· Private foundation
Salvatore Giordano Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ISLAND HOUSING TRUST | $9,403 |
| MARTHAS VINEYARD HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +106% since the first grant, against +87% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMSAIL MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC4× · 2017–2020 · $20k · revenue +89%
- SMSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION3× · 2017–2019 · $16k · revenue +311%
- IHISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION2× · 2020–2021 · $14k · revenue +106%
Funded once
- MVMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INCone grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +11%
- WUWIDENER UNIVERSITYgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +34%
- MVMARTHA'S VINEYARD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +253%
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.
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.
The martha's vineyard shellfish group, a non-profit consortium of the shellfish departments of six island towns, provides shellfish propagation services to increase the availability of juvenile commercially valuable molluscan shellfish…
The martha's vineyard agricultural society supports a resilient and sustainable agricultural community on martha's vineyard. we do this by:- offering services, education, marketing, and technical support for farmers and farmworkers on the…
The martha's vineyard community foundation, inc., successor to the permanent endowment fund for martha's vineyard, the island's community foundation, puts charitable contributions to work for the people of martha's vineyard by making…
The organization's primary mission is to acquire, restore, and maintain the historic landmarks of martha's vineyard and to preserve the island's unique character, cultural history, and heritage for the community and it's visitors.
To promote affordable housing on the island of Martha's Vineyard and other charitable and educational purposes in such a manner that the Corporation will qualify as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue…
Mission to advocate for continued broad and affordable public beach access for residents and visitors of Marthas Vineyard alike while being mindful of the environmental conservation and preservation that makes these places special History…
To produce public, education, and governmental (peg) access programming for the residents and organizations of the six communities of the island of martha's vineyard. in addition, the organization allocates channel space and time to…
Vineyard lands for our community inc. (the organization) is a charitable educational and community organization that is actively engaged in solving island-wide needs with sustainable and viable solutions to preserve the character and life…
Safeguarding martha's vineyard's fishing heritage and future by supporting the island's small-boat owner-operated fishing fleets and their sustainably harvested catch.
The purpose of the foundation is to collect and distribute donations for charitable purposes on the island of martha's vineyard.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SAIL MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC ↗
- Who funds SHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds WIDENER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds Animal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard Inc ↗
- Who funds Edgartown Yacht Club Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Indian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
- Who funds Somerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc ↗
- Who funds QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HEALTHY START COALITION INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Salvatore Giordano Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Salvatore Giordano Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club Inc: 30% of income from government
- Somerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 22% of income from government
- Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
- Island Housing Trust Corporation: 1% of income from government
- Sail Martha's Vineyard Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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