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The Geaton and Joann Decesaris Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Geaton and Joann Decesaris Family Foundation Inc

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.

$850k
Granted FY2024still arriving
59
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$4.1MEducation$562kReligion$470kHuman Services$407kCommunity Improvement$280kHousing & Shelter$148kFood & Nutrition$114kPhilanthropy$47kOther$0
02FY2024 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $79k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $471k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GO2 FOUNDATION LUNG CANCER$300,000
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK$30,000
METAVIVOR$25,000
SARAH'S HOUSE$25,000
ST MARY'S ANNAPOLIS CATHOLIC CHURCH$22,600
THE LIGHT HOUSE INC$20,000
ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE$20,000
CHRYSALIS HOUSE$20,000
DYSAUTONOMIA INTERNATIONAL$20,000
HOUSE OF RUTH$20,000
JH KIMMEL CANCER CENTER$20,000
WELLNESS HOUSE OF ANNAPOLIS$20,000
DECESARISPROUT CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$15,500
YMCA OF CENTRAL MD$15,000
THE SUMMIT SCHOOL$13,450
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 (FY17–24, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE LIZ LOGELIN FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $5k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $5k → 8%HAPPY HELPERS FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 11%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $5k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $5k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $5k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $5k → 19%LESLIE'S WEEK: $20k → 6%LESLIE'S WEEK: $20k → 6%LESLIE'S WEEK: $10k → 6%LESLIE'S WEEK: $10k → 6%LESLIE'S WEEK: $5k → 6%LESLIE'S WEEK: $5k → 6%LESLIE'S WEEK: $5k → 6%LESLIE'S WEEK: $5k → 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

ME
WA
MN
NY
MA
NV
IA
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
DC
OK
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 82 repeat orgs$267k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

82 repeat relationships: 53 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

82
27

Total granted

$6.1M
$195k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+6%

Still filing today

56%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AW
    ANNAPOLIS WELLNESS CORPORATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $282k · revenue +163%
  • MR
    METAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $225k · revenue +114%
  • HD
    HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TA THE SU
    5× · 2020–2024 · $173k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MD
    2× · 2018–2019 · $30k
  • MG
    MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED
    2× · 2018–2019 · $25k
  • MC
    MCNAMARA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
    2× · 2018–2019 · $20k
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
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
3
Commonwealth Cancer Consortium Inc

Break through cancer is a foundation dedicated to supporting translational research in the most difficult to treat cancers. our partner organizations are among the top cancer research centers and together, represent some of the most…

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4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc

The mission of the breast cancer research foundation, inc. is to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world's most promising research.

Public Safety & Disaster
6
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc

The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…

Health
7
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
8
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
9
International Myeloma Foundation

Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure.

Unclassified
10
Breastcancerorg

Our mission is to help people make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast health and breast cancer, so they can make the best decisions for their lives.

Health
11
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation Inc

The mesothelioma applied research foundation, inc. mission is to offer hope and support to patients and families dealing with mesothelioma. this is accomplished by educating patients and families about the disease, helping them obtain the…

Health
12
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Metavivor Research and Support Inc; the most unlike its peers is Morgans Message 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

60 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. 60 of the 115 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/60
Grantees still filing
43/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GO2 FOUNDATION LUNG CANCER: $1,260,000 · OtherGO2 FOUNDATION LUNG CANCERAAMC: $483,150 · OtherAAMCYMCA OF CENTRAL MD: $168,300 · OtherST MARY'S ANNAPOLIS CATHOLIC CHURCH: $143,110 · Other+69 more: $1,596,995 · Other+69 moreANNAPOLIS WELLNESS CORPORATION: $282,144 · HealthANNAPOLIS WELLNESS CORPORATIONMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $225,000 · HealthMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT …DYSAUTONOMIA INTERNATIONAL INC: $220,000 · HealthDYSAUTONOMIA INTERNATIONAL INCULMAN FOUNDATION INC: $167,000 · HealthULMAN FOUNDATION INCTHE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL: $161,000 · HealthTHE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITALCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $155,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATIONCHRYSALIS HOUSE INC: $140,000 · HealthCHRYSALIS HOUSE INCDECESARISPROUT CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $124,000 · HealthDECESARISPROUT CANCER FOUNDATIO…TOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $60,000 · Health+14 more: $215,500 · Health+14 moreHUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TA THE SU: $173,450 · EducationTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $60,000 · EducationANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE KEY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationINDIAN CREEK SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationFORT MEADE ALLIANCE INC: $150,000 · Community ImprovementWARRIOR EVENTS INC: $110,000 · Community ImprovementSARAHS HOUSE INC: $145,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterFRIENDS OF THE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterLESLIES WEEK: $80,000 · Human ServicesFor the Girls Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHAPPY HELPERS FOR THE HOMELESS: $10,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $95,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,651,555Health$1,749,644Education$279,450Community Improvement$260,000Housing & Shelter$175,000Human Services$160,000Food & Nutrition$95,000

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 budgetANNAPOLIS WELLNESS CORPORATION: $282,144 over 8y, 22% of budgetMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $225,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetDYSAUTONOMIA INTERNATIONAL INC: $220,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetHUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TA THE SU: $173,450 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetULMAN FOUNDATION INC: $167,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetTHE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL: $161,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFORT MEADE ALLIANCE INC: $150,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetSARAHS HOUSE INC: $145,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetCHRYSALIS HOUSE INC: $140,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetDECESARISPROUT CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $124,000 over 8y, 42% of budgetWARRIOR EVENTS INC: $110,000 over 7y, 29% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLung Cancer Alliance: $80,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetLESLIES WEEK: $80,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $77,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE FLIGHTS: $75,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetDIVINE MERCY CORPORATION: $65,500 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetTHE SUMMIT SCHOOL: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $60,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSHAREBABY INC: $27,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPinked Perspective Inc: $25,500 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFoundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFor the Girls Inc: $25,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBelieve Big Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLUMINIS HEALTH INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCaring Cupboard LLC: $17,500 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetHOPE FOR HENRY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBEYOND BORDERS INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetStef Ripple Inc: $12,500 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetMORGANS MESSAGE INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetADNP KIDS RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE KEY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAPPY HELPERS FOR THE HOMELESS: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetINDIAN CREEK SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARY KAY ASH FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MD INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBahamas Hope Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% 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.

  • Who funds ANNAPOLIS WELLNESS CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds METAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds DYSAUTONOMIA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TA THE SU ↗
  • Who funds ULMAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FORT MEADE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SARAHS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRYSALIS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds DECESARISPROUT CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WARRIOR EVENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Lung Cancer Alliance ↗
  • Who funds LESLIES WEEK ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE FLIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds DIVINE MERCY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SUMMIT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds TOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds SHAREBABY 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.

Community Foundation …T Rowe Price Program …William J and Dorothy…The United Way of Cen…Koch Family Foundatio…Edward St John Founda…The Jm Kaplan Fund IncAllegis Group Foundat…The James M and Marga…John Vos Family Found…Baltimore Community F…The Northrop Grumman …
Community Foundation of Anne Arundel CoMD29.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · William J and Dorothy K O'Neill Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Koch Family Foundation Inc · Edward St John Foundation Inc · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · Allegis Group Foundation Inc · The James M and Margaret V Stine Foundation Inc · John Vos Family Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Northrop Grumman 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 Geaton and Joann Decesaris Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Geaton and Joann Decesaris Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 250%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
25get no government money at all
13report 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 115 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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