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The Perna Family Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Perna Family Charitable 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.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Health$4kArts & Culture$2kEducation$700Crime & Legal$700Environment$200Religion$75Other$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$87k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$1,750
DANCEABILITY INC$1,000
CRISIS SERVICES$1,000
ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE$850
PEACE PRINTS OF WNY$500
ERIE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION$500
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH$350
HOSPICE BUFFALO INC$200
FEDERATION OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN SOCIETIES OF WESTERN NEW YORK$125
THE ASSOCIATION OF MARIAN HELPERS$75
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 6% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE: $500 → 13%CANADIAN DAM RUSHFORD LAKE: $200 → 19%ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH: $350 → 17%FEDERATION OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN SOCIETIES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $125 → 13%BISONS CHILDREN SCHOLARSHIP: $3k → 13%BISONS CHILDREN SCHOLARSHIP: $2k → 13%ERIE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: $500 → 13%ERIE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: $200 → 13%DANCEABILITY INC: $1k → 13%WINGS FLIGHT OF HOPE: $200 → 13%CRISIS SERVICES: $1k → 13%PEACE PRINTS OF WNY: $500 → 13%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.
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7k · 3 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +4% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
5

Total granted

$7k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
0%

Still filing today

33%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalEducationPublic Safety & DisasterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2024–2025 · $4k
  • RP
    ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k
  • EC
    ERIE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $700 · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE RIDE FOR ROSWELL
    one grant, 2024 · $500
  • DU
    D'YOUVILLE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $500 · revenue 0%
  • NO
    NATIVITY OF OUR LORD CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $200
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
Hospice Foundation of Wny Inc

The mission of the hospice foundation of western new york is tosolicit, accept, administer and invest charitable funds on behalf ofhospice & palliative care buffalo, inc. and its affiliates. theseinclude: hospice buffalo, inc., the…

Philanthropy
2
Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo Inc

We are western new york's community based healthcare organization dedicated to the care and support of individuals with a serious or end of life illness. we represent a passionate and diverse team of professionals dedicated to the holistic…

Health
3
St Joseph's Health Inc

Health care system management and support

Health
4
University At Buffalo Surgeons Inc

University at buffalo surgeons, inc., is a large team of surgeons dedicated to the improvement of the health of our patients, cutting edge research, and the professional development of our students and residents. we are committed to…

Education
5
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
6
University Emergency Medical Services Inc

To provide primary emergency care medical services in wny and clinical instruction and supervision to the students of the jacobs school of medicine at the state university of new york at buffalo.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
The Joseph E Peter Foundation
Philanthropy
8
University Psychiatric Practice Inc

The corporation assists the state university of new york at buffalo department of psychiatry in the delivery of health care, recruitment and retention of teaching physicians, and support of research in the field of psychiatry.

Health
9
University At Buffalo Neurosurgery Inc

University at buffalo neurosurgery, inc. is an academic neurosurgical group committed to excellence in patient care, research, and education. our mission is to develop and implement sound strategies that focus on quality medical services,…

Health
10
University Orthopaedic Services Inc

Provide orthopaedic services to the patients of wny as well as provide clinical instruction to the students and residents of suny buffalo jacobs school of medicine.

Health
11
University Urology Inc

University urology, inc. is organized exclusively for the purposes of supporting the educational mission of the jacobs school of medicine at the state university of new york at buffalo (school) by participating in the plan for the…

Education
12
Academic Medicine Services Inc

Academic medicine services, inc. (ams) exists to further the educational and research mission of the department of medicine and jacobs school of medicine at the state university of new york at buffalo.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice Buffalo Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Federation of Italian American Societies of Western New York. 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

8 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. 8 of the 15 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)
8/8
Grantees still filing
2/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $4,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE: $1,750 · OtherROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTETHE RIDE FOR ROSWELL: $500 · OtherTHE RIDE FOR ROSWELLPEACE PRINTS OF WNY: $500 · OtherPEACE PRINTS OF WNY+3 more: $475 · Other+3 moreSUICIDE PREVENTION & CRISIS SERVICE INC: $1,000 · HealthSUICIDE PREVE…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $350 · HealthST JUDE CHILD…DANCEABILITY INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureDANCEABILIT…The Federation of Italian American Societies of Western New York: $125 · Arts & CultureThe Federat…ERIE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION INC: $700 · Crime & LegalD'YOUVILLE UNIVERSITY: $500 · EducationHOSPICE BUFFALO INC: $200 · Human ServicesWINGS FLIGHTS OF HOPE: $200 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$7,475Health$1,350Arts & Culture$1,125Crime & Legal$700Education$500Human Services$200Public Safety & Disaster$200

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 budgetDANCEABILITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSUICIDE PREVENTION & CRISIS SERVICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetERIE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION INC: $700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetD'YOUVILLE UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINGS FLIGHTS OF HOPE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Federation of Italian American Societies of Western New York: $125 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The John R Oishei Fou…Community Foundation …Verizon FoundationThe Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The John R Oishei FoundationNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The John R Oishei Foundation · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Perna Family Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Perna Family Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 15 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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