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The Pappalardo Family Foundation at a glance

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The Pappalardo Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$499k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$499k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Philanthropy$2.8MEducation$111kArts & Culture$60kHealth$54kInternational$28kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kYouth Development$25kPublic Benefit$8kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$499,205
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BESSEMER TRUST - DONOR ADVISED FUND$499,205
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH: $2k → 9%TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH: $2k → 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

WA
MI
NY
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
KS
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.

5%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$156k · 7 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
21

Total granted

$156k
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+79%

Still filing today

57%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $499k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
HealthInternationalEducationPhilanthropyPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BC
    BACK COUNTRY JAZZ FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $55k
  • GH
    GREENWICH HOSPITAL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $43k · revenue +20%
  • CC
    Carrington Charitable Foundation
    2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • BD
    BNGF DISTRIBUTION
    one grant, 2018 · $2.3M
  • RP
    REACH PREP SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY FOR HURRICANE HARVEY
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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
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
2
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
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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4
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
5
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
9
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
12
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greenwich Council Boy Scouts of America Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. 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

13 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. 13 of the 30 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BNGF DISTRIBUTION: $2,300,000 · OtherBNGF DISTRIBUTIONBESSEMER TRUST - DONOR ADVISED FUND: $499,205 · OtherBESSEMER TRUST - DONOR ADVISED FUND+17 more: $225,000 · Other+17 moreGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $43,000 · HealthThe Stamford Hospital: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $600 · HealthMCPHERSON COLLEGE: $15,850 · EducationGREENWICH POLICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $10,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationCarrington Charitable Foundation: $30,000 · PhilanthropyFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $25,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · InternationalJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $7,500 · Public BenefitUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$3,024,205Health$53,600Education$30,850Philanthropy$30,000International$26,000Public Benefit$7,500Recreation & Sports$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $43,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMCPHERSON COLLEGE: $15,850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Stamford Hospital: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $600 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 GREENWICH HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds Carrington Charitable Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds MCPHERSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds The Stamford Hospital ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH POLICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE 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.

The Russell Maguire F…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Russell Maguire Foundation IncCT13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Russell Maguire Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Pappalardo Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pappalardo 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Stamford Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 30 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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