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Red Wagon Calagione Family Foundation F/K/A Beer & Benevolence Foundation at a glance

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Red Wagon Calagione Family Foundation F/K/A Beer & Benevolence Foundation

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.

$404k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.3MEnvironment$375kArts & Culture$170kHousing & Shelter$145kFood & Nutrition$138kReligion$100kPhilanthropy$60kRecreation & Sports$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE$100,000
NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL$100,000
DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$50,000
SUSSEX ROTARY CAN-DO PLAYGROUND INC$25,000
DELAWARE CENTER FOR THE INLAND BAYS$25,000
BETHEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$20,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
MICHAEL JAMES JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR BREWING AND DISTILLING$10,000
THE MUSIC SCHOOL OF DELAWARE$10,000
BROWN UNIVERSITY$10,000
CAPE HENLOPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION$10,000
CHILDREN'S BEACH HOUSE$5,000
COASTAL MAINE BOTANICAL GARDENS$5,000
BOOTHBAY REGION LAND TRUST$5,000
FREE BIKES 4 KIDZ$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOUTHPORT ISLAND ASSOCIATION: $3k → 9%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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ID
NY
MA
PA
RI
VA
DE
NM
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Red Wagon Calagione Family Foundation F/K/A Beer & Benevolence Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Red Wagon Calagione Family Foundation F/K/A Beer & Benevolence Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 20 repeat orgs$375k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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19

Total granted

$3.9M
$318k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+61%

Still filing today

75%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionCivil RightsHealthOther
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

  • NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL
    4× · 2020–2024 · $3.1M · revenue +40%
  • TL
    THE LEWES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $100k · revenue +69%
  • BR
    Boothbay Region Land Trust
    4× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +149%

Funded once

  • DR
    DE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EATS FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • SC
    SPRINGBOARD COLLECTIVE
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
  • SC
    SUSSEX COUNTY LAND FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
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
Delaware State University

Delaware state university is a public, comprehensive, 1890 land-grant institution that offers access and opportunity to diverse populations from delaware, the nation, and the world. (continued on schedule o.)building on its heritage as a…

Education
2
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve

The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.

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3
University of Delaware

The university of delaware is a major research university dedicated to cultivating learning, advancing knowledge, and fostering the exchange of ideas through teaching, research and public service.

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4
Duxbury Beach Reservation Inc

Preserve duxbury beach to safeguard adjacent bays and mainland, protect wildlife and vegetation while welcoming the public to enjoy.

Environment
5
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
6
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
7
Delaware Agricultural Museum Association

The organization's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history and technology of delaware and the delmarva peninsula's farm life/culture and to offer public education programs and services related to aspects of the…

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8
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
9
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
10
Suffolk University

Description of organization mission: at suffolk university we are driven by the power of education, inclusion, and engagement to change lives and positively impact communities. committed to excellence, we provide students with experiential…

Education
11
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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12
Middlesex Land Trust

The middlesex land trust's mission is to preserve open space in northern middlesex county by identifying, protecting, and maintaining significant natural features such as wetlands, scenic areas, critical wildlife habitats, prime farmland…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Delaware Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 46 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL: $3,130,506 · EducationNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL+7 more: $110,000 · EducationIndividual grant recipient: $145,000 · OtherIndividual grant…DE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EATS FUND: $100,000 · OtherDE RESTAURANT AS…BETHEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $90,000 · OtherBETHEL UNITED ME…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSE…Individual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant…SPRINGBOARD COLLECTIVE: $30,000 · OtherSUSSEX COUNTY LAND FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Other+18 more: $150,000 · Other+18 moreOPEN SPACE ALLIANCE: $200,000 · EnvironmentBoothbay Region Land Trust: $30,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR THE INLAND BAYS INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc: $20,000 · EnvironmentLEWES IN BLOOM INC: $10,000 · Environment+1 more: $2,500 · EnvironmentTHE LEWES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSIC SCHOOL OF DELAWARE INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureFREEMAN ARTS PAVILION INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureDOVER ART LEAGUE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyBROWN UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · Community ImprovementSUSSEX ROTARY CAN-DO PLAYGROUND INC: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$3,240,506Other$630,000Environment$287,500Arts & Culture$150,000Philanthropy$60,000Community Improvement$40,000Recreation & Sports$25,000

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 budgetNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL: $3,130,506 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetTHE LEWES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $100,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetDELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoothbay Region Land Trust: $30,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSUSSEX ROTARY CAN-DO PLAYGROUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMICHAEL JAMES JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR BREWING AND DISTILLING: $25,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetCENTER FOR THE INLAND BAYS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MUSIC SCHOOL OF DELAWARE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFREEMAN ARTS PAVILION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALLEN-CHASE FOUNDATION DBA EAGLEBROOK SCHOOL: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAPE HENLOPEN EDUCATIONAL FUND: $17,500 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetSUSSEX ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetOPEN TABLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPAUL KARES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDOVER ART LEAGUE: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMILTON COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S BEACH HOUSE INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF DELAWARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetREHOBOTH BEACH VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouthport Island Association: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetADVOCATES FOR THE WEST INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% 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.

Delaware Community Fo…Schell Family Foundat…Carolyn S & Donald F …The Carl M Freeman Fo…Longwood Foundation I…The Ma-Ran FoundationChichester Dupont Fou…Crestlea Foundation I…The Goldman Sachs Cha…IJ and Mary LaRosa Me…Draper Holdings Chari…Delaware Humanities C…
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Schell Family Foundation · Carolyn S & Donald F Obrecht Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · The Ma-Ran Foundation · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Crestlea Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · IJ and Mary LaRosa Memorial Foundation Inc · Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation I · Delaware Humanities Council

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 Red Wagon Calagione Family Foundation F/K/A Beer & Benevolence Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Red Wagon Calagione Family Foundation F/K/A Beer & Benevolence Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Center for the Inland Bays Inc: 59% of income from government
  • Dover Art League: 30% of income from government
  • Lewes Public Library Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Delaware Community Foundation Inc: 13% of income from government
  • The Music School of Delaware Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Children's Beach House Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Lewes Historical Society Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cape Henlopen Educational Fund: 3% of income from government
  • Beebe Medical Foundation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 46 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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