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Massimo and Chiara Ferragamo Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$85k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$60k
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, FY2018 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$1.8MEducation$502kHealth$265kReligion$40kPhilanthropy$5kEnvironment$1kInternational$288
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$59,539
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ITALIAN AMERICAN CANCER FOUNDATION$59,539
FOUNDATION FOR ITALIAN ART AND CULTURE$25,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Trustees of Deerfield Academy: $55k → 14%Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc: $1k → 9%Teaching Matters Inc: $3k → 17%Taos Community Foundation: $5k → 18%The Catholic University of America: $10k → 14%Save the Children Federation Inc: $288 → 9%Trustees of Deerfield Academy: $30k → 14%Millbrook School: $1k → 9%Teaching Matters Inc: $1k → 17%Georgetown University: $50k → 14%Friends of San Patrigano: $40k → 17%Georgetown University: $50k → 14%Columbus Citizens Foundation: $125k → 17%Georgetown University: $50k → 14%American Italian Cancer Foundation: $80k → 17%ITALIAN AMERICAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $60k → 17%American Italian Cancer Foundation: $55k → 17%American-Italian Cancer Foundation: $40k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR ITALIAN ART AND CULTURE: $25k → 17%Foundation for Italian Art & Culture: $25k → 17%Foundation for Italian Art & Culture: $25k → 17%Foundation for Italian Art and Culture: $25k → 17%Foundation for Italian Art & Culture: $25k → 17%American-Italian Cancer Foundation: $25k → 17%Saint David's School: $252k → 17%The Statute of Liberty- Ellis Island Foundation: $1.0M → 17%The Statute of Liberty- Ellis Island Foundation: $500k → 17%The Statute of Liberty- Ellis Island Foundation: $25k → 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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 6 repeat orgs$494k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$2.1M
$434k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+16%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentInternationalCrime & 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

  • SO
    STATUE OF LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $1.6M · revenue +8%
  • AC
    AMERICAN-ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2021 · $200k · revenue +62%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $150k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • SD
    SAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $252k · revenue +16%
  • CC
    COLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $125k · revenue +48%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF SAN PATRIGNANO INC
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue -7%
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
St Francis College

St. francis college is an independent, coeducational institution of higher education chartered by an act of the regents of the university of the state of new york on april 10, 1957.

Education
2
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
3
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
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
5
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
7
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
8
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

—
9
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
10
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
11
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

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 Trustees of Deerfield Academy; the most unlike its peers is Friends of San Patrignano 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

14 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. 14 of the 16 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STATUE OF LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $1,555,000 · Arts & CultureSTATUE OF LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION INCCOLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INCGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVE…FOUNDATION FOR ITALIAN ART AND CULTURE-: $125,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR I…TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY: $85,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF DEER…+3 more: $14,500 · EducationSAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL: $252,000 · OtherSAINT DAVID'S…ITALIAN AMERICAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $59,539 · OtherITALIAN AMERI…+1 more: $5,000 · OtherAMERICAN-ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $200,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF SAN PATRIGNANO INC: $40,000 · Crime & LegalTHE TAOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentSave The Children Federation Inc: $288 · International
Arts & Culture$1,680,000Education$374,500Other$316,539Health$200,000Crime & Legal$40,000Philanthropy$5,000Environment$1,000International$288

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 budgetSTATUE OF LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $1,555,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetSAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL: $252,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN-ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ITALIAN ART AND CULTURE-: $125,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetCOLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF SAN PATRIGNANO INC: $40,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEACHING MATTERS INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILLBROOK SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $288 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 Alexander Bodini …The Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Jewish Communal FundMorgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Alexander Bodini FoundationNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Alexander Bodini Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Massimo and Chiara Ferragamo Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Massimo and Chiara Ferragamo Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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.
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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.

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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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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