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The John J & Frank Sparacio Foundation at a glance

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The John J & Frank Sparacio Foundation

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.

$770k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$100k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$1.6MHealth$848kAnimals$754kReligion$610kEnvironment$524kInternational$451kHuman Services$197kYouth Development$195kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $473k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $290k
$25,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$100,000
BRIGHT STAR OF BETHLEHEM$80,000
BETHLEHEM BIBLE COLLEGE$57,000
AFARI-AMERICAN FRIENDS ASIAN RURAL INST$53,123
CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE$45,000
ZOZU PROJECT (EDUCHRIST)$39,307
FRIENDS OF SABEEL - NORTH AMERICA$35,000
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIV FDN$35,000
STREET DOG COALITION$32,000
BASTYR UNIVERSITY$25,000
REALITY MINISTRIES INC$25,000
ACNM FOUNDATION$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$25,000
VENTANA WILDERNESS ALLIANCE$25,000
WOLAKOTA WALDORF SOCIETY$22,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $392k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%AMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 10%CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $30k → 11%NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS ASSISTANCE: $5k → 14%AMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 10%CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $25k → 11%HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE: $20k → 26%CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $10k → 11%GLOBAL PERINATAL SERVICES: $57k → 9%HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE: $20k → 26%AGING AHEAD FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $60k → 9%CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $30k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $30k → 9%CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $15k → 11%MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $5k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $30k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $15k → 9%MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $5k → 9%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

AK
WA
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
MS
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 58 repeat orgs$983k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

58 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 38 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
53

Total granted

$5.3M
$859k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+41%

Still filing today

74%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentInternationalArts & 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

  • TM
    THE MIDWIFE FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $509k · revenue +112%
  • BS
    BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP
    5× · 2018–2022 · $445k · revenue +161%
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $380k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $75k
  • NC
    North Central College
    one grant, 2018 · $75k · revenue +20%
  • NI
    NON-VIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2021 · $65k
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
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
2
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
3
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
4
Native America Humane Sociey

To empower Native communities to become healthier, happier, and safer by providing information, support and resources for animal care programs in Indian country.

Animals
5
Animal Rescue of the Rockies

Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

Animals
6
Noco Humane

Our mission is to further the compassionate safe and responsible relationship between animals and people.

Animals
7
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
8
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
9
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
10
All About Animals Rescue

All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

Animals
11
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
12
Best Friends Animal Society

To bring about a time when there are no more homeless pets. we do this by demonstrating and promoting exemplary animal care and building community programs and partnerships.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlife Rescue Center; the most unlike its peers is Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute. 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

73 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. 73 of the 116 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)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
73/73
Grantees still filing
56/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIGHT STAR OF BETHLEHEM: $290,000 · OtherBRIGHT STAR OF BETHLEHEMAFARI-AMERICAN FRIENDS ASIAN RURAL INST: $158,123 · OtherAFARI-AMERICAN FRIENDS ASIAN RURAL…ZOZU PROJECT (EDUCHRIST): $125,648 · OtherZOZU PROJECT (EDUCHRIST)BASTYR UNIVERSITY-MIDWIFERY SCHOOL: $115,000 · OtherBASTYR UNIVERSITY-MIDWIFERY SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $75,000 · OtherRED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $75,000 · OtherST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOL: $73,465 · OtherNON-VIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL: $65,268 · OtherCOSLEY FOUNDATION INC: $84,000 · Other+47 more: $856,822 · Other+47 moreTHE MIDWIFE FOUNDATION INC: $509,000 · EducationTHE MIDWIFE FOUNDATION INCTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $379,820 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame: $152,500 · EducationThe Corporation of Saint Mary…CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $135,700 · EducationCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE …ALBRIGHT COLLEGE: $125,319 · EducationALBRIGHT COLLEGENorth Central College: $75,000 · EducationWheaton College: $74,000 · EducationHOPI SCHOOL INC: $67,700 · Education+6 more: $125,000 · Education+6 moreBRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP: $445,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRIGHT STARS…REALITY MINISTRIES INC: $166,285 · Youth DevelopmentREALITY MINI…CHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC: $105,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHEYENNE RIV…The Street Dog Coalition: $152,512 · AnimalsThe Street …WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $95,000 · AnimalsWOODS HUMAN…POSITIVE TAILS INC: $75,512 · AnimalsPOSITIVE TA…CARE4Paws Inc: $70,000 · AnimalsCARE4Paws I…LITTLE ORPHAN ANIMALS INC: $50,000 · AnimalsLITTLE ORPH…COMMUNITY CONCERN FOR CATS INC: $35,000 · AnimalsCOMMUNITY C…SHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED: $25,554 · AnimalsWOLF POINT POUND PUPPIES ANIMAL RESCUE: $25,000 · AnimalsJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: $25,000 · Animals+9 more: $79,120 · Animals+9 moreHudson Highlands Land Trust Inc: $172,000 · EnvironmentHudson Hig…SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $110,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE R…Forest Park Forever Inc: $88,000 · EnvironmentForest Par…LOS PADRES FORESTWATCH INC: $75,000 · EnvironmentLOS PADRES…KLAMATH-SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER: $65,000 · EnvironmentKLAMATH-SI…VENTANA WILDERNESS ALLIANCE: $40,000 · EnvironmentVENTANA WI…Native American Land Conservancy: $32,450 · EnvironmentNative Ame…+1 more: $20,000 · EnvironmentChristian Health Service Corps Inc: $159,955 · InternationalCHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE: $136,572 · InternationalCORNERSTONE FOUNDATION: $38,300 · InternationalFriends of Sabeel-North America: $35,000 · InternationalKids Alive International Inc: $30,000 · International+3 more: $21,000 · InternationalGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $135,000 · Human ServicesCHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $110,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL PERINATAL SERVICES: $57,000 · Human ServicesHOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE: $40,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $29,650 · Human ServicesSOARING EAGLE: $25,000 · Human Services+3 more: $20,000 · Human Services
Other$1,918,326Education$1,644,039Youth Development$716,285Animals$632,698Environment$602,450International$420,827Human Services$416,650

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 budgetTHE MIDWIFE FOUNDATION INC: $509,000 over 8y, 24% of budgetBRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP: $445,000 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $379,820 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHudson Highlands Land Trust Inc: $172,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetREALITY MINISTRIES INC: $166,285 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetChristian Health Service Corps Inc: $159,955 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetThe Street Dog Coalition: $152,512 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame: $152,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE: $136,572 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $135,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $135,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetALBRIGHT COLLEGE: $125,319 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $110,000 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $110,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC: $105,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetWOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $95,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $88,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOSLEY FOUNDATION INC: $84,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetPOSITIVE TAILS INC: $75,512 over 4y, 13% of budgetNorth Central College: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS PADRES FORESTWATCH INC: $75,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetWheaton College: $74,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCARE4Paws Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHOPI SCHOOL INC: $67,700 over 3y, 12% of budgetKLAMATH-SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER: $65,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetGLOBAL PERINATAL SERVICES: $57,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetLITTLE ORPHAN ANIMALS INC: $50,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetWOLAKOTA WALDORF SOCIETY: $47,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetVENTANA WILDERNESS ALLIANCE: $40,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetCORNERSTONE FOUNDATION: $38,300 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetOGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONCERN FOR CATS INC: $35,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetNative American Land Conservancy: $32,450 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetLUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKids Alive International Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $29,650 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBastyr University: $28,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED: $25,554 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOARING EAGLE: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOLF POINT POUND PUPPIES ANIMAL RESCUE: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT STREET VET: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAT DEPOT: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHaa Tooch Licheesh: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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 THE MIDWIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Hudson Highlands Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds REALITY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Christian Health Service Corps Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Street Dog Coalition ↗
  • Who funds The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame ↗
  • Who funds CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds ALBRIGHT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds CHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
  • Who funds COSLEY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds POSITIVE TAILS INC ↗
  • Who funds North Central College ↗
  • Who funds LOS PADRES FORESTWATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds Wheaton College ↗
  • Who funds CARE4Paws Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPI SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds KLAMATH-SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL PERINATAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE ORPHAN ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds WOLAKOTA WALDORF SOCIETY ↗

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 Duffield Family F…Thornton S Jr and Kat…Ethel Frends Charitab…The Pfizer Foundation…PatagoniaorgThe American Society …Petco LoveBragg Health Foundati…The Grey Muzzle Organ…Novo FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Greater Good Charities
The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's FundCA19.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Patagoniaorg · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petco Love · Bragg Health Foundation · The Grey Muzzle Organization · Novo Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Good Charities

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 John J & Frank Sparacio Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John J & Frank Sparacio Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge: 100% of income from government
  • Cat Depot: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 116 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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