Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Sons of Italy Foundation
The SONS OF ITALY FOUNDATION was founded as a grant-making institution with the purpose of preserving italian american culture, encouraging educational excellence, supporting medical research, preventing discrimination and improving the quality of life in other areas.
- $458k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $396k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $113,361
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Sons of Italy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $361k | 92% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $78k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $52k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $85k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $222k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $198k | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $248,027 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $192,034 | 3 | 1% |
| Help Our Military Heroes Inc | $162,321 | 8 | 7% |
| Garibaldi Meucci Museum | $143,826 | 9 | 18% |
| The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc | $122,874 | 3 | 5% |
| Cooley's Anemia Foundation | $113,361 | 1 | 3% |
| First Responders Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $67,917 | 1 | 0% |
| Commission for Social Justice | $64,750 | 4 | 30% |
| Columbus Citizens Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $248,027 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $192,034 | 3 | 1% |
| Help Our Military Heroes Inc | $162,321 | 8 | 7% |
| Garibaldi Meucci Museum | $143,826 | 9 | 18% |
| The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc | $122,874 | 3 | 5% |
| Cooley's Anemia Foundation | $113,361 | 1 | 3% |
| First Responders Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $67,917 | 1 | 0% |
| Commission for Social Justice | $64,750 | 4 | 30% |
| Columbus Citizens Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cornell University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jimmy V Fundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Delaware | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The President and Trustees of Colby College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Hartford | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pepperdine University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of San Diego | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of Miami | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rebuilding Together Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($123k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sons of Italy Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Sons of Italy Foundation
- How much does Sons of Italy Foundation give?
- Sons of Italy Foundation reported 16 itemized grants totaling $396,442, out of $457,984 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sons of Italy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (52%), Arts & Culture (15%), Public Benefit (14%).
- Who are Sons of Italy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wounded Warrior Project Inc ($248k), Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc ($192k), Help Our Military Heroes Inc ($162k).
- Does Sons of Italy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sons of Italy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Sons of Italy Foundation based?
- Sons of Italy Foundation is based in DC.
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