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Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$195k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2024
25
Organizations funded FY2023
32%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 26
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$3.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureAnimalsCivil RightsEnvironmentRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving18$195k6%
FY202325$159k32%
FY202226$185k42%
FY202112$173k25%
FY202023$206kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$324kEducation$167kReligion$105kRecreation & Sports$85kArts & Culture$66kFood & Nutrition$64kCivil Rights$40kHuman Services$21kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Memorial Foundation of Allen Hospital$150,00051%
Cedar Valley Catholic Schools$114,0005n/a
Little Warrior Foundation Inc$80,000319%
Friends of Cedar Valley Sports and Entertainment Commission$80,0004n/a
One Iowa$40,00033%
Northeast Iowa Food Bank$33,50050%
Friends of Ncc Charitable Trust$30,00054%
Cedar Falls Community Theatre Inc$19,00034%
State University of Iowa Foundation$18,00030%
Door County Land Trust Inc$10,00010%
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All grantees of Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Memorial Foundation of Allen Hospital$150,00051%
Cedar Valley Catholic Schools$114,0005n/a
Little Warrior Foundation Inc$80,000319%
Friends of Cedar Valley Sports and Entertainment Commission$80,0004n/a
One Iowa$40,00033%
Northeast Iowa Food Bank$33,50050%
Friends of Ncc Charitable Trust$30,00054%
Cedar Falls Community Theatre Inc$19,00034%
State University of Iowa Foundation$18,00030%
Door County Land Trust Inc$10,00010%
Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Gardens$9,00042%
Nami Black Hawk County$5,00015%
Waterloo Youth Hockey Association$5,00011%
Cedar Valley United Way$5,00010%
Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity$4,50050%
House of Hope$4,50021%
Cedar Valley Hospice Inc$3,25030%
Minnetonka Center for the Arts$3,00010%
Family & Children's Council of Black Hawk County$2,50011%
First Baptist Church$2,5001n/a
North Star Community Services Inc$2,50010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Cedar Valley$1,75030%
Grout Museum Inc$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$25010%
Calvin Community$25010%
Cedar Bend Humane Society$25010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$25010%
Fur Fun Rescue$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($292k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMemorial Foundation of Allen Hospital: $150,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetLittle Warrior Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetOne Iowa: $40,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetNortheast Iowa Food Bank: $33,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Ncc Charitable Trust: $30,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetCedar Falls Community Theatre Inc: $19,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetState University of Iowa Foundation: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDoor County Land Trust Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Gardens: $9,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetNami Black Hawk County: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetWaterloo Youth Hockey Association: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCedar Valley United Way: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of Hope: $4,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCedar Valley Hospice Inc: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMinnetonka Center for the Arts: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFamily & Children's Council of Black Hawk County: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNorth Star Community Services Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of the Cedar Valley: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGrout Museum Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalvin Community: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCedar Bend Humane Society: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFur Fun Rescue: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 25.

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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.

Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable FoundationIA32.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation · Lsb Foundation · Black Hawk County Gaming Association · The Gallagher Family Foundation · Otto Schoitz Foundation · Duroe Family Foundation · Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust · Van G Miller Family Charitable Foundation · The Braun Family Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Veridian Credit Union · Trustage 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.

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About Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation

How much does Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation give?
Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $195,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (35%), Education (18%), Religion (11%).
Who are Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Memorial Foundation of Allen Hospital ($150k), Cedar Valley Catholic Schools ($114k), Little Warrior Foundation Inc ($80k).
Does Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation, Lsb Foundation, Black Hawk County Gaming Association.
Where is Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation based?
Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation is based in IA.

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 46 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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