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The Thomas and Pamela Petrosino Foundati

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.

$245k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20222024.

Human Services$215kInternational$155kPhilanthropy$127kHealth$70kYouth Development$70kAnimals$60kHousing & Shelter$45kRecreation & Sports$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$15,000
COVENANT HOUSE$15,000
SOLDIERS ANGELS$15,000
UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS$15,000
TOYS FOR TOTS$15,000
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE$10,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$10,000
RONALD MCDONALD$10,000
FRESH AIR FUND$10,000
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ASPCA$10,000
HUNTERDON COUNTY 4-H$10,000
MAKE A WISH$10,000
CARE$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
NJ
VA
AZ
KS
DC
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$695k · 22 repeat orgs$177k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +19% since the first grant, against +2% for the ones you funded once.

22 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
2

Total granted

$695k
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+2%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
InternationalAnimalsHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SA
    SOLDIERS' ANGELS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $45k · revenue +32%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $45k · revenue +13%
  • TF
    TOYS FOR TOTS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $45k · revenue +118%

Funded once

  • TP
    THE PETROSINO FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $127k · revenue +2% · 100% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

3
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
4
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
5
National September 11 Memorial and Museum At the World Trade Center

The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…

Arts & Culture
6
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
7
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
8
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
9
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
10
The Animal Medical Center

Dedicated to providing compassionate and collaborative care to animals and to leading the advancement of veterinary medicine through innovative clinical research and education.

Animals
11
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
12
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Petrosino Family Foundation. 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

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TOYS FOR TOTS INC — $45,000 · OtherTOYS FOR TOTS INCMAKE A WISH — $30,000 · OtherMAKE A WISHCATHOLIC CHARITIES — $30,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIESGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND — $30,000 · OtherGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLINDIndividual grant recipient — $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPROJECT HOPE — $30,000 · OtherPROJECT HOPERONALD MCDONALD — $30,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALDWOUNDED WARRIORS — $30,000 · OtherWOUNDED WARRIORSBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS — $30,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSTHE SALVATION ARMY — $20,000 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB — $20,000 · Other4-H CLUB — $20,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $30,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALSChristian Herald Association Inc — $30,000 · OtherChristian Herald Association IncFRESH AIR FUND — $20,000 · Other+5 more — $50,000 · Other+5 moreTHE PETROSINO FAMILY FOUNDATION — $127,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PETROSINO FA…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $45,000 · InternationalMEDECINS …COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $30,000 · InternationalCOOPERATI…American Heart Association Inc — $30,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $30,000 · HealthCOVENANT HOUSE — $45,000 · Human ServicesSOLDIERS' ANGELS — $45,000 · Public Safety & DisasterUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC — $45,000 · Public Benefit
Other$475,000Philanthropy$127,000International$75,000Health$60,000Human Services$45,000Public Safety & Disaster$45,000Public Benefit$45,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE PETROSINO FAMILY FOUNDATION — $127,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE — $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOLDIERS' ANGELS — $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTOYS FOR TOTS INC — $45,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE PETROSINO FAMILY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE
  • Who funds SOLDIERS' ANGELS
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
  • Who funds TOYS FOR TOTS INC
  • Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC
  • Who funds Christian Herald Association Inc
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN
  • Who funds FRESH AIR FUND
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Thomas and Pamela Petrosino Foundati funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children0% of 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 · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to The Thomas and Pamela Petrosino Foundati?

Find your warmest path to The Thomas and Pamela Petrosino Foundati 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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