT VETERANS LEGAL CENTER$531
PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC$500
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$262
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARTFORD$250
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $12k) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $200 → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD: $420 → 11%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $200 → 17%THE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $200 → 12%UNIFORMED PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT: $50 → 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $3k → 17%IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $8k → 17%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

VT
IL
NY
MA
NV
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 20 repeat orgs$258k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
43

Total granted

$3.1M
$230k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+9%

Still filing today

65%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +75%
  • AI
    Achilles International Inc
    5× · 2017–2025 · $535k · revenue +128%
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $440k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CIGNA GROUP FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $129k · revenue +36%
  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +32%
  • AO
    AGGIE ONE STOP (VETERAN'S UNITED FOUNDATION)
    one grant, 2023 · $23k
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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
3
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
4
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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5
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
6
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
7
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
8
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
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
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
11
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
12
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Cigna Group 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

46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 71 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
31/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $1,625,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION+3 more: $3,250 · PhilanthropyTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $440,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGETexas A&M Foundation: $235,000 · EducationTexas A&M FoundationTHE CIGNA GROUP FOUNDATION: $129,100 · EducationTHE CIGNA GROUP FOUNDATION+1 more: $350 · EducationAchilles International Inc: $534,750 · OtherAchilles International …JDRF BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $37,346 · OtherJDRF BREAKTHROUGH T1D+36 more: $116,351 · Other+36 moreBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $73,425 · HealthCONNECTICUT BRAIN TUMOR ALLIANCE INC: $11,546 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $5,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Health+10 more: $5,933 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $43,937 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentA MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentIRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $8,333 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $2,500 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD: $420 · Human Services+4 more: $650 · Human ServicesUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $8,333 · International
Philanthropy$1,628,250Education$804,450Other$688,447Health$100,904Youth Development$71,437Human Services$11,903International$8,333

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 budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $1,625,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetAchilles International Inc: $534,750 over 5y, 13% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $440,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $235,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $73,425 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $43,937 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT BRAIN TUMOR ALLIANCE INC: $11,546 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetIRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $8,333 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $8,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT VETERANS LEGAL CENTER INC: $2,161 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,761 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $512 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS LEGAL AID SOCIETY NFP: $500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN HEALTHCARE & HOSPICE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGivenGain Foundation USA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD: $420 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF SIMSBURY CREW INC: $350 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPT FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRANCISCAN CENTER FOR URBAN MINISTRY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARTFORD: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRUTLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOUSING & SHELTER CORPORATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SIMSBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOME FOR THE AGED OF THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR INCORPORATED: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIFORMED PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT EMERGENCY REL: $50 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Aetna Foundation IncHartford Foundation f…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Liberty Bank Foundati…Peoples United Commun…Mutual of America Fou…The Ayco Charitable F…Renaissance Charitabl…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…
Aetna Foundation IncCT16.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · Mutual of America Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 David and Sherry Cordani Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David and Sherry Cordani Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation: 77% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford: 39% of income from government
  • Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Greater Baltimore Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 71 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home