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John H Ramistella Foundation for the Performing Arts

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$26kEducation$9kInternational$7kPublic Benefit$7kHuman Services$5kHousing & Shelter$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$300
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$18k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$2,500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$2,000
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$2,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$1,500
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA$1,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,000
SMILE TRAIN$1,000
DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUND$1,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$500
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS$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 (FY20–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $700 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $300 → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $200 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
NY
CA
MO
MD
TN
NC
DC
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$52k · 14 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
3

Total granted

$52k
$600

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+3%

Still filing today

79%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitEducationInternationalReligionOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $9k · revenue +78%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $9k · revenue +392%
  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN
    4× · 2020–2023 · $6k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • BS
    BIG SKY FIRE DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2021 · $300
  • PF
    PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS
    one grant, 2021 · $200 · revenue +3%
  • BH
    BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $100
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
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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2
Homes for Veterans a Nj Non Profit Corporation

Our mission is to provide a holistic approach to support veterans with disabilities by removing barriers in every aspect of their lives. this includes funding customized, barrier-free home modificationssuch as wheelchair-accessible…

Housing & Shelter
3
Head Strong Project Inc

The head strong project (headstrong) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 that provides barrier-free, stigma-free ptsd treatment to veterans, transitioning service members, and family members connected to their care.

Health
4
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
5
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc

The tragedy assistance program for survivors (taps) is america's national nonprofit organization that has cared for the loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes since 1994. taps ensures these living legacies of service and sacrifice do not…

Health
6
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
7
Special Ops Survivors

Special ops survivors advances the mission "to embrace and empower surviving spouses of fallen special operations heroes to build healthy post-loss futures as they transition and rebuild their new lives." the foundation provides programs…

Human Services
8
Veterans Inc

Veterans inc.'s mission is to end homelessness among veterans by helping veterans regain control of their lives. we believe that all veterans have earned respect and gratitude from our nation. this belief is translated into the philosophy…

Community Improvement
9
CJ3 Foundation

Cj3 foundation provides services, support, and advocacy to united states military service members, veterans/disabled veterans, law enforcement, and emergency responders who need/require assistance, and then connecting them with resources…

Human Services
10
Lead the Way Fund Inc

Army ranger lead the way fund is an active duty, casualty assistance, recovery, transition and veterans organization that provides financial support to u.s. army rangers and the families of those who have died, have been disabled or who…

Human Services
11
St Lukes Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals

We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time.

Health
12
American Bible Society

Since 1816, american bible society has been fulfilling its mission of making the bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford so all people may experience its life-changing message.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Paws for Purple Hearts. 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

12 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. 12 of the 18 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL IN…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $5,500 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $4,200 · HealthPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICASMILE TRAIN INC: $4,200 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INCVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: $2,100 · OtherVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARSSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CH…CEDARS-SINAI HOSPITAL: $1,200 · OtherCEDARS-SINAI HOSPITALINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $1,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $600 · Other+2 more: $400 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $8,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TU…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,700 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WA…THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $500 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIG…DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $4,200 · Public BenefitDISABLED …PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $200 · Public BenefitMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,800 · InternationalSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,000 · Religion
Health$18,700Other$11,500Education$8,500Human Services$5,200Public Benefit$4,400International$3,800Religion$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $4,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $4,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $4,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $200 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 ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MIDNIGHT MISSION ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization John H Ramistella Foundation for the Performing Arts funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John H Ramistella Foundation for the Performing Arts. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 18 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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