· Private foundation
The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k186 grants · $256k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $58k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | $46,185 |
| NICOTRA PLAYGROUND CC3 | $11,800 |
| UNITED ACTIVITIES UNLIMITED | $5,000 |
| PS 37R DAVID MARQUIS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS | $3,500 |
| SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL | $3,000 |
| PS 26 THE CARTERET SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| PSR373 | $2,500 |
| ST JOSEPH BY-THE-SEA HIGH SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| STATEN ISLAND TECHINICAL HIGH SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS | $2,500 |
| PS 46 THE ALBERT MANISCALCO SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| ST RITA ST TERESA STREAM ACADEMY | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
189 repeat relationships: 85 still active in FY2025, 104 since wound down; 103 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SJST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK4× · 2017–2023 · $9k · revenue +12%
- UAUNITED ACTIVITIES UNLIMITED INC4× · 2018–2025 · $8k · revenue +83%
- IPIlluminart Productions5× · 2017–2025 · $6k · revenue +293%
Funded once
- NDNYC DEPT OF EDUCATIONone grant, 2024 · $56k
- COCHURCH OF SAINT RITAone grant, 2021 · $10k
- SSIEDCone grant, 2018 · $10k
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.
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.
To promote the public's knowledge and enjoyment of the arts by providing a venue for theatre education and live theatrical performances for children and families in the local community. It hopes to inspire young performers to develop…
Catholic charities of staten island (formerly known as mission of the immaculate virgin for the protection of homeless and destitute children) is a not-for-profit agency of the archdiocese of new york. founded in 1871 by father john c.…
Advancing the cause of women by providing incentives and assistance to further their careers through mentoring programs and awarding scholarships. also annually recognizing women who render extraordinary community service.
1. to disseminate a knowledge of zoology and an appreciation of animal life.2. to maintain a zoological garden where small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and tropical fish will be on display for observation and study.3. through local…
We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.
To serve the Autistic community.
The simhs is a not-for-profit children's services provider agency, founded in 1895. our mission is to diagnose and treat emotional, behavioral, organic, and developmental problems; to create and support programs and environments that…
Homeless felines and ultimately place them in a proper living situation in the hopes of avoiding new york city regulated euthanasia.
Raise money to aid the mentally ill. offer emotional support and referral to families of the mentally ill. educate members and public to improve care. train mentally ill to be advocates.
How this is measured
134 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 134 of the 514 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds UNITED ACTIVITIES UNLIMITED INC ↗
- Who funds STATEN ISLAND REGION ANTIQUE AUTO CLUB OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds Illuminart Productions ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOSPITALITY INC ↗
- Who funds FDNY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LITERACY INC ↗
- Who funds TRAVIS FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION CMTE INC ↗
- Who funds Staten Island Technical High School PTA ↗
- Who funds ON YOUR MARK INC ↗
- Who funds Richmond Choral Society ↗
- Who funds MINTY ORGANIZATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SI INC ↗
- Who funds STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Garibaldi Meucci Museum ↗
- Who funds MICHAEL'S CAUSE 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.
Open a dossier: Richmond County Savings Foundation · The Staten Island Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · The Roberta and Allan Weissglass Foundation · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · City Parks Foundation Inc · Robin Hood Foundation · Mutual of America Foundation · The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd LLP · Food Bank for New York City
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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