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Nl Caruso Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Nl Caruso Family Foundation Inc

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.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$51kEducation$25kHousing & Shelter$20kHuman Services$14kFood & Nutrition$9kHealth$9kArts & Culture$3kCrime & Legal$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$231k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLGATE UNIVERSITY$5,000
IN MY FATHER'S KITCHEN$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
FRIENDS OF THE ELIOT SCHOOL$1,500
THE LORETTO FOUNDATION$1,000
ST LEONARD CHURCH$1,000
DANIEL G HOLLAND SCHOLARSHIP FUND$1,000
MGH$1,000
BUILD THE FAITH$1,000
GLOBAL GIVING$500
US YOUTH SOCCER$500
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%BOYS TOWN: $3k → 12%RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 14%BOYS TOWN: $3k → 12%RESCUE MISSION: $4k → 14%BOYS TOWN: $2k → 12%RESCUE MISSION: $4k → 14%RESCUE MISSION: $4k → 14%RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 14%RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 14%ROAD TO EMMAUS MINISTRY OF SYRACUSE: $1k → 14%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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$97k · 12 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$97k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+28%

Still filing today

25%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesReligionEducationArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • TR
    THE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE
    6× · 2017–2022 · $20k · revenue +57%
  • FF
    Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
    3× · 2020–2022 · $8k · revenue +26%
  • M
    MERCYWORKSINCORPORATED
    6× · 2017–2022 · $6k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • BC
    BOSTON COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $11k
  • HF
    HOLY FAMILY CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
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
Regina Angelorum Institute

Inspired by don boscos vision of the two pillarsatop which stood our lady on one pillar and the most holy eucharist on the otherthe goal of regina angelorum institute is to help souls come to know and love jesus, especially in the blessed…

Religion
2
Mission of Mercy
—
3
City Mission Society Inc

See schedule o description of our mission and vision.

Human Services
4
Free to Worship Ministries

This church will be that place of emergency where people can come any time of day or night. We will be a place that will lead people back to health both spiritually and naturally.

Religion
5
Samaritan's Purse

Samaritan's purse is a nondenominational evangelical christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. since 1970, samaritan's purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war,…

Religion
6
Message to All Nations Man

To reach out with the message of the gospel of jesus to the last, least, and the lost

Human Services
7
House of Mercy
Human Services
8
Acts Xxix - Mobilizing for Mission

We unleash the power of the gospel and equip ordained and lay leaders with the three essential principles for transformation in order to mobilize the Church for mission.

Religion
9
Global Faith Network
Human Services
10
Siena University

Siena university is a learning community advancing the ideals of a liberal arts education, rooted in its identity as a franciscan and catholic institution. as a learning community, siena is committed to a student-centered education…

Education
11
Newman University Inc

We are a catholic university named for saint john henry newman and founded by the adorers of the blood of christ for the purpose of empowering graduates to transform society. our core values (see schedule o for continuation)

Education
12
The Porch Ministries

Our ultimate mission at the porch is clear and simple: to raise up mighty sons of god who will carry the authority of the kingdom of heaven, and make jesus known in the earth. we desire to raise up men of god who will love his truth with…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse; the most unlike its peers is Ocular Melanoma 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

12 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. 12 of the 31 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)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARGARETS CHURCH: $30,250 · OtherST MARGARETS CHURCHBOSTON COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL: $11,100 · OtherBOSTON COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $8,500 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $6,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHOLY FAMILY CHURCH: $3,720 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,200 · Other+13 more: $14,400 · Other+13 moreTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIA…Father Flanagan's Boys' Home: $8,000 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' …ROAD TO EMMAUS MINISTRY OF SYRACUSE INC: $1,250 · Human ServicesMERCYWORKSINCORPORATED: $6,100 · EducationMERCYWORK…COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationCOLGATE U…IN MY FATHER'S KITCHEN INC: $2,500 · ReligionBUILD THE FAITH INC: $1,000 · Religion+1 more: $100 · ReligionFRONT ROW PLAYERS: $3,050 · Arts & CultureGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $500 · International
Other$86,520Human Services$29,250Education$11,100Religion$3,600Arts & Culture$3,050International$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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $20,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMERCYWORKSINCORPORATED: $6,100 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRONT ROW PLAYERS: $3,050 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetIN MY FATHER'S KITCHEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROAD TO EMMAUS MINISTRY OF SYRACUSE INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBUILD THE FAITH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE LORETTO FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOcular Melanoma Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $100 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.

  • Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE ↗
  • Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
  • Who funds MERCYWORKSINCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds COLGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FRONT ROW PLAYERS ↗
  • Who funds IN MY FATHER'S KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ROAD TO EMMAUS MINISTRY OF SYRACUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILD THE FAITH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LORETTO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Ocular Melanoma Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE ↗

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.

Central New York Comm…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Central New York Community Foundation IncNY15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · 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 Nl Caruso Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nl Caruso Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    1get no government money at all
    3report 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 31 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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