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Lorenzini Family Foundation at a glance

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Lorenzini Family 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$827k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$3.5MPublic Benefit$840kPhilanthropy$810kRecreation & Sports$780kCommunity Improvement$450kCrime & Legal$201kHuman Services$98kHealth$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $320k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$125,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$827,000
THE DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION$250,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$125,000
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION$100,000
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION$94,903
THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SE$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $420k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BROOKLYN BRIDGE FENCING FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 20%MERCER ISLAND YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%COMMUNITY CREDIT LAB: $300k → 9%THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SE: $10k → 9%THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SE: $10k → 9%THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SE: $10k → 9%THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SE: $10k → 9%THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SE: $5k → 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

WA
ID
MT
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
NC
DC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 9 repeat orgs$821k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
12

Total granted

$5.6M
$821k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
-8%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyCivil RightsInternationalRecreation & 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

  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +44%
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +1%
  • DR
    DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $750k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • CC
    COMMUNITY CREDIT LAB
    one grant, 2022 · $300k · revenue -81%
  • US
    UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $195k
  • CF
    COMMON FUTURE
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +9%
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 Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
International Women's Forum Inc

The mission of the international women's forum is to advance women's leadership worldwide. iwf takes direct action to achieve our mission in three important ways. connect: our convenings provide networking and cutting-edge content…

Education
4
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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5
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
6
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
7
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
10
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
11
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
12
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tides Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Brooklyn Bridge Fencing 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

22 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. 22 of the 25 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $2,132,500 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITYDUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,020,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $250,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology+1 more: $50,000 · EducationDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $750,000 · PhilanthropyDRAPER RICHAR…YELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $750,000 · Civil RightsTHE VOTER PA…UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $584,903 · Recreation & SportsUNITED ST…COMMUNITY CREDIT LAB: $300,000 · Human ServicesBROOKLYN BRIDGE FENCING FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $45,000 · Human ServicesMERCER ISLAND YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $195,000 · OtherPRADER-WILLI SYNDROME ASSOCIATION (USA): $57,000 · OtherCOMMON FUTURE: $150,000 · OtherCAUZE CHARITABLE FUND: $90,000 · Other+5 more: $38,400 · OtherEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS: $201,000 · Crime & Legal
Education$3,452,500Philanthropy$810,000Civil Rights$750,000Recreation & Sports$584,903Human Services$422,500Other$530,400Crime & Legal$201,000

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 budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $2,132,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,020,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $750,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $750,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $584,903 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY CREDIT LAB: $300,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS: $201,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMON FUTURE: $150,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCAUZE CHARITABLE FUND: $90,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetPRADER-WILLI SYNDROME ASSOCIATION (USA): $57,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBROOKLYN BRIDGE FENCING FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 73% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMERCER ISLAND YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKiran Anjali Project: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetREWILD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $2,500 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Seattle FoundationImpactassetsincAmerican Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA13× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Impactassetsinc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–40%
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 Lorenzini Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lorenzini 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 25 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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