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Grano Family Foundation at a glance

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Grano Family Foundation

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.

$89k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$270kCrime & Legal$185kEducation$100kArts & Culture$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kInternational$10kAnimals$10kHuman Services$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
$4,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$694k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEAD INC$25,000
PROMISE PROJECT INC$25,000
HARDING TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT$10,000
CENTO AMICI$6,000
NEW VERNON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$5,000
FOUNDATION FOR MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER$5,000
ELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC$4,000
CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL$2,859
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$2,500
WARREN HONORARY PBA LOCAL 235$1,000
SHRINER'S HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$1,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$1,000
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 (FY22–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
IL
NY
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
TX
FL
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$489k · 11 repeat orgs$152k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
31

Total granted

$489k
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
0%

Still filing today

82%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
HealthEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • LI
    LEAD INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $155k · revenue ×18
  • FF
    Foundation for Morristown Medical Center
    5× · 2021–2025 · $23k · revenue +32%
  • EI
    ELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $16k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LEAD PROGRAM INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -2%
  • MC
    MT CARMEL HOLY ROSARY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
12
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Green Beret Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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 46 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
19/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROMISE PROJECT INC: $210,000 · OtherPROMISE PROJECT INCHARDING TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT: $30,000 · OtherHARDING TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENTTHE LEAD PROGRAM INC: $25,000 · OtherTHE LEAD PROGRAM INCELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC: $16,000 · OtherNEW VERNON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $15,000 · Other+18 more: $61,000 · Other+18 moreLEAD INC: $155,000 · HealthLEAD INCFoundation for Morristown Medical Center: $23,000 · HealthFoundation for Morristown Medical Ce…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $20,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK IN…+3 more: $12,000 · Health+3 moreCENTO AMICI: $22,000 · EducationCENTO AMI…MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationMARINE CO…Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $5,000 · EducationChildren …RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationRUTGERS U…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,500 · EducationSTEPHEN S…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $4,500 · EducationTHE TRUST…FRIENDS OF KEMMERER LIBRARY INC: $2,000 · EducationPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $6,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $509 · PhilanthropyTHE KILHAM BEAR CENTER INC: $4,000 · AnimalsCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $2,500 · AnimalsGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $1,000 · AnimalsALL SEATED IN A BARN: $1,000 · AnimalsChildren International: $4,065 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 · InternationalFeeding America: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$357,000Health$210,000Education$53,000Philanthropy$11,509Animals$8,500International$5,065Food & Nutrition$5,000

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 budgetLEAD INC: $155,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetFoundation for Morristown Medical Center: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTO AMICI: $22,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNEW VERNON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOMORROW'S HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 30 DAY FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren International: $4,065 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KILHAM BEAR CENTER INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHORSES N HEROES OF MARION COUNTY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF KEMMERER LIBRARY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PATERSON INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL SEATED IN A BARN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCSC REPERTORY LTD D/B/A CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $509 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Communal FundNY10.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Grano Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grano Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Lead Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 46 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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