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The Alfano Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$421k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$202k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$3.2MReligion$173kHuman Services$125kEducation$60kFood & Nutrition$25kArts & Culture$15kMembership Benefit$4kRecreation & Sports$500
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $57k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $352k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VALLEY HOSPITAL$202,000
VALLEY CHABAD CENTER FOR JEWISH LIF$50,000
EHMC$50,000
ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCI$50,000
ANELLO FEEDS FIRST$25,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$20,000
HOPES AND HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER$11,500
CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND$8,600
MSA NJ$2,500
MAHWAH PBA LOCAL 143$1,000
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 (FY17–24, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, 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%UNITED HOSPICE OF ROCKLAND: $1k → 14%BERGEN COUNTY CASA: $23k → 7%BERGEN COUNTY CASA: $13k → 7%BERGEN COUNTY CASA: $13k → 7%BERGEN COUNTY CASA: $10k → 7%BERGEN COUNTY CASA: $10k → 7%BERGEN COUNTY CASA: $10k → 7%BERGEN COUNTY CASA: $10k → 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

NY
OH
NJ
CA
MO
NC
GA
TX
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 17 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +56% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
4

Total granted

$3.5M
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+56%

Still filing today

35%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsMembership BenefitFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TV
    THE VALLEY HOSPITAL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +78%
  • PC
    PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $114k · revenue +45%
  • BC
    BERGEN COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $89k · revenue +150%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -45%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ST DOMINIC'S INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -13%
  • UH
    UNITED HOSPICE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +72%
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
Calvary Hospital Inc

The mission of calvary hospital is to care for the medical, emotional and spiritual needs of our adult patients with advanced cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. it is the only fully accredited acute care hospital in the u.s. devoted…

Health
2
Mjhs Hospice and Palliative Care Inc

To provide hospice services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis

Human Services
3
Visiting Nurse Association of Hudson Valley Inc

Vna of hudson valley was formed to provide home health care to the people of westchester county. services include nursing; physical, occupational and speech therapy; medical social services; and home health aides. our mission is to provide…

Health
4
Fund for the Aged Inc

Our mission is to empower older adults to enhance purpose and well-being through a portfolio of innovative health care services.

Human Services
5
The Valley Hospital Foundation Inc

The valley hospital foundation is the philanthropic component of valley health system. its primary function is to secure charitable contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and other funding entities, to manage those…

Health
6
Rva Hospice Llc

Kirva Hospice is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing excellence in care to our patients, families, and care givers in the greater Richmond area. Kirva Hospice is built on the philosophy of care that is deeply rooted in the…

Human Services
7
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
8
Vna Home Health Services Inc

Vna home health services' mission is to improve the quality of their patients' lives by providing compassionate services that support care, comfort and independence. this is accomplished by coordinating and delivering the services needed…

Health
9
St Joseph's Physician Health Pc

We, st. joseph's physician health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Health
10
The Community Hospice Inc

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. the community hospice is a member of st. peter's health partners…

Human Services
11
Pocono Vna-Hospice

Our mission is who we are and what we do: to provide world class care close to home. our vision is what we aim for to best serve our community: to build a healthier community.

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12
Holy Redeemer Visiting Nurse Agency Inc

As a catholic health system, rooted in the tradition of the sisters of the holy redeemer, we care, comfort and heal, following the example of jesus, proclaiming the hope god offers in the midst of human struggle.our professional nurses and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bergen County Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mahwah Pba Local #143 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

12 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. 12 of the 23 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCI: $850,000 · OtherST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIHOPES AND HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER: $499,000 · OtherHOPES AND HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCEREHMC: $150,000 · OtherEHMCPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $113,600 · OtherPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATIONVALLEY CHABAD CENTER FOR JEWISH LIF: $110,000 · OtherVALLEY CHABAD CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFNAOMI BERRIE DIABETES CENTER: $100,000 · Other+9 more: $217,170 · Other+9 moreTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL INC: $1,405,540 · HealthTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL INC+1 more: $5,000 · HealthBERGEN COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $89,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $60,000 · EducationANELLO FEEDS FIRST INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureINDEPENDENCE FOR VETERANS INC: $10,500 · Public Benefit
Other$2,039,770Health$1,410,540Human Services$90,000Education$60,000Food & Nutrition$25,000Arts & Culture$15,000Public Benefit$10,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL INC: $1,405,540 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $113,600 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetBERGEN COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $89,000 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY HOSPICE INC: $11,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINDEPENDENCE FOR VETERANS INC: $10,500 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF ST DOMINIC'S INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAHWAH PBA LOCAL #143 INC: $3,600 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED HOSPICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $500 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.

  • Who funds THE VALLEY HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BERGEN COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds ANELLO FEEDS FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENCE FOR VETERANS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ST DOMINIC'S INC ↗
  • Who funds MAHWAH PBA LOCAL #143 INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds American Junior Golf Association Inc ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Alfano Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Alfano Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Valley Hospital Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Independence for Veterans Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 The Alfano Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Alfano Family Charitable Foundation 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 23 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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