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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich Foundation at a glance

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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich Foundation

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.

$27k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$58kEducation$30kArts & Culture$21kFood & Nutrition$12kHealth$5kCrime & Legal$5kInternational$4k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE - USA$5,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$5,000
JS FUND FOR JESUIT EDUCATION$5,000
JACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION$5,000
ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE$5,000
PATH TO PEACE FOUNDATION$2,000
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 (FY18–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE: $5k → 17%ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE: $2k → 17%ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE: $2k → 17%NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN: $3k → 17%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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$68k · 7 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +113% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
14

Total granted

$68k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+113%
+28%

Still filing today

71%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TC
    THE CHILD CENTER OF NY INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $20k · revenue +86%
  • IW
    ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $8k · revenue +22%
  • FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY
    2× · 2017–2019 · $5k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • NI
    NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATIONINCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $13k · revenue +70%
  • CT
    COME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +109%
  • LU
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +24%
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
American-Italian Cancer Foundation

To support cancer research, education and early detection, (cont. on schedule o)emphasizing the unique resources of italy & usa, recognizing world-class scientific excellence in medicine.

Health
2
Center for Italian American Memoryfoundation Inc
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3
Foundation for Italian Art and Culture-

To spread italian culture in united states by organizing exhibitions, shows, displays of paitntings, sculptures and other visual arts in the united states and promoting the restoration of works of art in italy in order to preserve and…

Education
4
Italian American Forum Inc

The italian american forum, a network of business and community leaders, serves as the catalyst where ideas and views on issues can be exchanged while supporting worthwhile initiatives dedicated to promoting and preserving the italian and…

Arts & Culture
5
Istituto Italiano Scuola

To offer italian language classes and promote the italian culture in northern califorina and beyond

Arts & Culture
6
The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies

The institute's mission is to conduct research on key issues facing society to help both the church and society deal thoughtfully with the major issues they face globally. the institute also sponsors and conducts research and scholarship…

Religion
7
Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc

The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…

Health
8
Filitalia Foundation

To preserve the history and heritage of the italian-american community

Education
9
Lumen Christi Institute

To make the catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the culture of universities. to enrich academic communities at the university of chicago, across the nation, and the world with the insights of catholic thought. to dialogue with…

—
10
Centro Primo Levi Inc

The organization is committed to developing public programs, academic projects, and an international forum for italian judaism

Arts & Culture
11
Venetian Heritage Inc

The mission of venetian heritage is to encourage and support artistic and intellectual initiatives and cultural exchange between the u.s. and italy; to safeguard venetian cultural heritage as manifested in architecture, music and fine arts…

Arts & Culture
12
The City University of New York School of Law Foundation Inc

The foundation supports the law school in its mission to increase access to legal education to those from groups underrepresented in the profession and to prepare its graduates for public interest and public service practice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Italian American Foundationinc; the most unlike its peers is Lenity Project Inc. 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 24 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $22,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIESTHE CHILD CENTER OF NY INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE CHILD CENTER OF NY INCCOME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCOME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATIONLOYOLA SCHOOL: $6,000 · OtherLOYOLA SCHOOLJS FUND FOR JESUIT EDUCATION: $5,000 · OtherJS FUND FOR JESUIT EDUCATIONJESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE USA: $5,000 · OtherJESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE USAPATH TO PEACE FOUNDATION: $3,500 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $4,500 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITYST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 · Other+4 more: $3,000 · OtherNATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATIONINC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ITAL…COLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS CITI…ITALIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $750 · Arts & CultureITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $5,000 · EducationSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $2,500 · EducationCENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES INC: $1,000 · EducationJACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION THE: $5,000 · EmploymentLenity Project Inc: $5,000 · Crime & LegalSAVE VENICE INC: $5,000 · International
Other$83,000Arts & Culture$15,750Human Services$10,500Education$8,500Employment$5,000Crime & Legal$5,000International$5,000

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 budgetTHE CHILD CENTER OF NY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATIONINC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE INC: $8,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetJACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION THE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE VENICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPATH TO PEACE FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetITALIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMUEL WAXMAN CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $500 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.

The Francesco and Mar…Jewish Communal FundThe Riggio FoundationAl & Peggy Dematteis …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…
The Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation IncDE20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Riggio Foundation · Al & Peggy Dematteis Family Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Lidia Matticchio Bastianich Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lidia Matticchio Bastianich Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–60%
    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 24 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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