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Mary Lloyd Ferrucci & Charles Ferrucci Jr Family Foundation at a glance

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Mary Lloyd Ferrucci & Charles Ferrucci Jr 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$100kEducation$7kArts & Culture$6kHealth$5kAnimals$3kInternational$3kEnvironment$2kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
14
States reached
$219k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Smile Train$2,000
Weslyan University$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,500
Bushnell Center for Proforming Arts$1,500
Hartford Stage$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Fairfield University$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Doctors Without Borders$1,000
Gateway Community College Foundation$500
New Britain Art Museum$500
Individual grant recipient$300
ACLU$300
Obama Foundation$250
National Parks Conserv Assoc$250
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 (FY24–25, $550) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%Boys Town: $150 → 12%Guiding Eyes for the Blind: $150 → 9%Boys Town: $100 → 12%Guiding Eyes: $150 → 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
IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
NE
VA
MD
TN
DC
AL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Mary Lloyd Ferrucci & Charles Ferrucci Jr Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 89% of the giving stays in CT; by stated purpose, 81%.

Mary Lloyd Ferrucci & Charles Ferrucci Jr Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28k · 34 repeat orgs$110k to everyone else

34 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
10

Total granted

$28k
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+0%

Still filing today

59%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
AnimalsArts & CultureInternationalHealthEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SMILE TRAIN INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue +22%
  • HS
    HARTFORD STAGE COMPANY INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue +68%
  • Fairfield University
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • NB
    North Branford Land Cons Trust
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • TS
    The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue +0%
  • DF
    Dana Farber
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
2
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
6
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
7
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
8
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
9
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
12
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 53 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
14/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

North Branford Land Cons Trust: $100,000 · OtherNorth Branford Land Cons Trust+31 more: $20,625 · Other+31 moreWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · EducationFairfield University: $2,000 · EducationHARTFORD STAGE COMPANY INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $500 · Arts & CultureVERMONT PUBLIC CO: $225 · Arts & CultureREAL ART WAYS INC: $150 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $400 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $375 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $250 · InternationalCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $400 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $300 · AnimalsLITTLE LONGEARS MINI DONKEY RESCUE INC: $300 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $200 · AnimalsPROTECTORS OF ANIMALS INC: $200 · AnimalsThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $400 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $150 · HealthGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $300 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $250 · Human Services
Other$120,625Education$6,000Arts & Culture$3,375International$3,025Animals$2,400Health$1,550Human Services$550

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 budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARTFORD STAGE COMPANY INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFairfield University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $375 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST FARMINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE LONGEARS MINI DONKEY RESCUE INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT PUBLIC CO: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROTECTORS OF ANIMALS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREAL ART WAYS INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $150 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.

Aetna Foundation IncJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Aetna Foundation IncCT16.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Mary Lloyd Ferrucci & Charles Ferrucci Jr Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary Lloyd Ferrucci & Charles Ferrucci Jr Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Real Art Ways Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Hartford Stage Company Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
  • Vermont Public Co: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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 · 0–40%
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.

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 53 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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