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Dr Ramon Tallaj Foundation Inc

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.

$195k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$550kHealth$381kEducation$98kArts & Culture$27kPhilanthropy$25kInternational$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $77k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS$100,000
UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC-POPE DOCUMENTARY$26,635
PONTIFICAL ACADEMY FOR LIFE$25,000
MARIANO RIVERA FOUNDATION$25,000
BOSTON UNIVERSITY$5,000
HUNTER COLLEGE$5,000
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY$5,000
CAPP USA OF FRED FAKHARZADEH$3,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MARIANO RIVERA FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%NEW AGE TRAINING: $5k → 17%BROOKLYN COLLEGE: $5k → 20%LEHMAN COLLEGE: $3k → 28%FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY: $5k → 9%QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE: $5k → 10%UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC-POPE DOCUMENTARY: $27k → 7%SETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%BOSTON UNIVERISTY: $5k → 16%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $5k → 17%BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $15k → 28%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%FOX TELEVISION: $19k → 17%YENRY ARAYNA: $2k → 28%HUNTER COLLEGE: $5k → 17%FOUNDACION DOM DR RAMON TALLAJ: $220k → 28%SOMOS COMMUNITY CARE: $123k → 17%FOUNDACION DOM DR RAMON TALLAJ: $200k → 28%YING YU QU: $104k → 17%FOUNDACION DOM DR RAMON TALLAJ: $25k → 28%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $5k → 17%ALIYAH STIEKAUD: $5k → 28%EDDIE BEATO: $3k → 17%HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $5k → 28%FOUNDACION OF DOMINICAN DR RAMON TALLAJ: $30k → 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

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NY
MA
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NJ
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DE
NC
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 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
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
2
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
3
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
4
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
5
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
6
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
7
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
8
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
9
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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10
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
11
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
12
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fordham University; the most unlike its peers is Mariano Rivera 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

9 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. 9 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)
9/9
Grantees still filing
9/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDACION DOM DR RAMON TALLAJ: $445,000 · OtherFOUNDACION DOM DR RAMON TALLAJSOMOS COMMUNITY CARE: $122,575 · OtherSOMOS COMMUNITY CAREIndividual grant recipient: $103,625 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRenAlssance Foundation: $100,000 · OtherRenAlssance FoundationHIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS: $100,000 · OtherHIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISIndividual grant recipient: $36,295 · Other+18 more: $175,985 · Other+18 moreSTONEHILL COLLEGE INC: $5,000 · EducationFordham University: $5,000 · EducationFairfield University: $5,000 · EducationNew York University: $5,000 · EducationCornell University: $5,000 · EducationQueens University of Charlotte: $5,000 · EducationMARIANO RIVERA FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,083,480Education$30,000Philanthropy$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%grantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTONEHILL COLLEGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairfield University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQueens University of Charlotte: $5,000 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.

  • Who funds MARIANO RIVERA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds STONEHILL COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Fordham University ↗
  • Who funds Fairfield University ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds SETON HALL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds Queens University of Charlotte ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dr Ramon Tallaj Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dr Ramon Tallaj Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 13% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 2% of income from government
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
  • Stonehill College Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 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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