· Private foundation
The Ferraiuolo 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $39k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $176k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GONZAGA UNIVERSITY | $175,717 |
| YMCA | $38,850 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,000 |
| VANESSA BEHAN CRISIS NURSERY | $5,750 |
| YWCA SPOKANE | $5,000 |
| FEED SPOKANE | $2,750 |
| WISHING STAR FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| FRANKLIN APPLE PROGRAM | $700 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against -28% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY9× · 2017–2025 · $947k · revenue +42%- VBVANESSA BEHAN5× · 2020–2025 · $27k · revenue +1%
- YWYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EASTERN WASHINGTONone grant, 2022 · $9k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $5k
- YYWCAone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
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.
The mission of Visit Spokane is to help promote economic development for Spokane County through tourism and tourism promotion.
The Spokane Parks Foundation cultivates the health, growth, and continued enjoyment of our communities by inspiring giving and passion for our parks.
The mission of the Community Health Association of Spokane (CHAS Health) is to improve the overall health of the communities we serve by expanding access to quality health and wellness services.
The vision of Spokane Humane Society is to enrich the lives of animals and their companions through Support, Education, Advocacy and Love (SEAL). As the oldest local non-profit in Spokane, we have been serving companion animals in need and…
The mission of Spokane County United Way is to mobilize our community resources to create measurable results that improve the lives of the people living in our community and advance the idea of the common good. (Continued on Schedule O)Our…
The Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, dba Greater Spokane, Incorporated, primary mission is to lead transformative business and community initiatives to build a robust regional economy.
Advocate for tax policy in Washington State
Committed to fostering relationships between members and the community. to serve the interest of members by acting as a catalyst for a vibrant sustainable economy.
The mission of Spokane Public Radio is to provide high-quality, artistic, educational and informational radio programming, which enhances and enlivens the cultural life and civic discourse of its listening communities. Spokane Public Radio…
Economic and community development through sport tourism. bid to host and create major sporting events, and facility consultation and optimization.
The SWC mobilizes partnerships, data-driven innovation,and strategic investment to build an equitable workforce ecosystem where every individual can access opportunity, every business can find talent, and every community can thrive.
How this is measured
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 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds VANESSA BEHAN ↗
- Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Feed Spokane ↗
- Who funds WISHING STAR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE JONAH PROJECT ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER ↗
- Who funds Eastern Washington University Foundation ↗
- Who funds Spokane District Dental Society Foundation ↗
- Who funds LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF SPOKANE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds STOP SOLDIER SUICIDE 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Avista Foundation · Innovia Foundation · Multicare Health System · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Spokane Teachers Credit Union · Women Helping Women Fund · Numerica Credit Union · Providence Health & Services - Washington · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ferraiuolo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ferraiuolo Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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