North Carolina · Public charity
The Isabella Santos Foundation
The Isabella Santos Foundation was created in honor of Isabella Santos who fought neuroblastoma for over 5 years. The goal of the foundation is to raise money and awareness for neuroblastoma research, provide financial assistance to families with children who are suffering from cancer as well as provide financial support for…
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $710,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $541k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Isabella Santos Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $1.2M | 80% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $434k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $1.4M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $996k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $680k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $658k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $555k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atrium Health Foundation | $5,985,987 | 8 | 2% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $171,382 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Live Like Madison Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 55% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc | $57,978 | 4 | 1% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $55,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $41,881 | 5 | 0% |
| Caris Mpi Inc | $39,100 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atrium Health Foundation | $5,985,987 | 8 | 2% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $171,382 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Live Like Madison Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 55% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc | $57,978 | 4 | 1% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $55,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $41,881 | 5 | 0% |
| Caris Mpi Inc | $39,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Sema4 Opco Inc | $35,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 16% |
| A Kid Again Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Oncology Group Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| KinderMourn Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Receptions for Research the Greg Olsen Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Isabella Santos Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: United Way Worldwide · Duke Energy Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Isabella Santos Foundation
- How much does The Isabella Santos Foundation give?
- The Isabella Santos Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $1,109,438 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Isabella Santos Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (100%).
- Who are The Isabella Santos Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Atrium Health Foundation ($6.0M), Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc ($250k), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($171k).
- Does The Isabella Santos Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Isabella Santos Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way Worldwide, Duke Energy Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Isabella Santos Foundation based?
- The Isabella Santos Foundation is based in NC.
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