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Iacocca Family Foundation at a glance

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Iacocca Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$800k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$5.6MEducation$3.4MPhilanthropy$2.8MInternational$163kScience & Tech$45kYouth Development$37kReligion$33kHuman Services$21kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.7M
$364,787
Median grant
5
States reached
$59M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$800,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$500,000
HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$364,787
NATIONAL STUTTERING ASSOCIATION$2,500
GRANTMAKERS IN HEALTH$845
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 (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%LOVE YOUR BRAIN FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 9%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

VT
NH
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
DE
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.6M · 19 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
47

Total granted

$8.6M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+65%

Still filing today

42%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $845 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationPhilanthropyReligionRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2.6M · revenue +42%
  • HH
    HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +300%
  • PA
    President and Fellows of Middlebury College
    2× · 2017–2019 · $71k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE IACOCCA FAMILY FOUNDATION DONOR-ADVISED FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $500k
  • BA
    Brewster Academygraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +34%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
    one grant, 2017 · $79k
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
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
2
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
3
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
4
Dominican University of California

Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.

Education
5
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
6
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
7
Stony Brook Ophthalmology 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
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
9
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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10
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
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hoag Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Texas Christian University. 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

31 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. 31 of the 70 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
27/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $2,899,650 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALTHE IACOCCA FAMILY FOUNDATION DONOR-ADVISED FUND: $500,000 · OtherTHE IACOCCA FAMILY FOUNDATION DONOR-ADVIS…LEHIGH UNIVERSITY GLOBAL VILLAGE: $213,000 · Other+46 more: $801,117 · Other+46 moreLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $2,587,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITYBrewster Academy: $250,000 · EducationBrewster Academy+5 more: $108,500 · EducationHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,400,787 · HealthHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATI…+6 more: $64,500 · HealthFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,300,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS …PLANET HOPE: $17,500 · PhilanthropyTHE PROMISES FOUNDATION ATTN BRYAN MOELLER CHAIRMAN: $11,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $1,845 · PhilanthropyZOE INTERNATIONAL: $16,500 · ReligionMIRACLES FOR KIDS INC: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$4,413,767Education$2,945,500Health$2,465,287Community Improvement$2,300,000Philanthropy$30,345Religion$16,500Recreation & Sports$10,000

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 budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $2,587,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,400,787 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,300,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBrewster Academy: $250,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $71,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $27,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPLANET HOPE: $17,500 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetZOE INTERNATIONAL: $16,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Stuttering Association: $15,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLES FOR KIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF ORANGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANYON CLUB INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNASHOBA LEARNING GROUP INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CAMPS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN WAYNE CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOVE YOUR BRAIN FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP SHELTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRANTMAKERS IN HEALTH: $845 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 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds Brewster Academy ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Middlebury College ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL TEEN CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds THE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS ↗
  • Who funds PLANET HOPE ↗
  • Who funds ZOE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds National Stuttering Association ↗
  • Who funds CHOC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PROMISES FOUNDATION ATTN BRYAN MOELLER CHAIRMAN ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLES FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…National Philanthropi…California Community …Renaissance Charitabl…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · California Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Iacocca Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Iacocca Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Nashoba Learning Group Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–25%
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 Iacocca Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Iacocca Family Foundation 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 70 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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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