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Scaramella Faith Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$378k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$140k
Largest
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$984kYouth Development$540kPhilanthropy$418kEducation$175kHuman Services$108kFood & Nutrition$50kInternational$50kArts & Culture$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $295k
$8,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REGINA APOSTOLORUM FOUNDATION$140,000
DIOCESE OF PHOENIX$105,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$50,100
LEGION OF CHRIST$35,000
FRANISCAN FRIARS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT$12,921
SWANIE AND RYAN FULLER$12,000
OUR LADY OF SOLITUDE$8,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$5,000
MISCELLANOEUS$4,148
PARROQUIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO Y SAN PATRICIO$3,845
ST THERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH$1,000
WORD ON FIRE - BISHOP BARRON$363
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA$200
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE$50
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.

US giving: 88% of grant dollars ($2.2M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 12% that went abroad ($291k) is mapped below.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MT CLARET RETREAT CENTER: $50k → 11%E3 AFRICA: $25k → 11%THE PAPAL FOUNDATION: $200k → 10%E-3 PARTNERS: $6k → 5%THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: $5k → 14%LEGION OF CHRIST: $35k → 12%RC SPIRITUALITY: $25k → 4%SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC EXTENSION: $25k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $5k → 10%IMAGINENATIONS GROUP: $50k → 6%NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $65k → 11%MT CLARET RETREAT CENTER: $10k → 11%E3 AFRICA: $25k → 11%RELATIONSHIP ENRICHMENT COLLABORATIVE: $100k → 14%LC PASTORAL SERVICES: $20k → 12%RC SPIRITUALITY: $25k → 4%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $194k → 13%CATHOLIC EXTENSION: $25k → 14%MT CLARET RETREAT CENTER: $6k → 11%SAINT PETER INDIAN MISSION SCHOOL: $5k → 11%LEGION OF CHRIST: $10k → 12%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $50k → 13%CONGREGAZIONE DEL LEGIONAIRES DI CRISTO: $25k → 13%SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: $333k → 11%THE LEGION OF CHRIST: $10k → 13%ACCELERATE GROUP: $20k → 11%OUR LADY OF SOLITUDE: $45k → 11%OUR LADY OF SOLITUDE: $13k → 11%OUR LADY OF SOLITUDE: $8k → 11%OUR LADY OF SOLITUDE: $6k → 11%FRANISCAN FRIARS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $50k → 11%FRIARS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $27k → 11%FRANISCAN FRIARS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $17k → 11%FRANISCAN FRIARS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $17k → 11%FRANISCAN FRIARS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $13k → 11%ASU FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%ASU FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%DIOCESE OF PHOENIX: $105k → 11%1MISSIONORG: $8k → 11%FZ ZIEGLER CHAPEL: $6k → 11%BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO PHOENIX: $85k → 11%BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO PHOENIX: $61k → 11%BOYS GIRLS CLUB: $50k → 11%NOTRE DAME PREPATORY HIGH SCHOOL: $49k → 11%NDP BUILDING FUND: $25k → 11%NOTRE DAME PREPATORY HIGH SCHOOL: $15k → 11%ADF LEGAL FUND: $10k → 11%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

IL
WY
PA
CT
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 12% of all-years giving ($291k)

3 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Italy$280k · 4 grants
Puerto Rico$7k · 3 grants
Mexico$4k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 15% of Scaramella Faith Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Scaramella Faith Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 12% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 19 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +93% since the first grant, against +70% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
38

Total granted

$1.4M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+93%
+70%

Still filing today

11%
16%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • RA
    REGINA APOSTOLORUM FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $270k
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
    2× · 2023–2024 · $244k
  • BG
    BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO PHOENIX
    2× · 2018–2020 · $146k

Funded once

  • SV
    SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL
    one grant, 2017 · $338k
  • TP
    THE PAPAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • RE
    RELATIONSHIP ENRICHMENT COLLABORATIVE
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
3
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
4
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
5
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
6
Arizona Christian University

Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.

Education
7
Association of Catholic Colleges and University

The association of catholic colleges and universities, founded in 1899, serves as the collective voice of u.s catholic higher education. through programs and services, the association strengthens and promptes the catholic identity and…

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8
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) serves as the unified voice for the 1,700 private, nonprofit colleges and universities in our nation. (continued on Schedule O)

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9
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
10
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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11
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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12
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Leadership Institute; the most unlike its peers is Accelerate Group Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 62 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
11/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: $338,230 · OtherSAINT VINCENT DE PAULREGINA APOSTOLORUM FOUNDATION: $270,100 · OtherREGINA APOSTOLORUM FOUNDATIONBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $244,050 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBTHE PAPAL FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherTHE PAPAL FOUNDATIONBOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO PHOENIX: $146,300 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO PHOENIXDIOCESE OF PHOENIX: $106,000 · OtherRELATIONSHIP ENRICHMENT COLLABORATIVE: $100,000 · OtherFRANCISCAN FRIARS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $96,251 · Other+43 more: $794,957 · Other+43 moreEENU-USA INC: $50,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyIMAGINENATIONS GROUP INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $32,000 · EducationTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $5,000 · EducationAccelerate Group Inc: $20,000 · ReligionE3 Partners Ministry: $6,000 · ReligionAlpha USA: $5,000 · Religion+1 more: $388 · ReligionCommunity Food Bank Inc: $200 · Food & NutritionDefenders of Wildlife: $50 · Animals
Other$2,295,888Philanthropy$51,000Youth Development$50,000Education$37,000Religion$31,388Food & Nutrition$200Animals$50

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 budgetEENU-USA INC: $50,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetIMAGINENATIONS GROUP INC: $50,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $32,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAccelerate Group Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetE3 Partners Ministry: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlpha USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH GEORGIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $388 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $50 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 EENU-USA INC ↗
  • Who funds IMAGINENATIONS GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Accelerate Group Inc ↗
  • Who funds E3 Partners Ministry ↗
  • Who funds Alpha USA ↗

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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Scaramella Faith Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Scaramella Faith Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 62 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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