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The Fernandes Family Foundation at a glance

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The Fernandes Family Foundation

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.

$357k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$210k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.6MReligion$146kHealth$135kEnvironment$111kHousing & Shelter$34kRecreation & Sports$10kYouth Development$5kPhilanthropy$1k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $26k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $310k
$6,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOOSTER SCHOOL$210,000
GREENFIELD HILL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH$50,000
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$50,000
OXFORD ACADEMY$26,000
HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION$6,000
SMART KIDS WITH LD$5,000
NAPLES PATHWAY COALITION$5,000
APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY$5,000
GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY$250
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 (FY18–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 9%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $6k → 17%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $6k → 17%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%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

MN
IA
OH
NJ
CT
WV
VA
AZ
TN
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 15 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
7

Total granted

$2.0M
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+51%

Still filing today

67%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WS
    WOOSTER SCHOOL CORPORATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +36%
  • TS
    THE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $258k · revenue +65%
  • OA
    OXFORD ACADEMY INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $211k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • BR
    BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +51%
  • C
    CaringBridge
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -7%
  • HC
    HISTORIC CENTRAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
2
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
3
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
4
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
5
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
6
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
7
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
8
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
9
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
10
Westminster College

The mission of westminster college is to help students develop competencies, commitments, and characteristics which have distinguished human beings at their best. see continuation on schedule o.the liberal arts tradition is the foundation…

Education
11
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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12
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Southport School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Central School Preservation 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

18 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. 18 of the 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
17/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOOSTER SCHOOL CORPORATION: $1,060,000 · OtherWOOSTER SCHOOL CORPORATIONTHE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL INC: $257,500 · OtherTHE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL INCGREENFIELD HILL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $145,500 · OtherGREENFIELD HILL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHFRIENDS OF COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $110,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $104,500 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION+7 more: $31,000 · OtherOXFORD ACADEMY INC: $211,000 · EducationOXFORD ACADEMY…The Trustees of Princeton University: $52,000 · EducationThe Trustees o…APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC: $29,000 · Housing & ShelterHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesNaples Pathways Coalition Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsINSPIREINC: $5,000 · HealthCaringBridge: $1,500 · HealthNAMI National: $1,000 · HealthTASTE THE IMPACT INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $250 · Environment
Other$1,708,500Education$263,000Housing & Shelter$29,000Human Services$19,500Recreation & Sports$16,000Health$7,500Youth Development$1,000Environment$250

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 budgetWOOSTER SCHOOL CORPORATION: $1,060,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetTHE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL INC: $257,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetOXFORD ACADEMY INC: $211,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $104,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $52,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC: $29,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNaples Pathways Coalition Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES WITH HOPE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTASTE THE IMPACT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRAL SCHOOL PRESERVATION INC: $500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $250 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.

Fairfield County's Co…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%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%
  • Homes With Hope: 28% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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
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 24 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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