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The Joseph Valenti Jr Family Foundation

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.

$30k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$8k
Largest
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.

Education$149kReligion$39kYouth Development$32kHealth$18kHuman Services$18kRecreation & Sports$5kPhilanthropy$5kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$493k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOYOLA ACADEMY$7,500
THE 1916 FOUNDATION$5,000
ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH$2,500
BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
OLPH NEEDY FAMILY FUND$2,000
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY$2,000
KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANANGEMENT$2,000
DELRAY DUNES FOUNDATION$1,000
NORTHSHORE COUNTRY CLUB EMPLOYEE FO$1,000
SAINTS JFX SCHOOL$518
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HOPE$500
PINE TREE'S SCOTTY FOUNDATION$500
GOLF GREATER ORG FOR LESS FORTUNATE$350
MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION$250
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 (FY17–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER: $3k → 14%DELRAY DUNES FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%Misericordia Family Association: $3k → 14%MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%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

IL
NY
CO
MO
VA
DE
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$244k · 22 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
21

Total granted

$244k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+38%

Still filing today

41%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesScience & TechReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HI
    HOPE IGNITES CHICAGO
    6× · 2017–2024 · $31k · revenue +45%
  • MC
    MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $14k · revenue +28%
  • FU
    Fordham University
    4× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • TW
    TEACH WHO CHRIST IS
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • TH
    The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -45%
  • NS
    NORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +38%
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
3
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
University of Illinois Foundation

The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is an independent and separate nonprofit entity from the University of Illinois. Our mission is to encourage and administer private gifts and serve the UI System by working closely with…

Education
6
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
7
Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc

Provide pediatric and subspecialty surgical, research, and educational services.

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8
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
9
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
10
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
11
North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice

North shore health system medical faculty group practice (the corporation) functions as an extension of the northwell health hospitals by bringing medical care to community settings, providing care to medicare, medicaid, and other…

Health
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The 1916 Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOYOLA ACADEMY: $110,000 · OtherLOYOLA ACADEMYHOPE IGNITES CHICAGO: $31,000 · OtherHOPE IGNITES CHICAGOST MARY OF THE LAKE SEMINARY: $15,000 · OtherST MARY OF THE LAKE SEMINARYOLPH NEEDY FAMILY FUND: $10,000 · OtherTO TEACH WHO CHRIST IS - ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO: $10,000 · Other+31 more: $49,173 · Other+31 moreMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 · EducationMARINE CO…Fordham University: $5,000 · EducationFordham U…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationGEORGETOW…UNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $2,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…+1 more: $250 · EducationTHE THANC FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Health+2 more: $450 · HealthNORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER: $3,000 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $2,750 · Human ServicesDELRAY DUNES FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE 1916 FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $5,000 · ReligionBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $2,000 · Community Improvement
Other$225,173Education$24,250Health$7,950Human Services$6,750Philanthropy$5,100Religion$5,000Community Improvement$2,000

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 budgetHOPE IGNITES CHICAGO: $31,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THANC FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFordham University: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 1916 FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $2,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc: $1,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe People's Music School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER ORGANIZATION FOR LESS FORTUNATE: $850 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPINE TREES SCOTTY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Cubs Charities: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $100 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 HOPE IGNITES CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE THANC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Fordham University ↗
  • Who funds THE 1916 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds The People's Music School ↗
  • Who funds DELRAY DUNES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds GREATER ORGANIZATION FOR LESS FORTUNATE ↗
  • Who funds PINE TREES SCOTTY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds THE JOSSELYN CENTER NFP ↗

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.

AbbVie FoundationIL15.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Joseph Valenti Jr Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joseph Valenti Jr Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Joseph Valenti Jr Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Joseph Valenti Jr Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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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