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Stefano la Sala Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE JERUSALEM PRAYER TEAM$6,300
BUILDING HOPE FOUNDATION$6,250
IONA PREPARATORY SCHOOL$6,250
Individual grant recipient$6,250
BUILDING HOPE FOUNDATION$6,250
BUILDING HOPE FOUNDATION$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

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 (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. Its 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
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

VT
NH
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
TX
FL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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 & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • 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

  • RC
    REV CHRISTIAN CTR WORLD MISSIONS
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • AA
    ARMY A CLUB
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • PP
    PENNINGTON PBA 342
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

36 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. 36 of the 70 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.

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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 first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS-SCHEDULE ATTACHED: $200,000 · OtherVARIOUS-SCHEDULE ATTACHEDIndividual grant recipient: $12,500 · OtherIONA PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $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 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 · AnimalsCASEY TO THE RESCUE DOG TRANSPORT INC: $1,000 · AnimalsNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetDRAGONS CARE: $2,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAllied Extract: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY AT GROTON MA CORP: $2,000 over 2y, 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 budgetMONADNOCK HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPENNINGTON FIRE COMPANY INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRDGA FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASEY TO THE RESCUE DOG TRANSPORT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetMONTSHIRE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAINSLEY'S ANGELS OF AMERICA: $100 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.

Citizens Charitable F…The Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…
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

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 Stefano la Sala Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stefano la Sala Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
  • Montshire Museum of Science Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% 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, 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.
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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 70 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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