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The Lorenzo 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.

$105k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$414kHealth$60kEducation$46kYouth Development$30kSocial Science$16kPhilanthropy$8kFood & Nutrition$3kEnvironment$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA$50,000
The Griswold Center for Economics$15,000
The Witherspoon Institute$15,000
Mount Sinai Hospital$10,000
The Friends of the NHA$5,000
Columbia College Annual Fund$2,500
Sustainable Nantucket$2,500
NELLA VICTORY FUND$2,000
Americas Society$1,000
Hillsdale College$1,000
Cato Institute$1,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Nantucket Cottage Hospital: $10k → 6%Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound: $1k → 8%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PRADO MUSEUM: $13k → 11%MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $1k → 22%INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH: $1k → 17%Asia Society: $1k → 16%ST PATRICK CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $1k → 17%Cato Institute: $1k → 14%Hillsdale College: $1k → 14%HERITAGE FUND: $5k → 13%The Griswold Center for Economics: $15k → 11%The Friends of the NHA: $5k → 6%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PRADO MUSEUM: $13k → 11%THE DECENCY FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%AUTISM SPEAKS: $1k → 17%Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation: $10k → 16%Hillsdale College: $1k → 14%The Witherspoon Institute: $15k → 11%The Friends of the NHA: $5k → 6%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PRADO MUSEUM: $13k → 11%HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $5k → 17%Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation: $10k → 16%Hillsdale College: $1k → 14%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $14k → 11%Sustainable Nantucket: $3k → 6%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PRADO MUSEUM: $13k → 11%Columbia College Annual Fund: $5k → 17%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - HOUSTON: $7k → 16%NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PRADO MUSEUM: $10k → 11%Columbia College Annual Fund: $5k → 17%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - HOUSTON: $3k → 16%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PRADO MUSEUM: $3k → 11%Columbia College Annual Fund: $3k → 17%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - HOUSTON: $3k → 16%Americas Society: $1k → 17%Baylor College of Medicine: $5k → 16%THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $71k → 17%THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $62k → 17%THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $50k → 17%THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $40k → 17%THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $30k → 17%THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $30k → 17%THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $25k → 17%THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $18k → 17%Mount Sinai Hospital: $10k → 17%MOUNT SINAI: $5k → 17%MOUNT SINAI: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
NM
DC
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.
$483k · 9 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
17

Total granted

$483k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+5%

Still filing today

67%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationEnvironmentPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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

  • HS
    HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $326k · revenue +107%
  • AF
    American Friends of the Prado Museum
    6× · 2018–2023 · $63k · revenue +79%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR CITIZENS AND SCHOLARS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    one grant, 2019 · $14k · revenue +5%
  • NC
    Nantucket Cottage Hospital
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • HF
    HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $5k
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

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
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
6
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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7
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
8
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
9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
11
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
12
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of the American Revolution; the most unlike its peers is The Museum of Fine Arts Houston. 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 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $326,050 · Arts & CultureHISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICAAmerican Friends of the Prado Museum: $62,500 · Arts & CultureAmerican Friends of the Prado Museum+4 more: $13,970 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE FOR CITIZENS AND SCHOLARS: $30,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR CITIZ…The Griswold Center for Economics: $15,000 · OtherThe Griswold Center…Columbia College Annual Fund: $12,500 · OtherColumbia College An…Nantucket Cottage Hospital: $10,000 · OtherNantucket Cottage H…The Friends of the NHA: $10,000 · OtherThe Friends of the …MOUNT SINAI: $7,500 · OtherMOUNT SINAIHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $5,000 · Other+9 more: $9,250 · Other+9 moreWitherspoon Institute Inc: $15,000 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University: $14,100 · EducationBaylor College of Medicine: $5,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,000 · EducationTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $1,500 · HealthHERITAGE FUND - THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc: $500 · PhilanthropyNANTUCKET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND INC: $1,000 · Environment
Arts & Culture$402,520Other$99,250Education$37,100Health$31,500Philanthropy$5,500Housing & Shelter$3,000Environment$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 budgetHISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $326,050 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Prado Museum: $62,500 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR CITIZENS AND SCHOLARS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWitherspoon Institute Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $14,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $11,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE FUND - THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAS SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DECENCY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $570 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…T Rowe Price Program …Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA12.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Lorenzo Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lorenzo 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Nantucket Historical Association: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 35 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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