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Giordano 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.

$69k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Arts & Culture$91kEducation$42kHealth$32kRecreation & Sports$28kHuman Services$27kHousing & Shelter$21kReligion$10kEnvironment$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$506k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ISLAND AUTISM$10,000
YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION$10,000
JACKSON BAPTIST CHURCH$10,000
WHEELS AND KEELS FOUNDATION$5,000
VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST$5,000
QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES$5,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD HOSPITAL$5,000
SAIL MARTHA'S VINEYARD$5,000
THE VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST$5,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - INDIAN RIVER COUNTY$5,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED$1,000
MC KEE BOTANICAL GARDEN$1,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP$500
Individual grant recipient$500
EDGARTOWN PATROLMAN ASSOCIATION$500
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 (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%WINDMARK SAILING FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$210k · 11 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
13

Total granted

$210k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
-3%

Still filing today

73%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $83k · revenue +79%
  • WU
    WIDENER UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2022 · $40k · revenue +34%
  • QV
    QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • YO
    YMCA of Martha's Vineyard Incgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +214%
  • SM
    SHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -63%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +412%
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
Marco Island Yacht Club Inc

To bind its members together by a common objective to provide leisure and recreation.

Recreation & Sports
2
Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc

The martha's vineyard community foundation, inc., successor to the permanent endowment fund for martha's vineyard, the island's community foundation, puts charitable contributions to work for the people of martha's vineyard by making…

Philanthropy
3
Martha's Vineyard Fishermen's Preservation Trust Inc

Safeguarding martha's vineyard's fishing heritage and future by supporting the island's small-boat owner-operated fishing fleets and their sustainably harvested catch.

Environment
4
Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha's Vineyard

The permanent endowment fund for martha's vineyard, the island's community foundation, puts charitable contributions to work for the people of martha's vineyard by makig grants that address community needs, funding scholarships for island…

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5
Marco Island Community Parks Foundation Inc

The foundation is organized to raise funds for various purposes for the city parks of the city of marco island, florida, including city parks maintenance, capital improvements and technological and safety enhancements, and those other…

Recreation & Sports
6
V G C Foundation Inc

The purpose of the foundation is to collect and distribute donations for charitable purposes on the island of martha's vineyard.

Philanthropy
7
Marine Industries Association of Collier County Foundation Inc

The Foundation is organized to develop, produce, and support programs relating to recreational boating and our marine environment.

Philanthropy
8
Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Inc

The martha's vineyard agricultural society supports a resilient and sustainable agricultural community on martha's vineyard. we do this by:- offering services, education, marketing, and technical support for farmers and farmworkers on the…

Recreation & Sports
9
Winous Point Marsh Conservancy

To assure the protection and stewardship of one of ohio's largest wetlands; to facilitate wetland conservation and restoration efforts in the more than 15,000 acres contiguous to and including the conservancy property; to increase research…

Environment
10
Massachusetts Land Conservation Trust

Conservation and preservation of land.

Environment
11
Oyster Bay Yacht Club Inc

To own and operate a private club for the recreation, pleasure and benefit of club members, their families and guests.

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12
Island Housing Trust Corporation

To own and lease land for the purpose of developing, building and maintaining affordable housing on martha's vineyard, massachusetts.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sheriff's Meadow Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Somerset County Park 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

18 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. 18 of the 32 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $82,500 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST I…SAIL MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $7,550 · Arts & CultureSAIL MARTHA'S VINEYARD INCISLAND AUTISM: $20,000 · OtherISLAND AUTISMIndian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc: $15,000 · OtherIndian River County Habitat for Hum…YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherYOUTH SAILING FOUNDATIONJACKSON BAPTIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherJACKSON BAPTIST CHURCHST JUDE'S CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $6,000 · OtherST JUDE'S CHILDRENS HOSPITALEDGARTOWN YC FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherEDGARTOWN YC FOUNDATIONHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $5,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - INDIAN RIVER…MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $5,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED+10 more: $8,500 · Other+10 moreWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationWIDENER UNIVERSIT…+2 more: $1,928 · EducationWHEELS & KEELS FOUNDATION INC: $16,250 · Human ServicesWINDMARK SAILING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesQUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyYMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EnvironmentMCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimited Inc: $1,000 · EnvironmentMARTHA'S VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP INC: $2,000 · AnimalsDOGS FOR LIFE INC: $500 · Animals
Arts & Culture$90,050Other$84,500Education$41,928Human Services$17,250Philanthropy$15,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Environment$7,000Animals$2,500

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 budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $82,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHEELS & KEELS FOUNDATION INC: $16,250 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetQUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetIndian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAIL MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $7,550 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSomerset County Park Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINDMARK SAILING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MOORINGS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 200 CLUB OF SOMERSET COUNTY: $928 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEDGARTOWN PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION I: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDOGS FOR LIFE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Cutler Stephens Found…The Bessemer Giving F…Hoerle Foundation IncMartha's Vineyard Com…Martha's Vineyard Ban…The Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Cutler Stephens FoundationMA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cutler Stephens Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Hoerle Foundation Inc · Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc · Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Giordano Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Giordano Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Sail Martha's Vineyard Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
3report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Giordano Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Giordano Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 32 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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