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The Duke Malavenda Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Duke Malavenda Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$402k
Granted FY2023
26
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$200k
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, FY2021 to 2023.

Education$606kArts & Culture$378kReligion$110kHousing & Shelter$55kHuman Services$47kHealth$35kCrime & Legal$21kInternational$15kOther$0
02FY2023 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k22 grants · $77k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $305k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CENTRAL CURRENT INC$200,000
MERCY WORKS$55,000
A TINY HOME FOR GOOD INC$50,000
DUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC$20,000
VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT OF CNY$5,000
HOPE FOR ARIANG FOUNDATION$5,000
MARY NELSON YOUTH CENTER$5,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$5,000
YMCA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK$5,000
BRADY FAITH CENTER$5,000
HISCOCK LEGAL AID SOCIETY$5,000
JDRF CENTRAL NEW YORK CHAPTER$5,000
THE LANDMARK THEATRE$5,000
INTERFAITH WORKS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK$5,000
ON POINT FOR COLLEGE$3,000
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 (FY21–23, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS: $1k → 11%DUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $20k → 14%DUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 14%DUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 14%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.
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 12 repeat orgs$184k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
5

Total granted

$1.1M
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+14%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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

  • CC
    CENTRAL CURRENT INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $315k · revenue +460% · 51% of their budget
  • OP
    ON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $278k · revenue +88%
  • AT
    A TINY HOME FOR GOOD INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $55k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • AA
    ALS ASSOCIATION UPSTATE NEW YORK CHAPTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -95%
  • SS
    SOUTH SUDAN VILLAGES CLINIC
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc

Lawny increases access to justice through excellent legal representation, advocacy and service.

Crime & Legal
2
The Central New York Land Trust Inc

The central new york land trust seeks to preserve and protect natural areas in order to provide our communities clean water, clean air, wildlife habitat, and a chance to connect with the land.

Environment
3
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
4
United Way of Central New York Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.

Philanthropy
5
Downtown Syracuse Foundation Inc

To conduct research, identify best policies and practices, secure resources and implement programs and projects to support the revitalization of downtown syracuse.

Community Improvement
6
Adirondack North Country Association Inc

Support regional economic development in new york's 14 northernmost counties

Food & Nutrition
7
Visit Syracuse Inc

The purpose of the corporation is to provide for the encouragement, solicitation, promotion, procurement, and servicing of all forms of travel to and through onondaga county, new york, specifically including, but not limited to,…

Community Improvement
8
The Center for New York City Neighborhoods Inc

Our mission is to promote and protect affordable homeownership in new york so that middle- and working-class families are able to build strong, thriving communities.

Housing & Shelter
9
Cny Works Inc

To bring businesses, job seekers and training providers together to provide skilled workers for every business and employment for every job seeker.

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10
Central New York Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Alliance Inc

Central new york lyme and tick-borne disease alliance, inc. (the "alliance") was formed for the charitable and educational purposes of serving as a collaborative of providers, scientists and community members who support research, drive…

Health
11
United Way of New York State

To strengthen the capacity of local united ways through their charitable human service activities to be leaders in achieving results that improve the lives of all new yorkers.

Philanthropy
12
Legal Services Nyc

Legal services nyc is a non-profit organization that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in new york city. a community-based organization serving more than 100,000 people annually, lsnyc is the nation's largest…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legal Services of Central New York Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cora Foundation 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

21 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. 21 of the 31 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MERCYWORKSINCORPORATED: $320,000 · EducationMERCYWORKSINCORPORATEDON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC: $278,000 · EducationON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC+2 more: $8,000 · EducationCENTRAL CURRENT INC: $315,000 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL CURRENT INC+2 more: $11,000 · Arts & CultureST MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherST MATTHEW'S EPISCOPA…EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART: $43,000 · OtherEVERSON MUSEUM OF ARTALS ASSOCIATION UPSTATE NEW YORK CHAPTER INC: $25,000 · OtherALS ASSOCIATION UPSTA…JDRF CENTRAL NEW YORK CHAPTER: $10,000 · OtherSOUTH SUDAN VILLAGES CLINIC: $10,000 · OtherHISCOCK LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $10,000 · Other+12 more: $43,500 · Other+12 moreA TINY HOME FOR GOOD INC: $55,000 · Housing & ShelterDUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesVOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT OF CNY INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $1,000 · Crime & LegalNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $10,000 · Health
Education$606,000Arts & Culture$326,000Other$241,500Housing & Shelter$55,000Human Services$41,000Crime & Legal$11,000Health$10,000

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 budgetMERCYWORKSINCORPORATED: $320,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetCENTRAL CURRENT INC: $315,000 over 3y, 51% of budgetON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC: $278,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetA TINY HOME FOR GOOD INC: $55,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetDUNBAR ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetALS ASSOCIATION UPSTATE NEW YORK CHAPTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSYRACUSE AREA LANDMARK THEATRE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT OF CNY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREDHOUSE ARTS CENTER INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH WORKS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLe Moyne College: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE POSTER PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetWESTCOTT COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST 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.

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.

Central New York Comm…The Dorothy and Marsh…Allyn Family Foundati…The John Ben Snow Fou…The Rosamond Gifford …Jim and Juli Boeheim …Richard S Shineman Fo…CNY Arts IncJohn Ben Snow Memoria…Price Chopper's Golub…United Way of Central…Health Foundation for…
Central New York Community Foundation IncNY31.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · The Dorothy and Marshall M Reisman Foundation · Allyn Family Foundation Inc · The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc · The Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation · Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc · Richard S Shineman Foundation · CNY Arts Inc · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · United Way of Central New York Inc · Health Foundation for Western & Central New York

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 Duke Malavenda Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Duke Malavenda Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 31 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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