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DeNicola 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.

$85k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$25k
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.

Education$97kFood & Nutrition$67kAnimals$37kPhilanthropy$36kRecreation & Sports$15kHuman Services$14kHealth$7kReligion$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
$1,081
Median grant
8
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY$25,000
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$20,000
NORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$10,000
GOD FEEDS$5,500
A MEANINGFUL PURPOSE$5,000
NORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$5,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES -GREATER LAS VEGAS$2,265
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA$1,633
JOINT CIVIC COMMITTEE OF ITALIAN AMERICANS$1,500
A BABYS BREATH$1,081
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$1,040
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$1,000
SHANAHAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED$1,000
SOLD OUT YOUTH MINISTRIES INC$1,000
CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21$1,000
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 (FY22–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NOR: $4k → 11%A BABYS BREATH: $1k → 7%MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES INC: $2k → 22%LAUREL HOUSE: $1k → 7%FAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $1k → 7%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
MA
NV
PA
NJ
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
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.
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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 16% of DeNicola Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

DeNicola Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 8.8% 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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$188k · 6 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$188k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+8%

Still filing today

100%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AM
    A MEANINGFUL PURPOSE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $60k · revenue +27%
  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +16%
  • NZ
    NORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $35k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE ROBERT W MAXWELL MEMORIAL FOOTBALL CLUB
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +8%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +4%
  • RO
    RUNWAY OF DREAMS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -83%
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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Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
Philadelphia University

The organization is an affiliate within thomas jefferson university/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research…

Education
4
St Joseph's Health System Subordinate Group Return

We are committed to providing exceptional quality care which sustains and improves both individual and community health, with a special concern for those who are poor, vulnerable and underserved.

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5
Temple University Hospital Inc

See Schedule OOur mission is to support Temple University and its Health Sciences Center academic programs by providing the clinical environment and service to support the highest quality teaching and training programs for health care…

Health
6
University of Saint Joseph

The university provides a rigorous liberal arts and professional education for a diverse student population. (see schedule o for the organization's mission.)

Education
7
Stc Healthcare Partners Llc

Website: https://towerhealth.org/locations/st-christophers-hospital- children stc opco, llc (st. christopher's hospital for children) provides a full range of high-quality healthcare services to all children and youth up to age 21 who seek…

Health
8
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
9
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
10
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

Johns hopkins health system corporation provides centralized management of a multi-hospital healthcare system. it is a key component of johns hopkins medicine, a collaboration with the johns hopkins university school of medicine.

Health
11
Princeton Healthcare System a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

The mission of princeton healthcare system is to provide exceptional, compassionate care to enhance the health and wellness of our patients, their families, and our community. princeton healthcare system provides inpatient and outpatient…

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona; the most unlike its peers is Sold Out Youth Ministries. 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

28 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. 28 of the 31 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
13/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A MEANINGFUL PURPOSE INC: $60,000 · AnimalsA MEANINGFUL PURPOSE INCNORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $34,500 · AnimalsNORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY+1 more: $2,500 · AnimalsTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $50,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealt…THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY+2 more: $1,500 · EducationTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GIVING BAC…UNITED CHARITABLE: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED CHARITA…JAWS YOUTH FUND INC: $1,947 · PhilanthropyTHE ROBERT W MAXWELL MEMORIAL FOOTBALL CLUB: $15,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,040 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthMERAKEY FOUNDATION: $800 · HealthRUNWAY OF DREAMS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherAble Body Christian Men: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER LAS VEGAS: $2,265 · OtherPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $1,633 · OtherJoint Civic Committee of Italian Americans: $1,500 · OtherSOLD OUT YOUTH MINISTRIES: $1,000 · OtherCH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21: $1,000 · Other+1 more: $500 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA: $4,300 · Human ServicesMERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesLAUREL HOUSE: $1,095 · Human ServicesA Babys Breath: $1,081 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $1,065 · Human ServicesGod Feeds Ministry: $6,500 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $214 · Food & Nutrition
Animals$97,000Education$96,500Philanthropy$36,947Health$17,840Other$20,898Human Services$9,041Food & Nutrition$6,714

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 budgetA MEANINGFUL PURPOSE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $34,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROBERT W MAXWELL MEMORIAL FOOTBALL CLUB: $15,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGod Feeds Ministry: $6,500 over 2y, 32% of budgetUNITED CHARITABLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUNWAY OF DREAMS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA: $4,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Welfare Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER LAS VEGAS: $2,265 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJAWS YOUTH FUND INC: $1,947 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $1,633 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJoint Civic Committee of Italian Americans: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE: $1,095 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Babys Breath: $1,081 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $1,065 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,040 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLD OUT YOUTH MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHANAHAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERAKEY FOUNDATION: $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAILY BREAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $214 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.

The Philadelphia Foun…W W Smith Charitable …Connelly FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…Td Charitable Foundat…The Gordon Charter Fo…Wsfs Cares FoundationThe Gap FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Chubb Charitable Foun…Aetna Foundation IncVerizon Foundation
The Philadelphia FoundationPA16.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Connelly Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · The Gap Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Verizon 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 DeNicola Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from DeNicola Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
8report 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
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

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How do I get to DeNicola Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to DeNicola 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 31 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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