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Ravarino 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.

$592k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
53
Grants FY2025
44
Organizations funded FY2024
34%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$236,000
Organizations funded a year
44 to 60
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$6.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 34% of the organizations Ravarino Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesReligionAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY2025still arriving52$356k37%
FY202444$273k34%
FY202348$303k21%
FY202251$334k24%
FY202144$297k41%
FY202060$460kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.4MReligion$889kHuman Services$229kRecreation & Sports$133kHealth$98kPhilanthropy$95kArts & Culture$27kAnimals$17kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CO
MO
KY
VA
AR
TN
NC
DC
LA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Joseph Church$122,7505n/a
Good Shepherd Children & Family Services$112,50060%
Augustine Institute Inc$60,20050%
Delta Gamma Center for Children with Vis$60,00031%
Archdiocese of St Louis$41,7506n/a
Fontbonne University$20,00040%
Marian Middle School$18,50050%
Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis$15,15640%
Crudem Foundation Inc$14,00060%
Sacred Heart Villa$13,0004n/a
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All grantees of Ravarino Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Joseph Church$122,7505n/a
Good Shepherd Children & Family Services$112,50060%
Augustine Institute Inc$60,20050%
Delta Gamma Center for Children with Vis$60,00031%
Archdiocese of St Louis$41,7506n/a
Fontbonne University$20,00040%
Marian Middle School$18,50050%
Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis$15,15640%
Crudem Foundation Inc$14,00060%
Sacred Heart Villa$13,0004n/a
Pedal the Cause$11,00050%
The Papal Foundation$10,0001n/a
Lollys Place Inc$7,00041%
Child Center-Marygrove$5,50030%
Mater Media$5,00023%
Foster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis$5,00010%
Clare's House$5,00051%
Our Lady of Guadalupe for Life$5,00051%
St Vincent de Paul Society$4,5004n/a
Incarnate Word Academy$4,50010%
Duo Dogs Inc$4,00030%
Christ the King Catholic Church$4,0002n/a
Easter Seals Inc$2,75030%
Independence Center$2,50010%
St Mary's University$2,50010%
Our Ladys Inn$2,50030%
One Classroom$2,00020%
Bishop Dubourg High School$1,5001n/a
St Louis World Food Day Inc$1,50021%
The Little Bit Foundation$1,50020%
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees$1,50010%
Sherwood Forest Camp Inc$1,25020%
Marianist Mission$1,2501n/a
Loyola Academy of St Louis$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00020%
Humane Society of Missouri$1,00010%
Feed My People$1,00020%
Our Little Haven$75020%
Special Olympics Inc$75020%
The Dynamic Catholic Institute$75020%
Student Mobilization Inc$6001n/a
Feed My People Inc$50010%
Moxies Mission$5001n/a
St Louis Area Diaper Bank$50010%
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Inc$50010%
ALIVE Inc$25010%
Sisters of Mercy$2501n/a
Sports Humanitarian Group Inc$25010%
Washington University$25010%
Operation Food Search Inc$25010%
Focus Marines Foundation$25010%
Pink Ribbon Good Inc$2501n/a
U City in Bloom$25010%
Wear&Give$25010%
Caritas Connections Inc$25010%
Saint Louis Senior Dog Project$2501n/a
Forest Park Forever Inc$15010%
Salvation Army$1001n/a
Association of the Miraculous Medal$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ravarino Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGood Shepherd Children & Family Services: $112,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAugustine Institute Inc: $60,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDelta Gamma Center for Children with Vis: $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFontbonne University: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarian Middle School: $18,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMunicipal Theatre Association of St Louis: $15,156 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCrudem Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPedal the Cause: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLollys Place Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetChild Center-Marygrove: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMater Media: $5,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetFoster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClare's House: $5,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetOur Lady of Guadalupe for Life: $5,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetIncarnate Word Academy: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDuo Dogs Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEaster Seals Inc: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIndependence Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary's University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Ladys Inn: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOne Classroom: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSt Louis World Food Day Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetThe Little Bit Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSherwood Forest Camp Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLoyola Academy of St Louis: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Missouri: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeed My People: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOur Little Haven: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dynamic Catholic Institute: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeed My People Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Area Diaper Bank: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIVE Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSports Humanitarian Group Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Food Search Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFocus Marines Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetU City in Bloom: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWear&Give: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCaritas Connections Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% 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 44.

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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.

St Louis Community Foundation IncMO42.4× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Roman Catholic Foundation of Eastern Missouri · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Boniface Foundation · Pott Foundation · Jefferson 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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Find your warmest path to Ravarino Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Ravarino Family Foundation

How much does Ravarino Family Foundation give?
Ravarino Family Foundation reported 53 grants totaling $591,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 60 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Ravarino Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Religion (27%), Human Services (7%).
Who are Ravarino Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: St Joseph Church ($123k), Good Shepherd Children & Family Services ($113k), Augustine Institute Inc ($60k).
Does Ravarino Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ravarino Family Foundation 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 Ravarino Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, St Louis Community Foundation, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.
Where is Ravarino Family Foundation based?
Ravarino Family Foundation is based in MO.

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 135 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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