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Ferrantino Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$158k
Granted FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$507kEducation$311kPhilanthropy$270kHuman Services$48kYouth Development$26kAnimals$16kReligion$6kFood & Nutrition$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k37 grants · $66k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $92k
$1,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$33,333
DYNAMI FOUNDATION$24,100
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$15,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$10,000
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
ST JUDE'S CHILDRENS' HOSPITAL$7,000
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION$6,000
MOJO IN THE MORNING$5,000
CHADTOUGH$5,000
AIM AT MELANOMA$5,000
COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$5,000
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN$5,000
DEARBORN GOODFELLOWS$5,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF WASHTENAW CO$2,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 37% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COURAGE WORLDWIDE: $100 → 6%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 8%GUIDING EYES: $500 → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%THE SEEING EYE: $100 → 4%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $100 → 26%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $1k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $1k → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $1k → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $1k → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $1k → 10%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 8%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $1k → 10%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 8%CHADTOUGH: $5k → 14%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 8%CHADTOUGH: $5k → 14%HOCKEY HAS HEART: $10k → 8%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

NH
IL
MI
NY
PA
CT
CA
KY
VA
TN
DC
OK
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 43 repeat orgs$297k to everyone else

43 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
37

Total granted

$1.0M
$292k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+37%

Still filing today

70%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionPublic BenefitEducationOther
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

  • UO
    University of Michigan
    8× · 2018–2025 · $220k · revenue +195%
  • MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +55%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • UD
    UBS DONOR-ADVISED FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $177k
  • TH
    TRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGANgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +37%
  • TD
    THE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · 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.

1
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
2
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
3
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
4
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
5
Organ Procurement Agency of Michigan

We honor life through donation.

—
6
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
7
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
8
Delta Dental Fund

Delta dental fund's mission is to improve the oral health of the public and to advance dental science and the dental profession through research and education.

—
9
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
10
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
11
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
12
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Michigan Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is Dynami 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

57 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. 57 of the 87 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/57
Grantees still filing
42/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $325,000 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYUniversity of Michigan: $220,004 · OtherUniversity of MichiganUBS DONOR-ADVISED FUND: $177,311 · OtherUBS DONOR-ADVISED FUNDST JUDE'S CHILDRENS' HOSPITAL: $47,000 · Other+46 more: $133,800 · Other+46 moreDYNAMI FOUNDATION: $102,400 · HealthDYNAMI FOUNDATIONBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATI…TRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN: $50,000 · HealthTRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGA…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $47,500 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION O…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,100 · Health+7 more: $13,300 · HealthDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $66,426 · PhilanthropyTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyHOCKEY HAS HEART: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesPaws With A Cause: $7,500 · Human Services+8 more: $3,400 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $8,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS FOR ANIMALS OF METRO DETROIT: $4,000 · AnimalsDETROIT DOG RESCUE: $3,500 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $2,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,300 · Animals+3 more: $1,200 · AnimalsCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: $8,192 · EducationEMERSON SCHOOL INC: $3,000 · EducationSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$903,115Health$298,300Philanthropy$92,426Human Services$30,900Animals$20,000Education$11,192Crime & Legal$8,000

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 Michigan: $220,004 over 8y, 16% of budgetDYNAMI FOUNDATION: $102,400 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $66,426 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $47,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEARBORN GOODFELLOWS INC: $21,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOCKEY HAS HEART: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: $8,192 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $7,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGRIEVEWELL: $6,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetAIM AT MELANOMA: $5,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS FOR ANIMALS OF METRO DETROIT: $4,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDETROIT DOG RESCUE: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEMERSON SCHOOL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $1,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VICTORIA PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Social Services of Washtenaw County: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUTTS WITH A MISSION: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumble Design Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA MARIA: $100 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 University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds DYNAMI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds THE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DEARBORN GOODFELLOWS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOCKEY HAS HEART ↗
  • Who funds CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Paws With A Cause ↗
  • Who funds GRIEVEWELL ↗
  • Who funds AIM AT MELANOMA ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR ANIMALS OF METRO DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT DOG RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds EMERSON SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE VICTORIA PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds HOWELL NATURE CENTER ↗

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.

Ann Arbor Area Commun…Community Foundation …The Kresge FoundationJ Ferrantino Charitab…United Way of Washten…DTE Energy FoundationCharles Stewart Mott …The Pfizer Foundation…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Ann Arbor Area Community FoundationMI21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Kresge Foundation · J Ferrantino Charitable Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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How do I get to Ferrantino Charitable Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ferrantino Charitable 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 87 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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