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The Acierno Family Foundation John Yannacone and Michael Acierno at a glance

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The Acierno Family Foundation John Yannacone and Michael Acierno

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.

$570k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$858kEducation$807kFood & Nutrition$382kPhilanthropy$351kArts & Culture$245kReligion$120kHousing & Shelter$114kHuman Services$95kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $229k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $305k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST EDMONDS ACADEMY$150,000
FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE$55,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$50,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$50,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$49,200
CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE$20,000
THE V FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH$20,000
THE LIGHT HOUSE INC$20,000
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF DELAWARE$15,000
ANNAPOLIS WELLNESS CORP$15,000
WOMEN OF THE VINE & SPIRITS$10,000
FAITHFUL FRIENDS$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL$10,000
THE INNOCENCE PROJECT$10,000
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 (FY23–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THOM: $20k → 14%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT: $20k → 17%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT: $10k → 17%THE ARUNDEL HOUSE OF HOPE: $15k → 6%THE ARUNDEL HOUSE OF HOPE: $15k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 29 repeat orgs$519k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
22

Total granted

$2.7M
$449k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+0%

Still filing today

79%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $321k · revenue +31%
  • AW
    ANNAPOLIS WELLNESS CORPORATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $225k · revenue +88%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $205k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • JM
    Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +99%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • DA
    DELAWARE ART MUSEUM FATHER ROBERT BALDUCELLI FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
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
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
2
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
3
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
4
Wilmington University Inc

Wilmington university is committed to excellence in teaching, relevancy of the curriculum, and individual attention to students. as an institution with admissions policies that provide access for all, it offers opportunity for higher…

Education
5
American Friends of the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation

To promote networking, exchange, and creative collaboration among scientists, scholars, artists, and professionals in the u.s. and germany consistent with the goals of the alexander von humboldt foundation.

Education
6
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
7
Robert a Toigo Foundation

Our mission is to shape the future of finance by developing leaders whose innovation, investment excellence, and human-centered leadership advance the industry and its adjacent sectors.

Education
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
11
St Francis Hospital Inc

We, saint francis hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.st. francis hospital is a member of trinity health of the mid-atlantic…

Health
12
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Yolo County Animal Services. 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

41 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. 41 of the 60 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
28/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST EDMONDS ACADEMY INC: $650,000 · OtherST EDMONDS ACADEMY INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES: $169,200 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIESIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCATHOLIC CHARITIES USA: $90,000 · OtherTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $61,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $90,000 · OtherLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR INC: $60,000 · Other+36 more: $535,800 · Other+36 moreANNAPOLIS WELLNESS CORPORATION: $225,000 · HealthANNAPOLIS WELLNESS CO…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $205,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE &…CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $85,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH INSTI…EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF DELAWARE: $75,000 · HealthEPILEPSY FOUNDATION O…+1 more: $20,000 · HealthFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $321,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK O…DELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureDO IT FOR THE LOVE: $45,000 · Arts & CultureTREVOR PROJECT INC: $135,000 · Civil RightsSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationMARK DOMBROSKI FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationSEVERN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationROOTS FUND INC: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $8,000 · EducationJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $100,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF FUSION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,756,000Health$610,000Food & Nutrition$321,000Arts & Culture$195,000Civil Rights$135,000Education$113,000Philanthropy$110,000

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 budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $321,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetANNAPOLIS WELLNESS CORPORATION: $225,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $205,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC: $150,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $135,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF DELAWARE: $75,000 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $61,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDO IT FOR THE LOVE: $45,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetSunday Breakfast Mission: $31,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARUNDEL HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFAITHFUL FRIENDS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $23,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASHER HOUSE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHORN: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL PARTNERS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Yolo County Animal Services: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetHURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIANA FIRE COMPANY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARK DOMBROSKI FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetSEVERN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREQUITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetROOTS FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEVERN RIVER ASSOCIATION INC: $6,800 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTOWER FOUNDATION OF MANHASSET INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetACCESS GRANTED YOUTH EXPLORATION CORPORATION: $2,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 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.

Delaware Community Fo…Longwood Foundation I…Laffey-McHugh Foundat…The United Way of Cen…United Way of DelawareChubb Charitable Foun…Community Foundation …Marmot FoundationCrestlea Foundation I…Welfare Foundation IncThe Anthony & Catheri…Aetna Foundation Inc
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE25.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · United Way of Delaware · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · Marmot Foundation · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · The Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation · Aetna Foundation 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 The Acierno Family Foundation John Yannacone and Michael Acierno funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Acierno Family Foundation John Yannacone and Michael Acierno. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • West End Neighborhood House Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Christiana Fire Company Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Faithful Friends Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Humane Animal Partners: 14% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Delaware Art Museum Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Little Sisters of the Poor Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Forgotten Cats Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 60 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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