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Sciarra Foundation at a glance

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Sciarra 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$505kHousing & Shelter$150kEducation$145kPhilanthropy$120kHuman Services$100kCommunity Improvement$100kYouth Development$10k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Aspen community Foundation$20,000
Aspen Country Day School$10,000
JEWISH RESOURCE CENTER$10,000
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation$10,000
Anderson Arts Center$5,000
ASPEN JEWISH CONGREGATION$5,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIFEMOVES: $150k → 7%Oshman Family Jewish Community Center: $100k → 8%SAN FRANCISCO EDUCATION FUND: $25k → 10%GoFundMeorg: $100k → 14%Anderson Arts Center: $5k → 15%The American Independent Foundation: $500k → 14%JEWISH RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 14%The Buddy Program Inc: $10k → 6%Aspen community Foundation: $20k → 7%THE BELL POLICY CENTER: $100k → 12%EDUCATION LAW CENTER: $120k → 16%LOS ALTOS MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%Anderson Arts Center: $5k → 15%Aspen Country Day School: $10k → 6%Aspen community Foundation: $10k → 7%Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation: $10k → 6%ASPEN JEWISH CONGREGATION: $5k → 6%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.
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 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
Arapahoe County Early Childhood Council Inc

Services provided in arapahoe county colorado related to early childhood education intervention issues.

Education
2
Jewish Community Centers of Denver

Provide recreational, cultural, education, and social programs to the community.

Human Services
3
Denver Jewish Day School

To ensure a jewish future by challenging minds and nurturing souls with a focus on academic excellence and jewish learning.

Education
4
JEWISHColorado

We convene, connect, invest, and protect jewish life in colorado, israel, and around the world.

Philanthropy
5
Sandler Foundation

The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of the jewish community federation of san francisco, the…

Philanthropy
6
Aspen Education Foundation

Funding of educational programs at the aspen school district.

Employment
7
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
8
Akiva School

At akiva, we pursue excellence, foster critical inquiry, and inspire informed jewish living. we believe in, promote, and expect academic excellence in our general studies and jewish studies curriculum. our educational program incorporates…

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9
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
10
Aspen Valley Land Trust

Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.

Environment
11
The Longmont Community Foundation

Improving life in the st. vrain valley through philanthropy and charitable leadership

Philanthropy
12
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Education Law Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Aspen Jewish Center. 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

15 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.

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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
6/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $500,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONLIFEMOVES: $150,000 · OtherLIFEMOVESOSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $100,000 · OtherOSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER+3 more: $25,000 · OtherEDUCATION LAW CENTER INC: $120,000 · EducationEDUCATION LAW…San Francisco Education Fund: $25,000 · EducationSan Francisco…GOFUNDMEORG: $100,000 · PhilanthropyGOFUNDMEORGASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyASPEN COMMUNI…LOS ALTOS MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyLOS ALTOS MOU…THE BELL POLICY CENTER: $100,000 · Civil RightsTHE BELL …ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthANDERSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH RESOURCE CENTER: $10,000 · Religion
Other$775,000Education$145,000Philanthropy$140,000Civil Rights$100,000Health$10,000Arts & Culture$10,000Religion$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIFEMOVES: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEDUCATION LAW CENTER INC: $120,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE BELL POLICY CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Education Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOS ALTOS MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANDERSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BUDDY PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAspen Jewish Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Sciarra Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sciarra Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 15 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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    The regranting layer
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    The endowment market
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    The camps
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    By state
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