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Sciabica Family Foundation at a glance

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Sciabica Family 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.

$164k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$88k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Membership Benefit$207kAnimals$181kInternational$151kEnvironment$130kPhilanthropy$56kHealth$22kFood & Nutrition$15kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $76k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $88k
$30,296
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRADERS4ACAUSE$88,000
Individual grant recipient$30,296
ANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS$30,000
THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE$16,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
MA
CA
VA
AZ
DC
GA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$727k · 11 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
10

Total granted

$727k
$116k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+47%

Still filing today

73%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
InternationalAnimalsEnvironmentHealthMembership BenefitPhilanthropyOther
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

  • T
    TRADERS4ACAUSE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $207k · revenue +21%
  • AC
    ANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $163k · revenue +14%
  • TL
    The Life You Can Save
    3× · 2021–2024 · $99k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • AR
    ACE RECOMMENDED CHARITY FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $35k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue +21%
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
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
2
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
3
World Coffee Research

World coffee research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come. our mission is to grow, protect,…

International
4
Climate Rights International

CRI is an international climate and human rights monitoring and advocacy organization dedicated to preventing climate change and human rights abuses.

Environment
5
A Greener World

A Greener World empowers sustainable solutions in agriculture, promoting and supporting real-life farming models to the public and offering farmers and ranchers practical guidance, resources and support on achieving truly sustainable…

Food & Nutrition
6
Bank Climate Advocates

Bank Climate Advocates (BCA) combats climate change and its adverse effects primarily by using legal advocacy and action to align public financial institutions' investment policies and practices with the 1.5 degrees C warming limitation…

Environment
7
Animal Agriculture Alliance

The animal agriculture alliance is a nonprofit organization that helps bridge the communication gap between farm and fork. we connect food industry stakeholders, engage food chain influencers and promote consumer choice by helping key…

Food & Nutrition
8
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management Inc I

To end hunger and advance sustainable development by 2030 through science and innovation to transform food, land and water systems with aquatic foods for healthier people and planet.

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9
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research

Foundation for food and agriculture research connects funders, researchers and farmers through public-private partnerships to support audacious research addressing the biggest food and agriculture challenges.

Food & Nutrition
10
Mercy for Animals Inc

Mercy for animals' mission is to construct a compassionate food system that is not just kind to animals but essential for the future of our planet and all who share it. our vision of a world where animals are respected, protected, and free…

Animals
11
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
12
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is The Life You Can Save. 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRADERS4ACAUSE: $206,700 · Membership BenefitTRADERS4ACAUSEANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS: $162,500 · AnimalsANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATOR…Humane Farm Animal Care: $18,500 · AnimalsHumane Farm Animal CareWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $90,000 · InternationalWORLD RESOURCES IN…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $37,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR AS…EVIDENCE ACTION: $7,500 · InternationalEVIDENCE ACTIONIndividual grant recipient: $65,296 · OtherIndividual grant recip…ACE RECOMMENDED CHARITY FUND: $35,000 · OtherACE RECOMMENDED CHARIT…CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM: $20,000 · OtherCENTER FOR EFFECTIVE A…Individual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherThe Fistula Foundation: $7,500 · OtherTHE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION: $7,500 · OtherTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 · OtherTHE BREAST CANCER RESE…Compassion in World Farming Inc: $10,000 · OtherCompassion in World Fa…+3 more: $4,480 · OtherThe Life You Can Save: $98,500 · PhilanthropyThe Life You …SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $32,500 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Membership Benefit$206,700Animals$181,000International$134,500Other$167,776Philanthropy$98,500Environment$40,000Food & Nutrition$15,000

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 budgetTRADERS4ACAUSE: $206,700 over 4y, 17% of budgetANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS: $162,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetThe Life You Can Save: $98,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $37,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $32,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Farm Animal Care: $18,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion in World Farming Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEVIDENCE ACTION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $7,500 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Sciabica Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sciabica Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%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 · 0–25%
    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 21 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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