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The Ferrara Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Ferrara Charitable Trust

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.

$305k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$1.9MEducation$83kAnimals$73kFood & Nutrition$13kRecreation & Sports$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kReligion$8kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $35k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$6,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$956k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NYIT COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE$250,000
BOSTON UNIVERSITY$35,000
DONATIONS UNDER 1000$7,286
COVE ANIMAL RESCUE$6,000
D LACROSSE CLUB$5,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%STONEY BROOK FOUNDATION: $100 → 10%STONEY BROOK FOUNDATION: $100 → 10%LONG ISLAND CARES: $10k → 7%ISLAND HARVEST: $1k → 6%ISLAND HARVEST: $1k → 6%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

MT
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
VA
AZ
TN
NC
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 10 repeat orgs$97k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
38

Total granted

$2.0M
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+27%

Still filing today

60%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $66k · revenue +12%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    2× · 2017–2021 · $11k · revenue +80%
  • WE
    WINDHORSE EQUINE LEARNING
    2× · 2017–2020 · $7k · revenue +465%

Funded once

  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +18%
  • LI
    Long Island Cares Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +181%
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
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
2
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
3
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
4
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
5
The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Together with our community, we better the lives of animals through justice, prevention, and life-saving care. lollypop farm, the humane society of greater rochester, envisions a just and compassionate world for all animals.

Animals
6
The Animal Rescue League
Animals
7
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
8
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
9
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
10
Animal Rescue League of Boston

The animal rescue league of boston's vision is to confront animal cruelty and neglect at its root causes. through programs, services, and facilities focused on accessible animal care, public advocacy, and sustained anti-cruelty efforts...…

Animals
11
Little Shelter Animal Adoption Center Inc

Little shelter animal adoption center, one of long island's oldest no-kill shelters,is dedicated to saving all companion animals whose lives are in jeopardy. throughrescue from kill facilities, rehabilitation of sick and un-socialized…

Animals
12
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Beagle Freedom Project; the most unlike its peers is New York University. 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

29 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. 29 of the 52 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW YORK INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE: $1,140,000 · OtherNEW YORK INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINENYIT COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE: $710,701 · OtherNYIT COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE+25 more: $134,261 · Other+25 moreCOVE ANIMAL RESCUE CORPORATION: $23,650 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $11,000 · AnimalsNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $10,000 · AnimalsBEAGLE FREEDOM PROJECT: $5,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $2,000 · Animals+10 more: $7,100 · AnimalsLong Island Cares Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesISLAND HARVEST LTD: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $200 · Human ServicesWINDHORSE EQUINE LEARNING: $6,500 · HealthKIDS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthOAK NECK ATHLETIC COUNCIL INC: $5,200 · Recreation & SportsTHE ADD IMPACT NETWORK INC: $500 · Recreation & SportsNew York University: $5,000 · EducationLOCUST VALLEY LIBRARY: $300 · EducationOPERATION SMILE INC: $5,000 · International
Other$1,984,962Animals$58,750Human Services$12,200Health$7,500Recreation & Sports$5,700Education$5,300International$5,000

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 budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $66,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOVE ANIMAL RESCUE CORPORATION: $23,650 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWINDHORSE EQUINE LEARNING: $6,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOAK NECK ATHLETIC COUNCIL INC: $5,200 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAGLE FREEDOM PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNew York University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT K9 HERO: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TOWNWIDE FUND OF HUNTINGTON INC: $550 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADD IMPACT NETWORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE LONGEARS MINI DONKEY RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFront Range Equine Rescue: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINTE DONKEY RESCUE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarolina Equine Rescue and Assistan: $300 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC9.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · 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 Ferrara Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ferrara Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 52 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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