New York · Private foundation
Spero 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.
- $93k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $27,850
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $525k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Spero Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $82k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $39k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $26k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $67k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $31k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $56k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $34k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $44k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marymount School of New York | $45,350 | 2 | n/a |
| Voice Health Institute | $16,800 | 5 | 14% |
| Yale University | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fordham University | $10,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Yale University | $10,075 | 2 | n/a |
| Solving Kids' Cancer Inc | $5,672 | 5 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| A House on Beekman Inc | $2,460 | 3 | 0% |
| New York Common Pantry | $2,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marymount School of New York | $45,350 | 2 | n/a |
| Voice Health Institute | $16,800 | 5 | 14% |
| Yale University | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fordham University | $10,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Yale University | $10,075 | 2 | n/a |
| Solving Kids' Cancer Inc | $5,672 | 5 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| A House on Beekman Inc | $2,460 | 3 | 0% |
| New York Common Pantry | $2,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc | $440 | 3 | 0% |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Reed Foundation Inc | $253 | 1 | n/a |
| Tuesday's Children | $203 | 2 | 0% |
| Visiting Nurse Service of New York | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Social Promise Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Long Island Thunder Baseball Inc | $103 | 1 | n/a |
| Ainsley's Angels of America | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Quogue Fire Department | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Yale University | $45 | 1 | n/a |
| Daniel's Music Foundation | $27 | 1 | 0% |
| Quogue Historical Society | $25 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($269k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spero Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Spero Family Foundation
- How much does Spero Family Foundation give?
- Spero Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $93,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Spero Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (81%), Health (8%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Spero Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Marymount School of New York ($45k), Voice Health Institute ($17k), Yale University ($11k).
- Does Spero Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Spero Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Spero Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Spero Family Foundation based?
- Spero Family Foundation is based in NY.
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