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Fosforo 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.

$24k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
2
Grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 31
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$954
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Fosforo Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving2$24k50%
FY20231$40k0%
FY20221$30k100%
FY20215$106k40%
FY202021$306k62%
FY201922$198k50%
FY201819$277k37%
FY201731$305kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$604kArts & Culture$214kHealth$146kEnvironment$92kRecreation & Sports$86kEmployment$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$22kPhilanthropy$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
IA
IN
NJ
CT
CA
VA
KS
AR
NC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Fosforo Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Operation Red Wings Foundation$562,150510%
Palm Springs International Film Society$75,00039%
Ravinia Festival Association$58,00030%
Love & Love Tennis Foundation Inc$46,000313%
Equestrian Connection NFP$45,00041%
Museum of Broadcast Communications$40,00025%
The Art Institute of Chicago$40,00020%
Special Olympics Illinois$39,00020%
United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida Inc$35,00020%
Omni Youth Services Incorporated$20,00040%
American Heart Association Inc$20,00040%
Otis Wilson Charitable Association$11,00033%
Riverside Foundation$10,27530%
The Bianca Rae Foundation$10,00028%
Usbg National Charity Foundation$10,00010%
National Football League Alumni Inc$10,00010%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$9,25010%
Variety Childrens Charities of the Desert Tent 66$7,50013%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$5,81010%
Safe Haven of Greater Wtby Inc$5,00020%
ELWA Ministries Association USA$5,0001n/a
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$5,00010%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$5,00010%
4roots Foundation Inc$4,2021n/a
Cancer Action Inc DBA Cancer Support Community Rochester$3,95010%
Rally for Ryan$3,0003n/a
Celtic Fc Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
Lincolnshire Garden Club$2,0001n/a
National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI South Shore$2,00012%
Kathy's House Inc$1,50010%
Special Leisure Services Foundation$1,25020%
Bj's Restaurants Foundation$1,00011%
E4e Relief LLC$1,0001n/a
Taya and Chris Kyle Foundation Service Family Strong$1,00010%
Volunteers of America of Illinois$1,0001n/a
Old Irving Park Community Clinic$1,00010%
Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa$50010%
Co-Care Inc$50010%
Maine Cancer Foundation$50010%
New Horizon Center for the Developmentally Disabled$50010%
Teachers Treasures Inc$25510%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$25010%
Second Harvest Heartland$24010%
Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire$5010%

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($183k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fosforo Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOperation Red Wings Foundation: $562,150 over 5y, 10% of budgetPalm Springs International Film Society: $75,000 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetRavinia Festival Association: $58,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLove & Love Tennis Foundation Inc: $46,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetEquestrian Connection NFP: $45,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMuseum of Broadcast Communications: $40,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Illinois: $39,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOmni Youth Services Incorporated: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOtis Wilson Charitable Association: $11,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetRiverside Foundation: $10,275 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bianca Rae Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetUsbg National Charity Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Football League Alumni Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $9,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVariety Childrens Charities of the Desert Tent 66: $7,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $5,810 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Haven of Greater Wtby Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Action Inc DBA Cancer Support Community Rochester: $3,950 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNational Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI South Shore: $2,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetKathy's House Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Leisure Services Foundation: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBj's Restaurants Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTaya and Chris Kyle Foundation Service Family Strong: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOld Irving Park Community Clinic: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVariety - the Children's Charity of Iowa: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCo-Care Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Cancer Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Horizon Center for the Developmentally Disabled: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeachers Treasures Inc: $255 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Rescue League of New Hampshire: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

AbbVie FoundationIL17.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Fosforo Foundation Inc

How much does Fosforo Foundation Inc give?
Fosforo Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $23,950 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Fosforo Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (47%), Arts & Culture (17%), Health (11%).
Who are Fosforo Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Operation Red Wings Foundation ($562k), Palm Springs International Film Society ($75k), Ravinia Festival Association ($58k).
Does Fosforo Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fosforo Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Fosforo Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, Arthur J Gallagher Foundation, Equitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Fosforo Foundation Inc based?
Fosforo Foundation Inc is based in IL.

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 66 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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