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Stefano la Sala Foundation Inc

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.

$100k
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Education$92kHealth$28kReligion$16kAnimals$15kArts & Culture$10kRecreation & Sports$6kFood & Nutrition$4kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE JERUSALEM PRAYER TEAM$6,300
IONA PREPARATORY SCHOOL$6,250
BUILDING HOPE FOUNDATION$6,250
BUILDING HOPE FOUNDATION$6,250
BUILDING HOPE FOUNDATION$6,250
Individual grant recipient$6,250
THE WILBERFORCE SCHOOL$6,200
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$5,000
MEMORIAL SLOANKETTERING CANCER CENTER$3,333
THE BOXER RESCUE INC$2,500
NEW YORKPRESBYTERIAN WESTCHESTER$2,334
THE SHEEN CENTER FOR THOUGHT & CULTURE$2,083
GOOD SHEPARD CAPITAL CAMPAIGN$2,083
Individual grant recipient$2,000
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%AINSLEY'S ANGELS OF AMERICA: $100 → 10%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $2k → 7%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $2k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$347k · 32 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships — 31 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
24

Total granted

$347k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+31%

Still filing today

66%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
EducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BH
    BUILDING HOPE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $37k · revenue +179% · 66% of their budget
  • TW
    THE WILBERFORCE SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $11k · revenue +27%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • AA
    ARMY A CLUB
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • PP
    PENNINGTON PBA 342
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • RC
    REV CHRISTIAN CTR WORLD MISSIONS
    one grant, 2023 · $3k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
5
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
8
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
9
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
10
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
11
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
12
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Casey to the Rescue Dog Transport Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-12 SchoolsCommunity College Foundatio…Christian Youth CampsLocal History MuseumsCommunity FoundationsAnimal Rescue and ShelterVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Health Access Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%6%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%11%10–20yr19%25%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr16%42%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%3%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr19%46%20–35yr13%4%35–55yr16%40%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/40
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,720

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 70 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
27/36
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

VARIOUS-SCHEDULE ATTACHED — $200,000 · OtherVARIOUS-SCHEDULE ATTACHEDIONA PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $12,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $12,500 · Other+39 more — $65,866 · Other+39 moreBUILDING HOPE FOUNDATION INC — $37,050 · EducationBUILDING HOPE FOUNDA…THE WILBERFORCE SCHOOL INC — $11,200 · EducationTHE WILBERFORCE SCHO…WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $10,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSIT…Fordham University — $4,000 · EducationFordham UniversityDRAGONS CARE — $2,500 · Education+5 more — $8,000 · Education+5 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $6,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $2,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc — $1,934 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALTH — $1,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $1,000 · HealthDAVID'S HOUSE INC — $550 · Health+1 more — $150 · HealthTHE BOXER RESCUE INC — $5,050 · AnimalsMONADNOCK HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $1,300 · AnimalsNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION — $1,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $1,000 · AnimalsCASEY TO THE RESCUE DOG TRANSPORT INC — $1,000 · AnimalsNew Hampshire Catholic Charities — $4,200 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $2,600 · Human Services+1 more — $100 · Human ServicesSEACOAST SCIENCE CENTER INC — $3,000 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC — $2,500 · Arts & CultureAllied Extract — $2,000 · International
Other$290,866Education$72,750Health$12,634Animals$9,350Human Services$6,900Arts & Culture$5,500International$2,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBUILDING HOPE FOUNDATION INC — $37,050 over 2y, 66% of budgetTHE WILBERFORCE SCHOOL INC — $11,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOXER RESCUE INC — $5,050 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities — $4,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEACOAST SCIENCE CENTER INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC — $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDRAGONS CARE — $2,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY AT GROTON MA CORP — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAllied Extract — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc — $1,934 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE HILL FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTSINC — $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS — $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONADNOCK HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRDGA FOUNDATION INC — $1,250 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetPENNINGTON FIRE COMPANY INC — $1,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASEY TO THE RESCUE DOG TRANSPORT INC — $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPIVOT MINISTRIES INC — $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University — $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID'S HOUSE INC — $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC — $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEXPERIENCE CAMPS — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global — $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAINSLEY'S ANGELS OF AMERICA — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTSHIRE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Citizens Charitable FoundationRI12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Stefano la Sala Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 60%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 4%
  • New England Aquarium Corporation12% of income from government
  • Montshire Museum of Science Inc4% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Stefano la Sala Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Stefano la Sala Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 70 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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