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Nonna's Garden

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.

$11M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2024
24
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$4,000,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 86
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$73M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Nonna's Garden funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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 arriving22$9.1M32%
FY202324$8.0M50%
FY202215$6.2M20%
FY202186$9.2M87%
FY202018$1.9M50%
FY201913$1.6M31%
FY201813$1.1M31%
FY201713$746kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$28MEducation$14MReligion$1.8MHuman Services$789kAnimals$468kPhilanthropy$375kMembership Benefit$202kRecreation & Sports$149kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Holy Cross High School of Bayside$2,225,0008n/a
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$2,000,00011%
St John's University New York$1,650,00040%
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc$400,00020%
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption$365,40064%
Fordham University$250,00040%
American Cancer Society Inc$175,00020%
Cure Childhood Cancer Inc$175,00022%
Variety Child Learning Center$145,00051%
Foundation for Foster Children Inc$100,00023%
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All grantees of Nonna's Garden by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Holy Cross High School of Bayside$2,225,0008n/a
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$2,000,00011%
St John's University New York$1,650,00040%
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc$400,00020%
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption$365,40064%
Fordham University$250,00040%
American Cancer Society Inc$175,00020%
Cure Childhood Cancer Inc$175,00022%
Variety Child Learning Center$145,00051%
Foundation for Foster Children Inc$100,00023%
MountainCare Inc$100,00013%
PKD Foundation$100,00011%
The Philip Morgan Foundation Inc$100,000190%
Archdiocese for the Military Services USA$100,0001n/a
National Ability Center$75,00011%
International School of Learners and Leaders$75,00012%
Woodward Academy Inc$50,00010%
National Museum of Racing Inc$50,00011%
Eric Ayala Memorial Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
Upward Christian Fellowship Inc$50,0001n/a
Open Eyes Inc$50,0001n/a
Earthjustice$50,00010%
Tomorrow's Hope Foundation Inc$50,000364%
NAMI National$40,00010%
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare$35,0001n/a
American Liver Foundation$35,00011%
Island Harvest Ltd$35,00030%
Second Chance Rescue Inc$35,00021%
Hospice of the Calumet Area Inc$35,00011%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$35,00010%
The Umbrella Club Inc$35,00018%
Gonzaga College High School$33,0001n/a
Colon Cancer Coalition Inc$30,00012%
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence$30,00014%
Zero Prostate Cancer$30,00010%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$30,00010%
Lift Disability Network Inc$25,00014%
Peace House Inc$25,00011%
Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc$25,00010%
Together We Rise$20,00010%
York Street Project$20,00010%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$20,00010%
All-In to Fight Cancer$20,000162%
Experience Camps$20,00020%
One Simple Wish Inc$20,00011%
Orbit Theatrical Inc$20,00018%
The 11th Hour Animal Rescue Inc T/A Eleventh Hour Animal Rescue$17,50011%
Mutty Paws Rescue$17,50019%
Pawtcake Refuge Inc$17,50012%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$16,00020%
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly$15,00010%
Mountaineer Food Bank Inc$15,00010%
Mountain Trails Foundation$15,00011%
Joe Andruzzi Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Sharing Connections Inc$15,00010%
West Suburban Humane Society$15,00012%
Philabundance$15,00010%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$15,00010%
Manna on Main Street$15,00010%
Nourishing Hope$15,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$15,00010%
Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida Inc$12,00010%
Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund Inc$10,00010%
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah$10,0001n/a
Pebble Tossers Inc$10,00015%
Harbor House of Central Florida Inc$6,00010%
Covenant House$5,41810%
Mattie N Dixon Community Cupboard Inc$5,00010%
Coordinating Council for Health and Welfare$5,00012%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America$5,00010%
Long Island Cares Inc$5,00010%
City Springs Theatre$5,00010%
Jenkintown Food Cupboard Inc$5,0001n/a
Artsbridge Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($28M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Nonna's Garden supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 66 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $2,000,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSt John's University New York: $1,650,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Central Florida Foundation Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNew Vocations Racehorse Adoption: $365,400 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetFordham University: $250,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCure Childhood Cancer Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetVariety Child Learning Center: $145,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFoundation for Foster Children Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetMountainCare Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPKD Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Philip Morgan Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 90% of budgetNational Ability Center: $75,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetInternational School of Learners and Leaders: $75,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWoodward Academy Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Museum of Racing Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEarthjustice: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTomorrow's Hope Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetNAMI National: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIsland Harvest Ltd: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Chance Rescue Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHospice of the Calumet Area Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Umbrella Club Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetColon Cancer Coalition Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNational Coalition Against Domestic Violence: $30,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetZero Prostate Cancer: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHarlem Children's Zone Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLift Disability Network Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetPeace House Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAtlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTogether We Rise: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYork Street Project: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAll-In to Fight Cancer: $20,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetExperience Camps: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOne Simple Wish Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOrbit Theatrical Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetThe 11th Hour Animal Rescue Inc T/A Eleventh Hour Animal Rescue: $17,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMutty Paws Rescue: $17,500 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetPawtcake Refuge Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Brothers - Friends of the Elderly: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMountaineer Food Bank Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Trails Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJoe Andruzzi Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSharing Connections Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 66.

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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.

AbbVie FoundationIL17.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Synchrony Foundation · American Express Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Equitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Lavin Family Foundation · Philabundance · Chubb Charitable 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.

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About Nonna's Garden

How much does Nonna's Garden give?
Nonna's Garden reported 24 grants totaling $11,236,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 86 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Nonna's Garden fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (59%), Education (30%), Religion (4%).
Who are Nonna's Garden's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Holy Cross High School of Bayside ($2.2M), New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc ($2.0M), St John's University New York ($1.6M).
Does Nonna's Garden fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Nonna's Garden accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nonna's Garden?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Synchrony Foundation.
Where is Nonna's Garden based?
Nonna's Garden is based in FL.

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 131 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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