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Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation Inc at a glance

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Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$747k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$330k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.2MPhilanthropy$909kScience & Tech$463kHealth$208kSocial Science$77kReligion$7kFood & Nutrition$4k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $41k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $345k
  • $250k+1 grant · $330k
$30,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$330,000
UC SANTA CRUZ$125,000
LEVERAGE RESEARCH$85,000
THE UCLA FOUNDATION$85,000
CEDAR CREEK INSTITUTE$50,000
AMERICAN COMPUTER MUSEUM$30,000
COTTONWEED RESEARCH FOUNDATION$10,500
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$7,000
UC IRVINE$7,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$7,000
CENTER FOR MINDFUL SELF COMPASSION$7,000
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY$3,500
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 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 59% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $7k → 16%AMERICAN COMPUTER MUSEUM: $35k → 10%INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CONSCIOUSNESS: $27k → 7%SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $368k → 8%INSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES: $25k → 8%UC IRVINE: $14k → 10%CENTER FOR MINDFUL SELF-COMPASSION: $9k → 11%UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $106k → 13%COTTONWEED RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $11k → 32%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $7k → 18%THE MARCONI SOCIETY: $25k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $330k → 9%UVA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $40k → 8%NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME: $10k → 9%UVA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30k → 22%AMERICAN COMPUTER MUSEUM: $30k → 10%SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $229k → 8%INSTITUTE OF FRONTIER SCIENCES: $50k → 10%UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $106k → 13%THE UCLA FOUNDATION: $85k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $330k → 9%CEDAR CREEK INSTITUTE: $50k → 8%AMERICAN COMPUTER MUSEUM: $30k → 10%SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $119k → 8%UC SANTA CRUZ: $125k → 13%THE UCLA FOUNDATION: $85k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $165k → 9%UVA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $40k → 8%AMERICAN COMPUTER MUSEUM: $30k → 10%SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $54k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $254k → 10%THE UCLA FOUNDATION: $85k → 14%AMERICAN COMPUTER MUSEUM: $30k → 10%LEVERAGE RESEARCH: $85k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $220k → 10%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO: $11k → 11%UVA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50k → 8%AMERICAN COMPUTER MUSEUM: $30k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $200k → 10%AMERICAN COMPUTER MUSEUM: $30k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $200k → 10%AMERICAN COMPUTER MUSEUM: $25k → 10%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $200k → 10%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $150k → 10%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $125k → 10%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $125k → 10%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $125k → 10%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $125k → 10%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

WA
MT
MA
IN
OH
CT
CA
VA
AZ
NM
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 13 repeat orgs$446k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
21

Total granted

$3.4M
$176k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+44%

Still filing today

54%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $271k 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
EducationScience & TechHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CU
    CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $850k · revenue +62%
  • AC
    American Computer Museum LTD
    8× · 2017–2024 · $240k · revenue +153%
  • US
    UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $213k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • IO
    INSTITUTE OF FRONTIER SCIENCES
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • IA
    INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
    one grant, 2017 · $27k
  • IO
    INSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -47%
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
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
3
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
4
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
5
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
10
The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies

The institute's mission is to conduct research on key issues facing society to help both the church and society deal thoughtfully with the major issues they face globally. the institute also sponsors and conducts research and scholarship…

Religion
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Canticle Farm. 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

18 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. 18 of the 41 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $874,400 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINEUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $825,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONUVA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $160,000 · OtherUVA HEALTH FOUNDATIONUC SANTA CRUZ: $125,000 · OtherUC SANTA CRUZ+19 more: $195,950 · Other+19 moreCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $850,000 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITYUCLA FOUNDATION: $255,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $212,800 · EducationUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION+6 more: $55,800 · EducationSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $769,250 · PhilanthropySilicon Valley Commun…FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS INSTITUTE: $139,424 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATIONAL QUESTION…American Computer Museum LTD: $240,000 · Arts & CultureLEVERAGE RESEARCH INC: $85,000 · Social ScienceCEDAR CREEK INSTITUTE: $50,000 · Science & TechINSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES: $25,000 · Science & TechCENTER FOR MINDFUL SELF COMPASSION INC: $27,300 · HealthCAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $2,400 · HealthCanticle Farm: $3,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$2,180,350Education$1,373,600Philanthropy$908,674Arts & Culture$240,000Social Science$85,000Science & Tech$75,000Health$29,700Food & Nutrition$3,500

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 budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $850,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $769,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $255,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Computer Museum LTD: $240,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $212,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS INSTITUTE: $139,424 over 2y, 20% of budgetLEVERAGE RESEARCH INC: $85,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetCEDAR CREEK INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetMARCONI SOCIETY INC: $31,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetCENTER FOR MINDFUL SELF COMPASSION INC: $27,300 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetINSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $4,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClaremont Graduate University: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanticle Farm: $3,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $2,400 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 CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Silicon Valley Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Computer Museum LTD ↗
  • Who funds UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds LEVERAGE RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR CREEK INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MARCONI SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR MINDFUL SELF COMPASSION INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Claremont Graduate University ↗
  • Who funds Canticle Farm ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Renaissance Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Renaissance Charitable Foundation IncIN10.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation Inc 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 41 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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