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The Ferrao Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Ferrao 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.

$82k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$452kHealth$236kReligion$206kRecreation & Sports$139kEnvironment$123kYouth Development$85kFood & Nutrition$22kArts & Culture$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Diocese of Venice$25,000
Protected Harbor$15,000
Vermont Land Trust$15,000
Community Pregnancy Clinics$10,000
Navy Seal Foundation$5,000
Navy Seal Foundation$5,000
St Ann Catholic Church$3,000
St Ann Catholic Church$3,000
AOPA Foundation$1,000
Shriners Children's$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.

area typical 11%Sheridan House Family Ministries: $3k → 13%Mount Sinai Health System: $10k → 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

VT
NH
IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DE
TN
OK
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 20% of The Ferrao Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 68% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 49%.

The Ferrao Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 19% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$996k · 14 repeat orgs$211k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
35

Total granted

$996k
$200k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+43%

Still filing today

50%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • SA
    SAINT ANN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $341k · revenue +39%
  • COMMUNITY PREGNANCY CLINICS INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +101%
  • VERMONT LAND TRUST INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • CH
    CAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +208%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY OF US OF AMER
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • SO
    Springfield On the Move
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -1%
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
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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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
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
4
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
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
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
8
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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9
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
10
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
11
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice

North shore health system medical faculty group practice (the corporation) functions as an extension of the northwell health hospitals by bringing medical care to community settings, providing care to medicare, medicaid, and other…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hartland Volunteer Fire Department. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 53 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
24/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT ANN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $341,202 · OtherSAINT ANN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INCCOMMUNITY PREGNANCY CLINICS INC: $150,200 · OtherCOMMUNITY PREGNANCY CLINICS INCCatholic Faith appeal: $79,000 · OtherCatholic Faith appealSaint Ann School: $64,500 · OtherSaint Ann SchoolDiocese of Venice: $50,000 · OtherDiocese of VeniceSaint Ann Catholic Church: $30,000 · Other+27 more: $162,150 · Other+27 moreUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $139,000 · EducationUniversity of …University of Scranton: $10,000 · EducationUniversity of …THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationTHOMAS AQUINAS…+3 more: $15,000 · Education+3 moreVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $80,000 · EnvironmentVERMONT LA…VERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentVERMONT NA…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROTECTED HARBOR INC: $55,000 · Health+3 more: $2,250 · HealthMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSHERIDAN HOUSE FAMILY MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & Culture
Other$877,052Education$174,000Environment$120,000Youth Development$85,000Health$57,250Human Services$22,500Arts & Culture$10,250

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 budgetSAINT ANN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $341,202 over 4y, 24% of budgetCOMMUNITY PREGNANCY CLINICS INC: $150,200 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $139,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $80,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR: $60,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPROTECTED HARBOR INC: $55,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetVERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSpringfield On the Move: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Scranton: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHartland Volunteer Fire Department: $10,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetTHOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEACREST SCHOOL INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAvow Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 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.

Collier Community Fou…Publix Super Markets …National Philanthropi…The Ayco Charitable F…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Collier Community Foundation IncFL23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · 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 Ferrao Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ferrao Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Vermont Land Trust Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Vermont Natural Resources Council Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Springfield On the Move: 22% of income from government
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Protected Harbor Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 53 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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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