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Premo J Pappafava Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$88k
Granted FY2023
12
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Food & Nutrition$24kHealth$23kHuman Services$13kRecreation & Sports$11kAnimals$9kEducation$9kEnvironment$6kPhilanthropy$6kOther$0
02FY2023 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k10 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
$6,250
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$13,136
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER$10,947
AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK$8,757
FEEDING MEDINA COUNTY$6,568
ALL BUT FURGOTTEN INC$6,287
HEARTLAND HOSPICE MEMORIAL FUND$6,250
PINE SPRINGS CAMP INC$6,250
WESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK$6,250
GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL$6,250
PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & BOTANICAL GARDENS$6,250
ST JUDE HOSPITAL INC$6,250
CUYAHOGA VALLEY PRESERVATION & SCENIC RAILROAD ASSOCIATION$4,379
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 (FY22–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $3k → 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.
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 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
Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank

To enable other community organizations to end hunger. we strive to maximize community resources by effectively obtaining and distributing food through a food collection and distribution system.

Food & Nutrition
2
Sheboygan County Food Bank Inc

Lead sheboygan county's efforts to increase the food security of its residents by distributing healthy emergency food and fostering innovative partnerships.

Food & Nutrition
3
Food Bank of Central New York

Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…

Food & Nutrition
4
Tri-State Food Bank

Tri-state food bank, inc solicits, warehouses, and disburses donated and purchased food products to other not-for-profit entities in indiana, illinois, and kentucky.

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5
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc

To lead a network of partners to alleviate hunger, prevent food waste, and nourish the communities we serve. our vision is that all people have the nutritious food they need to thrive.

Food & Nutrition
6
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
7
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
8
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank Endowment

To receive and maintain funds in order to ensure the future of the akron-canton regional foodbank.

Food & Nutrition
9
Feeding Pennsylvania

Feeding pennsylvania is the partner state association of feeding america food banks. it is our mission to promote and aid our members in securing food and other resources to reduce hunger and food insecurity for their communities and…

Philanthropy
10
Food Bank of Northern Indiana Inc

Mission: to work in partnership with the community to feed the hungry, increase awareness of the effects of hunger, and to lead programs designed to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
11
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc

To provide food to various charitable organizations and needy individuals in northwest indiana.

Food & Nutrition
12
Animal Charity of Ohio Inc

The society is dedicated to promoting care for all animals. we strive to never turn away sick or injured. our goal is to bring about a world where humane societies are no longer necessary.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank; the most unlike its peers is The Little Fox Tobys 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

10 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. 10 of the 17 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
4/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $13,136 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEPINE SPRINGS CAMP INCORPORATED: $11,250 · OtherPINE SPRINGS CAMP INCORPORATEDUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER: $10,947 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTERST JUDE HOSPITAL INC: $6,250 · OtherST JUDE HOSPITAL INCGREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL: $6,250 · OtherGREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHEARTLAND HOSPICE MEMORIAL FUND INC: $6,250 · OtherHEARTLAND HOSPICE MEMORIAL FUND INCIndividual grant recipient: $5,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCUYAHOGA COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $3,050 · OtherAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $10,082 · Food & NutritionAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FO…FEEDING MEDINA COUNTY: $6,568 · Food & NutritionFEEDING MEDINA COUNTYWESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $6,250 · Food & NutritionWESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD…GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $1,325 · Food & NutritionGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD B…ALL BUT FURGOTTEN INC: $6,287 · AnimalsPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $6,250 · EnvironmentThe Little Fox Tobys Foundation: $5,880 · PhilanthropyCUYAHOGA VALLEY PRESERVATION AND SCENIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION: $4,379 · Arts & CultureNORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $3,050 · Human Services
Other$62,733Food & Nutrition$24,225Animals$6,287Environment$6,250Philanthropy$5,880Arts & Culture$4,379Human Services$3,050

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 budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $10,082 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING MEDINA COUNTY: $6,568 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALL BUT FURGOTTEN INC: $6,287 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCUYAHOGA VALLEY PRESERVATION AND SCENIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION: $4,379 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $3,050 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $1,325 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.

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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Premo J Pappafava Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Premo J Pappafava Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%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
    0get 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, FY20–24
    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 17 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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