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Ferrari Family Foundation

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.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
66
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
01FY2025 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k65 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$500
Median grant
16
States reached
$148k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE HORSE PARK AT WOODSIDE$10,000
THE WHOA FOUNDATION$6,500
GAMBLE GARDEN$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,500
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,924
GREEN FOOTHILLS$2,500
BAY AREA BARN AND TRAILS$2,000
KQED$2,000
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,500
WILDCARE$1,500
THEATREWORKS$1,500
SALVATION ARMY$1,200
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY25–25, $900) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ORPHAN ACRES: $900 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
2
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
3
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
4
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
5
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
6
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
7
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign

The american wild horse campaign is the nation's leading conservation organization dedicated to preserving the freedom and habitat of wild horses and burros. through its initiatives in advocacy, conservation, land preservation, and legal…

Animals
8
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
9
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
10
Northern Jaguar Project

The mission of the northern jaguar project is to preserve and recover the world's northermost population of the jaguar, its unique natural habitat, and native wildlife under its protection as a flagship, keystone, and umbrella species.

Animals
11
Wildlife Sos

Protecting india's precious wildlife from poaching, habitat loss, and human exploitation since 1995.

Animals
12
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee and the most unlike its peers is Bay Area Barns and Trails. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%3%<5yr15%6%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr17%22%20–35yr11%31%35–55yr13%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%15%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr17%9%20–35yr11%51%35–55yr13%19%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 15% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,944

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 64 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE HORSE PARK AT WOODSIDE — $10,000 · OtherTHE HORSE PARK AT WOODSIDEWHOA FOUNDATION INC — $6,500 · OtherWHOA FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient — $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL — $3,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient — $2,924 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGREEN FOOTHILLS — $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $2,000 · Other+29 more — $18,160 · Other+29 moreTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE — $1,000 · AnimalsTHE ELEPHANT…JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION — $1,000 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL…SWEETBEAU HORSES — $1,000 · AnimalsSWEETBEAU HO…Humane World for Animals Inc — $800 · AnimalsHumane World…ANIMAL HAVEN INC — $800 · AnimalsANIMAL HAVEN…Keepers of the Wild — $600 · AnimalsKeepers of t…Defenders of Wildlife — $500 · AnimalsDefenders of…Jasper Ridge Farm — $500 · AnimalsJasper Ridge…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $500 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN…GENTLE GIANTS — $500 · AnimalsGENTLE GIANT…CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA — $500 · AnimalsCONSERVATION…THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — $400 · AnimalsOAKDALE EQUINE RESCUE — $300 · AnimalsELIZABETH F GAMBLE GARDEN — $5,000 · EnvironmentELIZABETH F…THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $800 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERN…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $800 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDL…BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC — $500 · EnvironmentBUFFALO FIE…NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $400 · EnvironmentSEMPERVIRENS FUND — $300 · EnvironmentSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY — $2,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INC — $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY — $1,500 · Arts & CultureBay Area Barns and Trails — $2,000 · Human ServicesORPHAN ACRES INC — $900 · Human ServicesTHE MONO LAKE FOUNDATION — $1,025 · PhilanthropyMARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC — $400 · PhilanthropyPoverello House — $300 · Housing & ShelterGiant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc — $300 · Health
Other$48,584Animals$8,400Environment$7,800Arts & Culture$5,500Human Services$2,900Philanthropy$1,425Housing & Shelter$300Health$300

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE HORSE PARK AT WOODSIDE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELIZABETH F GAMBLE GARDEN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBay Area Barns and Trails — $2,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetTHEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJasper Ridge Farm — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPALO ALTO PLAYERS PENINSULA CENTER STAGE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC — $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPERVIRENS FUND — $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGiant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc — $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Marin Community FoundationCA14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Palo Alto Community Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Ferrari Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ferrari Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ferrari 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 64 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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