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Frank E Perrella Charitable Trust at a glance

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Frank E Perrella Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$94k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Safety & Disaster$287kHealth$135kPhilanthropy$92kArts & Culture$84kEducation$84kReligion$45kHuman Services$43kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $90k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARY'S HEALTHCARE$25,000
NORTHVILLE FIREMAN'S ASSOCIATION$25,000
FULTON COUNTY NY PUBLIC SAFETY FDN$25,000
FOUNDATION OF FULTON-MONTGOMERY$15,000
JOHNSTOWN LITTLE LEAGUE INC$2,000
THE SALVATION ARMY OF GLOVERSVILLE$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%LIFE SAVERS MINISTRIES: $10k → 13%MOUNTAIN VALLEY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $6k → 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.
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$726k · 22 repeat orgs$131k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
23

Total granted

$726k
$131k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-41%
-1%

Still filing today

23%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • NF
    NORTHVILLE FIREMAN'S ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2018–2022 · $125k
  • SM
    ST MARY'S HEALTHCARE
    5× · 2018–2025 · $104k · revenue +12%
  • NF
    NORTHVILLE FIREMENS ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k

Funded once

  • NV
    NORTHVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • GL
    GLOVERSVILLE LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -70%
  • NP
    NORTHVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
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
Historical Society of Saratoga Springs

Preservation & maintenance collection

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2
Northern York County Historical & Preservation Society
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3
Fitchburg Historical Society

Museum and research library for history of fitchburg, massachusetts

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4
Fort Ann Historical Society
Education
5
Steuben County Historical Society

Collect, preserve, index and make available to the public historical records, documents, text materials etc of steuben county ny

—
6
Friends of the Saratoga Springs Public Library Inc

Support saratoga springs public library operations

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7
Milford Historical Society
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8
Middletown Historical Society State of Rhode Island

Historical preservation of places buildings parks and other middletown artifacts for the enjoyment of middletown citizens and other visitors to the town

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9
Walton Historical Society

Preserve the history of walton through preservation of documents photos genealogy artifacts. the society publishes of local history interets related to the history of walton ny

Unclassified
10
Middleburgh Fire Department

Fire protection and related safety services for the town of middleburgh, ny and surrounding areas

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11
Roseau County Historical Society

Operation of roseau county museum along with acquisition, maintenance, preservation, and display of other items of historic interest to the county of roseau

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12
Potter County Historical Society
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gloversville Library Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Parkhurst Field Foundation 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

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 45 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
6/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHVILLE FIREMAN'S ASSOCIATION: $125,000 · OtherNORTHVILLE FIREMAN'S ASSOCIATIONNORTHVILLE FIREMENS ASSOCIATION INC: $75,000 · OtherNORTHVILLE FIREMENS ASSOCIATION INCFOUNDATION OF FMCC: $60,000 · OtherFOUNDATION OF FMCCFULTON COUNTY NY PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION: $45,500 · OtherFULTON COUNTY NY PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATIONFOUNDATION OF FULTON-MONTGOMERY: $45,000 · OtherFOUNDATION OF FULTON-MONTGOMERYFOUNDATION OF FULTON-MONTGOMERY COMM: $30,000 · OtherST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF JOHNSTOWN: $30,000 · OtherFAMILY COUNSELING CENTER OF FULTON: $25,000 · OtherNORTHVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $22,000 · Other+26 more: $151,013 · Other+26 moreST MARY'S HEALTHCARE: $103,576 · HealthST MARY'S HEA…GLOVERSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $60,000 · EducationLIFE SAVER MINISTRIES INC: $9,500 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN VALLEY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesGLOVERSVILLE LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyPARKHURST FIELD FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE GLOVERSVILLE THEATRE CORP: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSACANDAGA VALLEY ARTS NETWORK LTD: $400 · Arts & CultureMECO VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC: $3,876 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$633,513Health$103,576Education$60,000Human Services$15,500Philanthropy$15,000Recreation & Sports$15,000Arts & Culture$10,400Public Safety & Disaster$3,876

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST MARY'S HEALTHCARE: $103,576 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLOVERSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $60,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCAROGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION and Museum: $20,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetFULTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPARKHURST FIELD FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE GLOVERSVILLE THEATRE CORP: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLIFE SAVER MINISTRIES INC: $9,500 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetMOUNTAIN VALLEY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetJOHNSTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,600 over 1y, 22% of budgetMECO VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC: $3,876 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFULMONT COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF ST MARY'S HEALTHCARE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSACANDAGA VALLEY ARTS NETWORK LTD: $400 over 1y, 0.8% 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 ST MARY'S HEALTHCARE ↗
  • Who funds GLOVERSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds CAROGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION and Museum ↗
  • Who funds GLOVERSVILLE LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FULTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PARKHURST FIELD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GLOVERSVILLE THEATRE CORP ↗
  • Who funds LIFE SAVER MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN VALLEY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNSTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MECO VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds FULMONT COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Argersinger Charitabl…Louis D Mauro Sr Char…Amazonsmile Foundation
Argersinger Charitable TrustNY20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Argersinger Charitable Trust · Louis D Mauro Sr Charitable Trust · 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 Frank E Perrella Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank E Perrella Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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 45 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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