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National Italian American Foundationinc

The national italian american foundation (niaf) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational foundation that promotes italian american culture and heritage.

$970k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$136kHuman Services$47kEducation$45kPublic Benefit$10kReligion$7k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $105,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $969,854 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $864,354 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $92k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LA SCUOLA D'ITALIA GUGLIELMO MARCONI$25,000
ITALIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES$15,000
COLLEGE LIFE ITALIA LLC DBA ROME CITY INSTITUTE$12,000
ARLINGTON MUSEUM OF ART$10,000
ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE$10,000
NEW YORK COUNCIL NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES DBA USS JOHN BASILONE$10,000
J ALEXANDER PRODUCTIONS$10,000
ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL$7,500
FRIENDS OF THE JOHN D CALANDRA INSTITUTE$6,000
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 (FY23–24, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%CHILD HELP: $27k → 11%ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE: $10k → 17%ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
MO
MD
DE
AZ
DC
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $541k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region, $512k to organizations and $29k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$541k · 100% · 7 grants · 2 people

Stated purpose: GRANT TO PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DI POMPEII FOR EXCAVATIONS · GRANT FOR "OPERA FOR YOUR SOUL: A SERENADE AT SUNSET" · 2024 NIAF/DE LAURENTIIS FILM PRIZES PROGRAM GRANT

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
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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 15% of National Italian American Foundationinc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 8% of the giving stays in DC; by stated purpose, 4%.

National Italian American Foundationinclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.0% directed abroad (not shown)
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 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
Center for Italian American Memoryfoundation Inc
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2
Pirandello Lyceum Inc

Lectures and events on italian culture

Arts & Culture
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
American Association of Teachers of Italian

The interest of teachers of the italian language

Education
5
Magazzino Italian Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
6
Museo Italoamericano

To research, collect, and display works of italian and italian-american artists, and to promote educational programs for the appreciation of italian art and culture, thereby preserving the heritages of italian-americans for future…

Arts & Culture
7
Istituto Italiano Scuola

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

Arts & Culture
8
Filitalia Foundation

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

Education
9
Bel Canto Institute Inc

To perpetuate, teach and keep alive style and tradition in the 19th and 20th century italian opera.

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10
American Friends of Italian Jewry Inc
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11
The Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums

None

Education
12
Italian American Cultural Society

To plan, promote, and carry on charitable, educational, and cultural activities which will best serve the welfare of the community at large.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sons of Italy Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Arlington Museum of Art Inc. 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/26
Grantees still filing
11/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF THE JOHN D CALANDRA ITALIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE: $12,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE JOHN D CALANDRA ITALI…COLLEGE LIFE ITALIA LLC DBA ROME CITY INSTITUTE: $12,000 · OtherCOLLEGE LIFE ITALIA LLC DBA ROME CIT…AMC PRODUCTIONS: $10,000 · OtherAMC PRODUCTIONSSONS OF ITALY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherSONS OF ITALY FOUNDATIONJ ALEXANDER PRODUCTIONS: $10,000 · OtherJ ALEXANDER PRODUCTIONSIl Circolo Inc: $10,000 · OtherIl Circolo IncITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF ST LOUIS: $7,500 · OtherITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF ST LOUISROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $7,500 · OtherROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYSTHE HISTORIC ITALIAN HALL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HISTORIC ITALIAN HALL FOUN…COLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION I…Arlington Museum of Art Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureArlington Museum of Art IncTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ARTINTERNATIONAL FRIENDS VERDERAME INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL FRIENDS VERDERAM…NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCH ASSN OF WASHINGTON DC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCH ASSN OF…CHILDHELP INC: $27,175 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INCITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesITALIAN WELFARE LEAGU…LA SCUOLA D ITALIA-GUGLIELMO MARCONI: $25,000 · EducationLA SCUOLA D…NEW YORK COUNCIL NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitMID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFISHERMANS FEAST OF BOSTON INC: $6,500 · Religion
Other$79,000Arts & Culture$66,000Human Services$47,175Education$25,000Public Benefit$10,000Philanthropy$10,000Religion$6,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILDHELP INC: $27,175 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLA SCUOLA D ITALIA-GUGLIELMO MARCONI: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetTHE HISTORIC ITALIAN HALL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE JOHN D CALANDRA ITALIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE: $12,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetCOLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSONS OF ITALY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNEW YORK COUNCIL NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetArlington Museum of Art Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FRIENDS VERDERAME INC: $10,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetIl Circolo Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetMID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCH ASSN OF WASHINGTON DC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFISHERMANS FEAST OF BOSTON INC: $6,500 over 2y, 6.9% 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.

Columbus Citizens Fou…Jewish Communal FundMorgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Columbus Citizens Foundation IncNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Citizens Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 National Italian American Foundationinc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Italian American Foundationinc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 20 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 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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