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The James V Tesoriero Charitable Fund at a glance

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The James V Tesoriero Charitable Fund

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.

$34k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$36kHuman Services$30kEducation$26kHealth$21kRecreation & Sports$16kArts & Culture$9kAnimals$6kInternational$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$277k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VICTORY TRANSFORMATION CENTER$10,500
UNITY ACRES$4,500
HUMAN CONCERNS$4,000
OSWEGO LITTLE LEAGUE$3,000
FRIENDS OF HOSPICE IN OSWEGO COUNTY$1,000
ROAD 2 RECOVERY CNY$1,000
FRIEND OF CAMP HOLLIS$1,000
PEACEFUL REMEDIES$1,000
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK$1,000
PAWS ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY$1,000
OSWEGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
SALVATION ARMY OF OSWEGO$1,000
THANK A SERVICE MEMBER$500
OSWEGO BOOKMOBILE$500
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES: $2k → 17%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $500 → 15%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $500 → 15%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES: $500 → 17%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $500 → 15%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES: $500 → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES: $250 → 17%HUMAN CONCERNS: $4k → 17%HUMAN CONCERNS: $3k → 17%HUMAN CONCERNS: $3k → 17%HUMAN CONCERNS: $2k → 17%HUMAN CONCERNS: $2k → 17%HUMAN CONCERNS: $1k → 17%HUMAN CONCERNS: $1k → 17%RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 17%RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 17%RESCUE MISSION: $250 → 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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$149k · 34 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
14

Total granted

$149k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-21%

Still filing today

50%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • OU
    OSWEGO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $18k · revenue +45%
  • HC
    HUMAN CONCERNS INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $15k · revenue +280%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CAMP HOLLIS INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +69% · 79% of their budget

Funded once

  • SC
    SAVE - CENTRAL NEW YORK
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
  • TR
    The Research Foundation for The State University of New Yorkgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +62%
  • PC
    PREGNANCY CARE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue -78%
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
Onaga Historical Society

To bring together those interested in history especially the history of the city of onaga and the surrounding area

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2
Oswego County Childrens Fund Inc

Provide christmas gifts & food

Human Services
3
Oswego High School Band Parents Association Inc

The organization supports the local high school band and color guard.

Education
4
Owego Emergency Squad Inc

Emergency services serving owego and the surrounding tioga county through volunteer work.

Health
5
Oswego Opera Theater Inc

Performances & recitals

Arts & Culture
6
Oswego County Animal Welfare League

Welfare of animals

Animals
7
Otsego County Historical Society

To preserve and potect the heritage, historical sites, and artifacts of otsego county for the benefit of future generations.

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8
Ontario County Historical Society

Provide various educational, cultural, and museum programs and services to area residents and tourists in order to promote an appreciation of ontario county, ny.

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9
Operation Oswego County Foundation Inc

Economic job devel oswego county, ny

Community Improvement
10
Oswego Foundation for Educational Excellence

A community based organization of interested citizens committed to the goal of enriching and enhancing educational opportunities for the youth of Community School District 308 by providing funding beyond the normal operating budget of the…

Education
11
Friends of Oswego County Hospice Inc

Hospice program assistance

Community Improvement
12
Owego Little League Inc

Provide instruction and coaching along with necessary equipment and facilities to youth who wish to learn and participate in Little League Baseball.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oswego University Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Oswego County Autism Task Force. 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

27 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. 27 of the 51 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VICTORY TRANSFORMATION CENTER: $18,000 · OtherVICTORY TRANSFORMATION CENTERSALVATION ARMY OF OSWEGO: $11,150 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF OSWEGOTHANK A SERVICE MEMBER: $6,700 · OtherTHANK A SERVICE MEMBERPEACEFUL REMEDIES INC: $4,850 · OtherPEACEFUL REMEDIES INCOSWEGO LITTLE LEAGUE INC: $4,500 · OtherOSWEGO LITTLE LEAGUE INCROAD 2 RECOVERY CNY: $4,500 · OtherROAD 2 RECOVERY CNYCHILDREN'S BOARD OF OSWEGO INC: $4,400 · OtherFRIENDS OF HOSPICE: $3,000 · OtherOSWEGO BOOKMOBILE INC: $3,850 · Other+23 more: $22,650 · Other+23 moreOSWEGO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · EducationOSWEGO UNIVERSI…FREDERICK LEIGHTON HSA INC: $1,550 · EducationFREDERICK LEIGH…BUCCANEER BOOSTERSINC: $1,300 · EducationBUCCANEER BOOST…The Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $300 · EducationHUMAN CONCERNS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN CONCERNS…OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesOSWEGO COUNTY …BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A…THE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $1,250 · Human ServicesTHE RESCUE MIS…UNITY ACRES INC: $7,000 · HealthOSWEGO COUNTY AUTISM TASK FORCE: $4,500 · HealthPREGNANCY CARE CENTER INC: $500 · HealthFRIENDS OF CAMP HOLLIS INC: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsOSWEGO MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · Recreation & SportsOSWEGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,750 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF OSWEGO: $1,250 · Arts & CultureHERITAGE FOUNDATION OF OSWEGO INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureOSWEGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $3,000 · AnimalsPAWS ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY INC: $2,750 · Animals
Other$83,600Education$22,150Human Services$20,750Health$12,000Recreation & Sports$7,500Arts & Culture$7,000Animals$5,750

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 budgetOSWEGO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHUMAN CONCERNS INC: $15,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF CAMP HOLLIS INC: $7,000 over 4y, 79% of budgetUNITY ACRES INC: $7,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetPEACEFUL REMEDIES INC: $4,850 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetOSWEGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,750 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetOSWEGO COUNTY AUTISM TASK FORCE: $4,500 over 6y, 61% of budgetOSWEGO LITTLE LEAGUE INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOSWEGO BOOKMOBILE INC: $3,850 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetOSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOSWEGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetPAWS ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY INC: $2,750 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFREDERICK LEIGHTON HSA INC: $1,550 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetLAKE CITY POLICE CLUB: $1,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUCCANEER BOOSTERSINC: $1,300 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF OSWEGO: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHERITAGE FOUNDATION OF OSWEGO INC: $1,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF FORT ONTARIO INC: $1,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetPREGNANCY CARE CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOVE ALONG INC: $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOSWEGO MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOSWEGO INDUSTRIES INC: $500 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.

  • Who funds OSWEGO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN CONCERNS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CAMP HOLLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITY ACRES INC ↗
  • Who funds PEACEFUL REMEDIES INC ↗
  • Who funds OSWEGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds OSWEGO COUNTY AUTISM TASK FORCE ↗
  • Who funds OSWEGO LITTLE LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds OSWEGO BOOKMOBILE INC ↗
  • Who funds OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds OSWEGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds FREDERICK LEIGHTON HSA INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE CITY POLICE CLUB ↗
  • Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
  • Who funds BUCCANEER BOOSTERSINC ↗
  • Who funds THE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF OSWEGO ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF OSWEGO INC ↗
  • Who funds The Research Foundation for The State University of New York ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF FORT ONTARIO INC ↗
  • Who funds PREGNANCY CARE CENTER 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.

Richard S Shineman Fo…Central New York Comm…The John Ben Snow Fou…Tarandi FoundationThe William G Pomeroy…JM McDonald Foundatio…Price Chopper's Golub…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Richard S Shineman FoundationNY30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Richard S Shineman Foundation · Central New York Community Foundation Inc · The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc · Tarandi Foundation · The William G Pomeroy Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 James V Tesoriero Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James V Tesoriero Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    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 51 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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