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Gasper & Irene Lazzara Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Gasper & Irene Lazzara Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$344kHealth$297kEducation$254kPhilanthropy$196kYouth Development$127kAnimals$81kHuman Services$37kPublic Benefit$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST PAUL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$5,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY18–22, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MISSION HOUSE: $4k → 14%MISSION HOUSE: $1k → 14%MISSION HOUSE: $500 → 14%EPISCOPAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $3k → 14%THE DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER: $5k → 14%THE DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER: $5k → 14%THE DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER: $5k → 14%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 40 repeat orgs$200k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 40 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
38

Total granted

$1.2M
$195k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+11%

Still filing today

35%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • JZ
    JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $75k · revenue +120%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $51k · revenue +111%
  • PB
    PLAYERS BY THE SEA INC
    4× · 2018–2023 · $45k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • NF
    NORTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +42%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • NC
    NEMOURS CHILDRENS SPECIALTY CARE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
2
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc

Inspired by jewish values, we protect the vulnerable, empower individuals and strengthen families. (continued on schedule o)

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3
Education Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc

The foundation is the nexus of palm beach county's public schools, the private sector, and the community. it facilitates student achievement by supporting high quality public education through partnership, grants, events and public…

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4
Florida Family Voice Inc

To protect and defend life, marriage, family and liberty through education, advocacy and empowerment.

Education
5
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
6
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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7
Disability Rights Florida Inc

Disability rights florida advocates, educates, investigates, and litigates to protect and advance the rights, dignity, equal opportunities, self-determination and choices for all people with disabilities.

Civil Rights
8
Community Foundation of North Florida Inc

To enhance the quality of life in the north florida community through the promotion and support of charitable giving.

Philanthropy
9
Jacksonville Public Education Fund Inc

Jpef activates community support, connects partners, and advances effective ideas for the success of allstudents.

Education
10
Florida Philanthropic Network Inc

As a statewide association of grantmakers, fpn builds philanthropy for a better florida. we do this through research and education, collaboration, and advancing public policy for the common good of all floridians.

Philanthropy
11
Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc

To champion a collaborative campaign to permanently connect, protect and restore the Florida Wildlife Corridor, a statewide network of lands and waters that supports wildlife and people. We combine conservation science with compelling…

Environment
12
Leadership Jacksonville Inc

Educate, connect and inspire diverse leaders to build and strengthen their communities.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation. 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

35 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. 35 of the 81 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLORIDA THEATRE: $163,000 · OtherFLORIDA THEATREUNITED WAY: $140,000 · OtherUNITED WAYUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $119,550 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDAST VINCENTS: $65,000 · OtherST VINCENTSCULTURAL COUNCIL: $51,200 · OtherCULTURAL COUNCILHOSPICE OF NE FLORIDA: $50,000 · Other+56 more: $350,220 · Other+56 moreMaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc: $123,000 · Recreation & SportsMaliVai W…UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $50,750 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $15,000 · EducationLibrary Foundation of Jacksonville Inc: $10,000 · EducationKIPP JACKSONVILLE INC: $10,000 · EducationCATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC: $4,000 · EducationPLAYERS BY THE SEA INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureFIRST COAST CULTURAL CENTER INC: $21,200 · Arts & CultureBEACHES FINE ARTS SERIES INC: $10,500 · Arts & CultureTHE JACKSONVILLE CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC: $3,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureJACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $75,000 · AnimalsJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $6,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $61,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $47,500 · PhilanthropyTHE JIM AND TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$938,970Recreation & Sports$123,000Education$89,750Arts & Culture$84,200Animals$81,000Health$61,500Philanthropy$51,500

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 budgetMaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc: $123,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetJACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $61,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $50,750 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $47,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYERS BY THE SEA INC: $45,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION INC: $25,250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFIRST COAST CULTURAL CENTER INC: $21,200 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDBWPC INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBEACHES FINE ARTS SERIES INC: $10,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetLibrary Foundation of Jacksonville Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetKIPP JACKSONVILLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVILLA LA PAZ: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMENS CENTER OF JACKSONVILLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMission House Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JACKSONVILLE CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JIM AND TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDenver Inner City Parish Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEPISCOPAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRENEWING DIGNITY: $1,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNETSANET MINISTRIES INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWJCT INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONIQUE BURR FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTASIS FOUNDATION INC: $750 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOACHES HONOR INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEACHES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $250 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 MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds PLAYERS BY THE SEA INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST COAST CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds DBWPC INC ↗
  • Who funds BEACHES FINE ARTS SERIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc ↗
  • Who funds KIPP JACKSONVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds VILLA LA PAZ ↗
  • Who funds JACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMENS CENTER OF JACKSONVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds Mission House 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.

The Community Foundat…Pga Tour IncJacksonville Jaguars …The Gate Foundation I…Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Publix Super Markets …The Maryellen S Willi…VyStar Credit UnionDubow Family Foundati…United Way of Northea…Jb Foundation IncThe Haskell Foundation
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida IncFL49.1× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Pga Tour Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · The Gate Foundation Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust · VyStar Credit Union · Dubow Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Northeast Florida Inc · Jb Foundation Inc · The Haskell 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 Gasper & Irene Lazzara Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gasper & Irene Lazzara Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • North Florida Land Trust Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Episcopal Children's Services Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Womens Center of Jacksonville Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Dbwpc Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Kipp Jacksonville Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Cathedral Arts Project Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 81 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home