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Florence & Paul Derosa Memorial Fund for the Arts Inc at a glance

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Florence & Paul Derosa Memorial Fund for the Arts 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.

$407k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$78k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.2MOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $174k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $233k
$43,600
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHAPIN SCHOOL$78,200
SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL$77,200
NEWARK ACADEMY$77,200
NIGHTINGALE BAMFORD SCHOOL$43,600
THE WARDLAW HARTRDIGE SCHOOL$38,600
THE SPENCE SCHOOL$38,600
KENT PLACE SCHOOL$38,600
THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL$15,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 56% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL: $40k → 20%THE MORRISTOWN BEARD SCHOOL: $63k → 4%SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL: $102k → 7%THE WARDLAW HARTRDIGE SCHOOL: $39k → 8%KENT PLACE SCHOOL: $39k → 10%THE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL: $38k → 20%THE MORRISTOWN BEARD SCHOOL: $46k → 4%SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL: $100k → 7%THE WARDLAW HARTRDIGE SCHOOL: $37k → 8%NEWARK ACADEMY: $77k → 16%THE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL: $36k → 20%THE MORRISTOWN BEARD SCHOOL: $37k → 4%SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL: $98k → 7%THE WARDLAW HARTRDIGE SCHOOL: $36k → 8%NEWARK ACADEMY: $73k → 16%THE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL: $35k → 20%THE MORRISTOWN BEARD SCHOOL: $36k → 4%SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL: $96k → 7%THE WARDLAW HARTRDIGE SCHOOL: $34k → 8%NEWARK ACADEMY: $71k → 16%THE MORRISTOWN BEARD SCHOOL: $34k → 4%SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL: $94k → 7%THE WARDLAW HARTRDIGE SCHOOL: $33k → 8%NEWARK ACADEMY: $34k → 16%THE MORRISTOWN BEARD SCHOOL: $33k → 4%SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL: $93k → 7%NEWARK ACADEMY: $34k → 16%POLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $64k → 20%SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL: $77k → 7%NEWARK ACADEMY: $33k → 16%THE CHAPIN SCHOOL: $78k → 17%POLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $63k → 20%SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL: $73k → 7%POLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $62k → 20%SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL: $71k → 7%THE CHAPIN SCHOOL: $73k → 17%THE CHAPIN SCHOOL: $36k → 17%THE CHAPIN SCHOOL: $34k → 17%THE CHAPIN SCHOOL: $33k → 17%NIGHTINGALE BAMFORD SCHOOL: $44k → 17%THE SPENCE SCHOOL: $39k → 17%THE SPENCE SCHOOL: $39k → 17%NIGHTINGALE BAMFORD SCHOOL: $37k → 17%THE SPENCE SCHOOL: $37k → 17%NIGHTINGALE BAMFORD SCHOOL: $36k → 17%NIGHTINGALE BAMFORD SCHOOL: $34k → 17%THE SPENCE SCHOOL: $34k → 17%NIGHTINGALE BAMFORD SCHOOL: $33k → 17%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 11 repeat orgs$91k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
5

Total granted

$3.1M
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+47%

Still filing today

91%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

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

  • SR
    SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $805k · revenue +139%
  • NA
    NEWARK ACADEMY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $419k · revenue +43%
  • MS
    MORRISTOWN-BEARD SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $313k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • FB
    FAR BROOK SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +35%
  • MK
    MONTCLAIR KIMBERLEY ACADEMY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +47%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Darrow School

Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…

Education
2
Hillbrook School

Hillbrook provides an extraordinary educational experience that fosters a love of learning in our students and helps them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to achieve their highest individual potential in school and in life.…

Education
3
The Harpeth Hall School

Harpeth hall is an independent, college preparatory school for girls and young women in grades five through twelve.

Education
4
Concord Academy

Concord academy is a community animated by love of learning, diverse and striving for equity, with common trust as our foundation. honoring each individual, we challenge and expand our understanding of ourselves and the world through…

Education
5
Miss Porter's School Inc

Miss porter's school educates young women to become informed, bold, resourceful and ethical global citizens. we expect our graduates to shape a changing world.

Education
6
Buckley Country Day School

The school's mission is grounded in the belief expressed by b. lord buckley that opening the eyes and awakening the mind is the essence of education. guided by that mission for almost a century, buckley has purposely focused on developing…

Education
7
Windward School

Windward school is a dynamic college-preparatory school that challenges each student to achieve excellence in a nurturing, inclusive community. windward teachers, parents, and administrators work together to inspire our students to be…

Education
8
Flintridge Preparatory School

Learning with purpose in a diverse and nurturing community, flintridge prep students thrive in adolescence and grow as curious scholars, creative thinkers , empathetic leaders, and global citizens.

Education
9
The Buckley School

The buckley school is a dynamic, nurturing learning community committed to equity and inclusion. our innovative teachers and challenging programs inspire creativity, courage, and collaboration. by promoting a balanced development of mind,…

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10
Solebury School

See schedule o.solebury school is a private independent school for students in grades 9 through 12. solebury school's mission is to create an environment of educational excellence that prepares students for success in college and beyond.…

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11
The Branson School

To provide an academically exceptional education to students grade 9 through 12 in a warm, supportive, and nurturing environment.

Education
12
The Brearley School

Private educational institution in new york city that provides a quality education to girls in grades k-12.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Morristown-Beard School; the most unlike its peers is The Wardlaw-Hartridge School. 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

14 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. 14 of the 18 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
13/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEWARK ACADEMY: $419,265 · EducationNEWARK ACADEMYMORRISTOWN-BEARD SCHOOL: $313,315 · EducationMORRISTOWN-BEARD SCHOOLTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL: $310,385 · EducationTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOLTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $287,230 · EducationTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTDTHE WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOL: $242,930 · EducationTHE WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOLPOLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $221,010 · EducationPOLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLTHE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL: $212,313 · EducationTHE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOLTHE SPENCE SCHOOL: $148,000 · EducationTHE SPENCE SCHOOLJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $111,000 · Education+3 more: $58,976 · EducationSADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL INC: $805,195 · OtherSADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL INC+5 more: $40,890 · Other
Education$2,324,424Other$846,085

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL INC: $805,195 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetNEWARK ACADEMY: $419,265 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMORRISTOWN-BEARD SCHOOL: $313,315 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL: $310,385 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $287,230 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOL: $242,930 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPOLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $221,010 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL: $212,313 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SPENCE SCHOOL: $148,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $111,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetKENT PLACE SCHOOL: $38,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAR BROOK SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMONTCLAIR KIMBERLEY ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $15,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $4,976 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 SADDLE RIVER DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds NEWARK ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds MORRISTOWN-BEARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD ↗
  • Who funds THE WARDLAW-HARTRIDGE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds POLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE SPENCE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JUILLIARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds KENT PLACE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FAR BROOK SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MONTCLAIR KIMBERLEY ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗

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 Goldman Sachs Cha…The Pfizer Foundation…Community Foundation …The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Verizon FoundationAmerican Express Foun…Chubb Charitable Foun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Charities Aid Foundat…Jewish Communal FundBristol-Myers Squibb …
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY18.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · American Express Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jewish Communal Fund · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc

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 Florence & Paul Derosa Memorial Fund for the Arts Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Florence & Paul Derosa Memorial Fund for the Arts Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 18 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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