· Private foundation
Frank & Vera Ferola Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $86k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JOHN PAUL II ACADEMY | $40,360 |
| DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH LUMEN CHRISTI GALA | $25,000 |
| ST JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH | $20,300 |
| DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH SERVICES APPEAL | $5,000 |
| OPERATION SMILE | $500 |
| BOYS TOWN | $300 |
| ST JOSEPH INDIAN SCHOOL | $300 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $300 |
| FURRY FRIENDS HUMANE | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BRBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc3× · 2017–2021 · $11k · revenue +78%
SMILE TRAIN INC6× · 2017–2022 · $2k · revenue +19%
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC6× · 2017–2025 · $1k · revenue +90%
Funded once
- SVST VINCENT DE PAUL REGIONAL SEMINARYone grant, 2018 · $15k
- BCBROWARD CHILDRENS CENTER INCone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -2%
- ASAUTISM SPEAKS INCone grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -32%
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.
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.
To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist health medical group inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist…
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist hospital of miami is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of doctors hospital, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…
Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist outpatient services is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is…
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of south miami hospital is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…
The mission of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas is to perform sacred work by uniting kindness, quality, and healing through the provision of health care services to the community.
Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist health south florida foundation, inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve.…
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of miami cancer institute at baptist health, inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve.…
Banner health's nonprofit mission is "making health care easier, so life can be better".
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 19 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds BROWARD CHILDRENS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
- Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
- Who funds Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc ↗
- Who funds Furry Friends Humane Inc ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Frank & Vera Ferola Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank & Vera Ferola Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Broward Childrens Center Inc: 2% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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