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The Salvatore Family Foundation at a glance

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The Salvatore Family Foundation

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.

$280k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$320kHealth$122kEducation$90kYouth Development$60kArts & Culture$36kFood & Nutrition$23kHuman Services$20kReligion$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$180k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON ATHLETICS$200,000
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION$25,000
BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION$20,000
THE CITADEL FOUNDATION$15,000
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH$10,000
SOCIETY OF THE LITTLE FLOWER$5,600
PALMETTO MILITARY SUPPORT GROUP$3,815
THE CHARLIE LANDERS FOUNDATION$1,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $20k → 7%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
NY
PA
NJ
CO
VA
NC
SC
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$388k · 5 repeat orgs$295k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
8

Total granted

$388k
$245k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+21%

Still filing today

40%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsEducationEnvironmentHuman 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

  • CO
    COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON ATHLETICS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $215k
  • CO
    COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +76%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $55k · revenue -80%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON ATHLETIC FUND ATHLETIC FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +226%
  • GO
    GARDEN OF DREAMS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $60k · revenue -14%
  • MU
    MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
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
The Mcconnell Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Hopper-Belmont Foundation

Cancer research support

Science & Tech
3
Md Anderson Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
5
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
6
Prostate Cancer Foundation

The prostate cancer foundation (pcf) funds the world's most promising research on the biology and treatment of prostate cancer, accelerating those discoveries into therapies and strategies designed to improve the quality of life and…

Philanthropy
7
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
8
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Carson Sarcoma Foundation

Csf raises funds through families/friends touched by ewing's sarcoma. efforts will expand to include raising funds from private individuals, corporations, and online activities. csf partners with a wide array of individuals & institutions…

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10
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
11
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
12
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Citadel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Palmetto Military Support Group a 501(C)(3) Organization. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 13 of the 18 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
5/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON ATHLETICS: $215,000 · OtherCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON ATHLETICSMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $50,000 · OtherMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINASOCIETY OF THE LITTLE FLOWER: $36,200 · OtherSOCIETY OF THE LITTLE FLOWER+2 more: $9,200 · OtherTHE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON ATHLETIC FUND ATHLETIC FUND: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE COLLEGE OF CH…Advantage Mozambique: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF CHA…THE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationTHE CITADEL FO…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $55,000 · HealthAMERICAN CA…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $10,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL…GLIOBLASTOMA FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · HealthROCK THE BLOCK INC: $2,500 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthGARDEN OF DREAMS FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropyGARDEN OF …PALMETTO MILITARY SUPPORT GROUP A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION: $3,815 · PhilanthropyPALMETTO M…Green Heart Project Inc: $22,500 · EnvironmentBOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human Services
Other$310,400Recreation & Sports$105,000Education$90,000Health$71,500Philanthropy$63,815Environment$22,500Human Services$20,000

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 budgetTHE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON ATHLETIC FUND ATHLETIC FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGARDEN OF DREAMS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Heart Project Inc: $22,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLIOBLASTOMA FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCK THE BLOCK INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CHARLIE LANDERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Verizon FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Verizon FoundationNJ11.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Verizon Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Salvatore Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Salvatore Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Salvatore Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Salvatore Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 18 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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