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The Rocco a and Mary Abessinio Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Rocco a and Mary Abessinio Foundation Inc

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.

$121k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$60k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$8.1MPhilanthropy$4.8MReligion$394kHuman Services$370kHealth$227kArts & Culture$221kEmployment$5kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $24k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$69M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC$60,000
SAINT EDMOND'S ACADEMY$24,000
MCC FOUNDATION INC$5,100
ST PETER CATHEDRAL SCHOOL$5,000
ARCHMERE ACADEMY$5,000
SHEPARD'S OFFICE INC$5,000
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR$5,000
OPERADELAWARE$5,000
THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC$4,475
ORDER OF MALTA - FEDERAL ASSOCIATION USA$1,000
THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC$435
MICHAEL C ROTHEBERG SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP$250
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR$125
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$100
LIBERTY GODPARENT HOME$100
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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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MCC FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 10%MCC FOUNDATION INC: $4k → 10%MCC FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 10%MCC FOUNDATION INC: $800 → 10%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

IL
MA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
VA
DE
TN
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.1M · 16 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
22

Total granted

$8.1M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+23%

Still filing today

63%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHousing & ShelterHealthReligionArts & CultureHuman 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

  • TM
    THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $319k · revenue +1%
  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +44%
  • MF
    MCC Foundation Inc
    4× · 2020–2024 · $11k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • FA
    FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue +36%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • CA
    CATHOLIC ACTION FOR FAITH AND FAMILY
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -35%
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.

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Catholic Palliative Care Services Inc

Catholic palliative care services, inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of catholic hospice, inc. and under the sponsorship of the archdiocese of miami, provides responsive end-of-life care to patients and families in broward and dade…

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2
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
3
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
4
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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5
Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
6
Catholic Charities Foundation of the Diocese of Palm Beach Inc

To establish, receive and maintain a fund or funds for the support of activities managed and maintained by catholic charities of the diocese of palm beach, inc. (catholic charities); to that end, to receive by gift, grant, bequest, devise…

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7
Catholic Health System of Long Island

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities

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8
St Charles Hospital Corp

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
9
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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10
Calvary Hospital Inc

The mission of calvary hospital is to care for the medical, emotional and spiritual needs of our adult patients with advanced cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. it is the only fully accredited acute care hospital in the u.s. devoted…

Health
11
Mercy Medical Center Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities

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12
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christiana Care Health System Inc; the most unlike its peers is Catholic Action for Faith and Family. 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

23 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. 23 of the 45 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALESIANUM SCHOOL INC: $6,517,642 · OtherSALESIANUM SCHOOL INCARCHMERE ACADEMY: $605,000 · OtherARCHMERE ACADEMYST ROCCO CATHOLIC CHURCH: $355,421 · OtherTHE MINISTRY OF CARING INC: $319,360 · Other+29 more: $361,790 · OtherVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $4,805,000 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · Education+2 more: $1,500 · EducationCATHOLIC ACTION FOR FAITH AND FAMILY: $25,000 · Religion+1 more: $100 · ReligionTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureOPERADELAWARE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMCC Foundation Inc: $11,100 · Human ServicesBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $9,380 · Community Improvement
Other$8,159,213Philanthropy$4,806,000Education$1,061,500Religion$25,100Arts & Culture$20,000Human Services$11,100Community Improvement$9,380

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE MINISTRY OF CARING INC: $319,360 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $200,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC ACTION FOR FAITH AND FAMILY: $25,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMCC Foundation Inc: $11,100 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $9,380 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR INC: $5,375 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Unicorn Childrens Foundation: $5,330 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERADELAWARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JUNIOR BOARD OF CHRISTIANA CARE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROTARY CLUB DOWNTOWN BOCA RATON FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSOJOURNERS' PLACE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMICHAEL ROTHBERG SEPT 11TH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP INC: $1,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetFILITALIA FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOCHRANVILLE FIRE COMPANY: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOCKESSIN FIRE COMPANY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S KESWICK: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 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.

Delaware Community Fo…The Huisking Foundati…Laffey-McHugh Foundat…Longwood Foundation I…The Anthony & Catheri…Welfare Foundation IncUnited Way of DelawareT Rowe Price Program …Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE21.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · The Huisking Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Longwood Foundation Inc · The Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation · Welfare Foundation Inc · United Way of Delaware · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment 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 Rocco a and Mary Abessinio Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rocco a and Mary Abessinio Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Hockessin Fire Company: 60% of income from government
  • Christiana Care Health System Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Sojourners' Place: 30% of income from government
  • The Ministry of Caring Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Operadelaware Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Little Sisters of the Poor Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 45 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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