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David M Yannucci Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$230k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$175k
Largest

Read this first · the figures below need context

76% of David M Yannucci Charitable Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to University Of Notre Dame Du Lac, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’18
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’19
4
’20
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’21
0
’22
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’23
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’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$550kReligion$290kEducation$138kPublic Benefit$2kHuman Services$2kArts & Culture$2k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $225k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME$175,000
DAWSON SHEEN ACADEMY$50,000
CATHOLIC CENTRAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $5k → 11%SILCON VALLEY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE: $2k → 8%CATHOLIC CENTRAL SCHOOL: $5k → 15%CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $12k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $175k → 13%CATHOLIC CENTRAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $5k → 15%INNER CITY IMPACT: $50k → 14%DAWSON SHEEN ACADEMY: $50k → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA: $50k → 9%SILICON VALLEY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE: $1k → 8%THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $10k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $125k → 13%CLARKE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $1k → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $2k → 9%CATHOLIC INFORMATION CENTER: $50k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $100k → 13%CLARKE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $1k → 7%CATHOLIC INFORMATION CENTER: $40k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME FOR FELLOWSHIP: $50k → 13%CATHOLIC INFORMATION CENTER: $30k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME FOR SYMPOSIUM: $50k → 13%LEONINE FORUM: $10k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $50k → 13%LEONINE FORUM: $10k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $50k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $50k → 13%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.
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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$164k · 4 repeat orgs$270k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
9

Total granted

$164k
$215k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+33%

Still filing today

75%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TC
    THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
    2× · 2017–2018 · $22k · revenue +36%
  • TL
    THE LEONINE FORUM INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +371%
  • CC
    CLARKE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME FOR FELLOWSHIP
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME FOR SYMPOSIUM
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
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.

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Collegium Institute

Collegium Institute is a Catholic intellectual apostolate that fosters the Catholic intellectual tradition within the University of Pennsylvania community and within the greater region and secular academia. (Continued on Sch. O)

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The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)

Education
3
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
4
Lumen Christi Institute

To make the catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the culture of universities. to enrich academic communities at the university of chicago, across the nation, and the world with the insights of catholic thought. to dialogue with…

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5
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
6
Siena University

Siena university is a learning community advancing the ideals of a liberal arts education, rooted in its identity as a franciscan and catholic institution. as a learning community, siena is committed to a student-centered education…

Education
7
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
8
Newman University Inc

We are a catholic university named for saint john henry newman and founded by the adorers of the blood of christ for the purpose of empowering graduates to transform society. our core values (see schedule o for continuation)

Education
9
Depaul University

As an innovative catholic, vincentian university anchored in the global city of chicago, depaul supports the integral human development of its students. the university does so through its commitment to outstanding teaching, academic…

Education
10
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
11
Dominican University

Dominican University provides instruction to students seeking an Associates, Undergraduate or Graduate degree (some doctorate and certificates), and administers all of its programs without discrimination of race, color, gender, religion,…

Education
12
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Leonine Forum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Clarke County Historical Association. 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

8 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. 8 of the 16 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)
8/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Notre Dame du Lac: $550,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacDawson Sheen Academy: $50,000 · EducationDawson Sheen AcademyTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $22,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationCATHOLIC INFORMATION CENTER: $120,000 · OtherCATHOLIC INFORMATION CENTERUNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME FOR FELLOWSHIP: $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME FOR FELL…UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME FOR SYMPOSIUM: $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME FOR SYMP…CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA: $50,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES USA+6 more: $21,000 · Other+6 moreInner City Impact: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE LEONINE FORUM INC: $20,000 · Religion
Education$623,000Other$291,000Youth Development$50,000Religion$20,000

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 budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $550,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDawson Sheen Academy: $50,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetInner City Impact: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEONINE FORUM INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC CENTRAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCLARKE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSilicon Valley Urban Debate League: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds Dawson Sheen Academy ↗
  • Who funds Inner City Impact ↗
  • Who funds THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds THE LEONINE FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC CENTRAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLARKE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Silicon Valley Urban Debate League ↗

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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA10.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 M Yannucci Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David M Yannucci Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 16 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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