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Pisani Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$415k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Civil Rights$1.3MHealth$1.3MEducation$735kReligion$186kHousing & Shelter$165kAnimals$15kRecreation & Sports$7kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k2 grants · $165k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$105,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$36k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTACT AMERICA$250,000
ROGERS BEHAVIORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$105,000
BELLARMINE JESUIT ASSOCIATION$60,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $165k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE HARBOUR INC: $100k → 14%THE HARBOUR INC: $50k → 14%THE HARBOUR INC: $5k → 14%THE HARBOUR INC: $5k → 14%THE HARBOUR INC: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 16 repeat orgs$145k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
16

Total granted

$3.6M
$145k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
+36%

Still filing today

50%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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EducationAnimalsHealthReligionHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2021 · $250k · revenue +58%
  • TH
    THE HARBOUR INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $165k · revenue +76%
  • PF
    PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $10k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • CB
    CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK-700CLUB
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • UH
    UT HEALTH
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • University of Chicagograduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +25%
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.

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Christians for Biblical Equality

See schedule o.christians for biblical equality (cbe), www.cbeinternational.org, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization comprised of individuals, churches, colleges, seminaries, and organizations, representing more than 100 different…

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2
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
3
Amazing Facts International

To proclaim to the world the everlasting gospel of revelation 14:6-12 and to encourage revival in the remnant church by leading people to embrace salvation by faith in jesus, to establish them in the church, and to disciple all believers…

Religion
4
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
5
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
6
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
7
Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc

The middle east media research institute (memri) explores the middle east through its media, providing timely translations from arabic, farsi, urdu, pashtu, and turkish media and publishing original analysis of political, ideological,…

International
8
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
9
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
10
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
11
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
12
Global Investigative Journalism Network Inc

To support the training and sharing of information among journalists worldwide in investigative and computer-assisted reporting.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lymphoma Research Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Webb School of Knoxville. 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 33 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROGERS BEHAVIORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $565,000 · OtherROGERS BEHAVIORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $425,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF COLORADOROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $320,000 · OtherROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONHUDSON CENTER FOR HEALTH: $311,000 · OtherHUDSON CENTER FOR HEALTHBELLARMINE JESUIT ASSOCIATION: $62,000 · Other+15 more: $140,700 · Other+15 moreINTACT AMERICA INC: $1,343,022 · HealthINTACT AMERICA INC+1 more: $15,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationTHE HARBOUR INC: $165,000 · Human ServicesThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $90,000 · Religion+1 more: $3,000 · ReligionPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $10,000 · AnimalsSPEAK UP FOR HORSES: $2,000 · AnimalsBABY RHINO RESCUE: $1,000 · AnimalsLeadership Institute: $5,000 · Public BenefitChildcare Worldwide: $500 · International
Other$1,823,700Health$1,358,022Education$278,000Human Services$165,000Religion$93,000Animals$13,000Public Benefit$5,000International$500

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 budgetINTACT AMERICA INC: $1,343,022 over 6y, 57% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARBOUR INC: $165,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPEAK UP FOR HORSES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBABY RHINO RESCUE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildcare Worldwide: $500 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 INTACT AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HARBOUR INC ↗
  • Who funds The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SPEAK UP FOR HORSES ↗
  • Who funds BABY RHINO RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ↗
  • Who funds Childcare Worldwide ↗

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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Pisani Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pisani Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 33 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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