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Ferroni Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ferroni 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.

$62k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
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.

Health$215kEducation$106kPhilanthropy$75kInternational$69kHuman Services$45kAnimals$33kHousing & Shelter$5kReligion$3k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
$6,178
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIRACLEFEET$30,000
THE LIMMAT FOUNDATIONESMERALDA FOUNDATION$8,500
Individual grant recipient$7,400
NORTHERN NEVADA CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION$6,178
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$5,000
RENO RESCUE$2,500
LITTLE WISHES$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 (FY18–23, $49k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $8k → 13%LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $8k → 6%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $6k → 13%LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $3k → 13%LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $600 → 13%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

MN
NY
NV
SD
PA
CA
NC
TX
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$390k · 11 repeat orgs$161k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
9

Total granted

$390k
$151k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+95%
+283%

Still filing today

64%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthReligionAnimalsInternationalOther
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

  • M
    MIRACLEFEET
    6× · 2017–2024 · $170k · revenue +95%
  • NN
    NORTHERN NEVADA CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $42k · revenue +197%
  • LC
    Los Cabos Children's Foundation
    4× · 2019–2023 · $26k · revenue +181%

Funded once

  • NP
    NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTDONOR ADVISED FUND FOR UBS
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
  • BE
    BELIZE EYE CLINCBELIZEKIDSORG
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • LC
    LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $14k
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
Vida Joven Foundation

We transform the lives of orphaned and migrant children in Baja California, Mexico by resourcing and strengthening exceptional programs that serve these young people.

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2
International Medical Corps

To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.

International
3
El Dorado Foundation Inc

The el dorado foundation connects people with causes that matter, including medical, educational, environmental, and programs for the arts. it enriches the community by financially supporting community programs, individuals and other…

Philanthropy
4
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
5
Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Foundation

The rostropovich-vishnevskaya foundation (rvf) is a global development organization that promotes the health and wellbeing of children in need through partnerships that create sustainable, transformational public health programs around the…

International
6
Friends of Santa Rosa Foundation

The objectives of friends of santa rosa foundation are to assist, benefit, and support santa rosa health care corporation in providing health care services for residents of san antonio and south texas by raising money to support the…

Health
7
Los Adobes De Los Rancheros
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8
Love Bought International

Rescue orphan children, by educating them and giving them food and shelter

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9
Mexican Medical Inc

Bring healing and hope to the people of mexico.

International
10
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego

To restore, sustain and enhance the health and developmental potential of children through excellence in care, education, research and advocacy.

Health
11
Ryan Saves Lives
Health
12
Gift of Life International Inc

To further the cause of world peace and understanding by facilitating free medical services, primarily to children suffering from heart defects and other similar or allied illnesses regardless of race, gender, creed, or national origin,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

10 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. 10 of the 22 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTDONOR ADVISED FUND FOR UBS: $75,000 · OtherNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTDONOR ADVISED FUND …Individual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBELIZE EYE CLINCBELIZEKIDSORG: $30,000 · OtherBELIZE EYE CLINCBELIZEKIDSORGTHE LIMMAT FOUNDATIONESMERALDA FOUNDATION: $14,500 · OtherTHE LIMMAT FOUNDATIONESMERALDA FOUNDATIONLOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $14,000 · OtherLOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONHEARTS WITH HOPE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTERRE DES HOMMES VALAIS: $8,000 · Other+5 more: $20,950 · Other+5 moreMIRACLEFEET: $170,000 · HealthMIRACLEFEETLos Cabos Children's Foundation: $25,957 · Human ServicesLos Cabos …FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $18,228 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF…COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOMPASS FA…LITTLE WISHES: $2,500 · Human ServicesNORTHERN NEVADA CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION: $42,448 · PhilanthropyNORTHERN …RANCHO SANTA FE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyRENO RESCUE INC: $32,500 · AnimalsInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 · InternationalSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · Religion
Other$232,450Health$170,000Human Services$51,685Philanthropy$44,448Animals$32,500International$10,000Religion$10,000

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 budgetMIRACLEFEET: $170,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNORTHERN NEVADA CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION: $42,448 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetRENO RESCUE INC: $32,500 over 2y, 15% of budgetLos Cabos Children's Foundation: $25,957 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $18,228 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE WISHES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRANCHO SANTA FE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 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 MIRACLEFEET ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN NEVADA CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RENO RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Los Cabos Children's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE WISHES ↗
  • Who funds RANCHO SANTA FE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗

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.

The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC9.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Ferroni Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ferroni Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ferroni Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Ferroni 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 22 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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