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The Cappetta Family Foundationinc

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.

$195k
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$524kHealth$258kInternational$173kEnvironment$123kHuman Services$92kFood & Nutrition$59kArts & Culture$43kReligion$42kOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k30 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $130k
$2,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEEDING SAN DIEGO$25,100
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$25,000
GLOBAL COMMUNITIES$25,000
EMILIO NARES FOUNDATION$25,000
MONARCH SCHOOL$10,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
BENNINGTON COLLEGE$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
JOAN B KROK SCHOOL OF PEACE STUDIE$5,000
SAN DIEGO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER$3,500
PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND$3,000
LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY$2,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$2,500
EARTHJUSTICE$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%A BREEZE OF HOPE: $200 → 10%BORDER ANGELS: $1k → 11%DZI FOUNDATION: $8k → 7%OUT IN THE OPEN: $2k → 13%DZI FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%OUT IN THE OPEN: $1k → 13%DZI FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%OUT IN THE OPEN: $1k → 13%DZI FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%DZI FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%DZI FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%DZI FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%ACCESS CIRCLES: $2k → 9%DZI FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%ACCESS CIRCLES: $2k → 9%DZI FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%ACCESS CIRCLES: $2k → 9%ACCESS CIRCLES: $2k → 9%ACCESS CIRCLES: $2k → 9%ACCESS CIRCLES: $2k → 9%AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1k → 17%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES: $250 → 11%RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN'S FUND: $5k → 11%RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN'S FUND: $2k → 11%RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN'S FUND: $2k → 11%RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN'S FUND: $2k → 11%RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN'S FUND: $2k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250 → 11%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
VT
WA
MT
NY
MA
SD
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
MS
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 72 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

72 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2025, 39 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
72

Total granted

$1.5M
$111k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+19%

Still filing today

63%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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
EnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationInternationalArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • EN
    Emilio Nares Foundation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $175k · revenue +65%
  • Cornell University
    6× · 2018–2023 · $165k · revenue +49%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
    2× · 2017–2018 · $76k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • GC
    GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • VF
    VOICES FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +44%
  • KS
    KROC SCHOOL GENERAL FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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 Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
3
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
4
Climate Breakthrough Inc

To launch breakthrough climate mitigation efforts by identifying, supporting, and unleashing innovative leaders with transformative strategies.

Human Services
5
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
6
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
9
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
10
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
11
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.

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12
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Tank Ltd. 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

78 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 78 of the 150 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/78
Grantees still filing
52/78
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BISHOP SCHOOL: $128,700 · OtherBISHOP SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $76,300 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOLYMEDISEASEORG: $36,000 · OtherLYMEDISEASEORGJOAN B KROC SCHOOL OF PEACE STUDIE: $22,500 · OtherLA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $22,500 · OtherSECOND CHANCE INC: $21,500 · Other+97 more: $336,077 · Other+97 moreCornell University: $165,000 · EducationCornell UniversityFordham University: $35,000 · EducationFordham UniversityBARRIO LOGAN COLLEGE INSTITUTE: $30,750 · EducationBARRIO LOGAN COLLEG…BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $26,000 · EducationBENNINGTON COLLEGE …MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $16,000 · EducationMONARCH SCHOOL PROJ…SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,800 · Education+4 more: $2,275 · EducationEmilio Nares Foundation: $175,150 · HealthEmilio Nares …SCRIPPS HEALTH: $10,000 · HealthGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $9,000 · HealthCUREBOUND: $6,899 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthGLOBAL COMMUNITIES: $100,800 · InternationalGLOBAL COMMU…PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $61,923 · InternationalPROJECT CONC…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SAN…+4 more: $10,474 · International+4 moreENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $70,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONME…SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CL…ASPETUCK LAND TRUST: $11,500 · EnvironmentASPETUCK …EARTHJUSTICE: $10,500 · EnvironmentEARTHJUST…Environmental Health Coalition: $10,250 · EnvironmentEnvironme…+5 more: $5,900 · EnvironmentGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesDZI FOUNDATION: $31,000 · Human ServicesRancho Santa Fe Womens Fund: $13,875 · Human ServicesACCESSCIRCLES INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesOUT IN THE OPEN INC: $3,500 · Human Services+5 more: $3,450 · Human ServicesFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $57,600 · Food & NutritionKISS THE GROUND: $11,500 · Food & NutritionJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $7,500 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $950 · Food & Nutrition
Other$643,577Education$285,825Health$201,549International$183,697Environment$138,150Human Services$103,825Food & Nutrition$77,550

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 budgetEmilio Nares Foundation: $175,150 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetCornell University: $165,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL COMMUNITIES: $100,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $76,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $70,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $61,923 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $57,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLYMEDISEASEORG: $36,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetFordham University: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDZI FOUNDATION: $31,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetBARRIO LOGAN COLLEGE INSTITUTE: $30,750 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $26,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND CHANCE INC: $21,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $16,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $13,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetACCESSCIRCLES INC: $12,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $11,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetASPETUCK LAND TRUST: $11,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Health Coalition: $10,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNDN COLLECTIVE INC: $9,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $9,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCUREBOUND: $6,899 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TANK LTD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD OF CHILDREN INC: $4,550 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUT IN THE OPEN INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,974 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJANE'S DUE PROCESS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURE COLLECTIVE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO COASTKEEPER: $1,850 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOMO CHILD FOUNDATION: $1,750 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetONE WORLD BRIDGE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetVILLA MUSICA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBORDER ANGELS: $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% 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 Emilio Nares Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds GIVEDIRECTLY INC ↗
  • Who funds LYMEDISEASEORG ↗
  • Who funds Fordham University ↗
  • Who funds DZI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BARRIO LOGAN COLLEGE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds SECOND CHANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Rancho Santa Fe Womens Fund ↗
  • Who funds THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds ACCESSCIRCLES INC ↗
  • Who funds KISS THE GROUND ↗
  • Who funds ASPETUCK LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Environmental Health Coalition ↗
  • Who funds SCRIPPS HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗

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.

Jewish Community Foun…The San Diego Foundat…Rancho Santa Fe Found…Price Philanthropies …Sempra FoundationThe Conrad Prebys Fou…Tides FoundationImpactassetsincThe Annenberg Foundat…Conrad N Hilton Found…PatagoniaorgMufg Union Bank Found…
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA28.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Tides Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The Annenberg Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Global Communities: 44% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Aspetuck Land Trust: 28% of income from government
  • Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
14report 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.

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 150 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home