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Ferraro Family Foundation Incorporated

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.

$224k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$1.2MHealth$1.1MPhilanthropy$800kRecreation & Sports$426kEducation$248kHuman Services$96kYouth Development$85kCommunity Improvement$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $168k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$629k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PARALYSIS INC$100,000
TAMARACK COUNTRY CLUB INC$68,110
BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL$25,000
JOE NAMATH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$15,000
JAMES & HELEN CABRERA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$10,000
ST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL$5,150
VINEYARD GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI INC: $75k → 13%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $3k → 17%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $566 → 8%MOURNING FAMILY FOUNDATION: $11k → 15%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
CT
CA
AR
DC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 23 repeat orgs$372k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
18

Total granted

$3.4M
$357k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+11%

Still filing today

65%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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

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HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • Best Buddies International Inc
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +81%
  • TB
    THE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PARALYSIS INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $490k · revenue +129%
  • BH
    BILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $310k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • NP
    NEW PROFIT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue +96%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue +61%
  • MG
    MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
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
The South Florida Charity Classic
Human Services
2
Miami Children's Health System Foundation Inc

The mission of MIAMI CHILDREN'S HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION (D/B/A NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC. )is to create awareness and generate funds for Nicklaus Children's Health System (System), Nicklaus Children's Hospital and any…

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3
Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation

To raise funds to support mount sinai medical center of florida, inc., a not-for-profit acute care teaching and research facility, so that it may provide high quality health care to our diverse community enhanced through teaching,…

Health
4
University of Miami
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5
Celebrities Fore Kids Inc

The organization's mission is to make a difference in the lives of children affected by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. we strive to improve the quality of life and well-being for them and their families by offering financial…

Human Services
6
Mark Felice Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida Inc

To provide high quality health care to our diverse community enhanced through teaching, research, charity care and financial responsibility.

Health
8
Miami Children's Hospital Research Institute Inc

The NCHRI directly supports the NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ("NCH") mission to provide hope through advanced care for our children and families. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

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9
The Catherine C Marron Foundation
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10
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
11
Miami University Foundation

Support of miami university

Education
12
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc

The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mourning Family Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Patricks Concerts Inc. 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

29 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. 29 of the 44 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PARALYSIS INC: $490,251 · HealthTHE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PA…BILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $310,000 · HealthBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $245,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUT…+3 more: $28,000 · HealthBest Buddies International Inc: $1,008,000 · InternationalBest Buddies International I…TAMARACK COUNTRY CLUB INC: $248,966 · OtherTAMARACK COUNTRY CLUB INCIndividual grant recipient: $151,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $110,000 · OtherTHE BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATIONARCHBISHOP'S CHARITIES & DEVELOPMENT DRIVE: $100,000 · OtherARCHBISHOP'S CHARITIES & DEVELOPM…UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL MEDICINE: $66,527 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL MEDICI…MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $50,000 · OtherST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL: $45,867 · OtherDESERT CLASSIC CHARITIES: $43,000 · OtherTHE CONNECTICUT GOLF FOUNDATION INC THE FIRST TEE OF CONNECTICUT: $79,622 · OtherTHE CONNECTICUT GOLF FOUNDATION I…NEW PROFIT INC: $75,000 · OtherNEW PROFIT INC+15 more: $213,500 · Other+15 moreUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $295,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …THE HEATHER ON EARTH FOUNDATION INC: $89,500 · PhilanthropyTHE HEATHER…THE JOE NAMATH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $21,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $9,000 · PhilanthropyNoticeAbility Inc: $100,000 · EducationJames and Helen Cabrera Memorial Scholarship Fund: $43,000 · EducationFAIRFIELD COUNTY SPORTS COMMISSION INC: $130,178 · Recreation & SportsCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10,735 · Human ServicesMOURNING FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 · Human Services+1 more: $3,300 · Human Services
Health$1,073,251International$1,008,000Other$1,184,232Philanthropy$415,000Education$143,000Recreation & Sports$130,178Human Services$99,535

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 budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $1,008,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetTHE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PARALYSIS INC: $490,251 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $310,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $295,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTAMARACK COUNTRY CLUB INC: $248,966 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $245,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTY SPORTS COMMISSION INC: $130,178 over 3y, 47% of budgetNoticeAbility Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetTHE HEATHER ON EARTH FOUNDATION INC: $89,500 over 2y, 15% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT GOLF FOUNDATION INC THE FIRST TEE OF CONNECTICUT: $79,622 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetNEW PROFIT INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDESERT CLASSIC CHARITIES: $43,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJames and Helen Cabrera Memorial Scholarship Fund: $43,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetMARGAUX'S MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetTHE JOE NAMATH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10,735 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMOURNING FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC: $3,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetV G C FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAnimal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard Inc: $500 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY10.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Ferraro Family Foundation Incorporated funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ferraro Family Foundation Incorporated. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 160%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 44 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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