Connecticut · Private foundation
The Lombardo Foundation Inc
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.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Lombardo Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $16k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $550k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $253k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $222k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $285k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $119k | 82% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $75k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $42k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc | $252,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Sarasota Opera Association Inc | $77,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Sacred Heart University Incorporated | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Second Heart Homes Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Athens-Oconee Casa Incorporated | $26,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ringling College of Art and Design Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($956k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Lombardo Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · United Way Worldwide · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Lombardo Foundation Inc
- How much does The Lombardo Foundation Inc give?
- The Lombardo Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $16,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Lombardo Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (77%), Health (7%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Lombardo Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc ($253k), Sarasota Opera Association Inc ($77k), Sacred Heart University Incorporated ($31k).
- Does The Lombardo Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lombardo Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Lombardo Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Lombardo Foundation Inc based?
- The Lombardo Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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