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Thom and Connie Lipari Family Foundation at a glance

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Thom and Connie Lipari Family Foundation

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.

$468k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$616kEducation$595kHousing & Shelter$350kFood & Nutrition$335kPhilanthropy$233kRecreation & Sports$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$45kYouth Development$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $243k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DE LA SALLE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN$100,000
REGINA HIGH SCHOOL$100,000
COVENANT HOUSE DETROIT$38,457
CELANI FAMILY FOUNDATION INC$35,000
GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE$25,000
HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS$25,000
COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS$25,000
GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$25,000
CAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN$25,000
FORGOTTEN HARVEST$25,000
UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA$20,000
ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS$5,000
CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN$5,000
VISTA MARIA$5,000
RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL FUND$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $208k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS: $25k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS: $25k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS: $25k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS: $25k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS: $25k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS: $25k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS: $20k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $20k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS: $15k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $3k → 21%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 17 repeat orgs$137k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$2.2M
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+48%

Still filing today

59%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Housing & ShelterPhilanthropyHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CF
    CELANI FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $208k · revenue +29%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $185k · revenue ×266,784
  • GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $170k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • TW
    TEAM WESTERN KENTUCKY TORNADO RELIEF FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • BRILLIANT DETROIT
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -59%
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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
Trinity Health - Michigan

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

Health
2
Shared Services Home Health Care Corp

It is the mission of the evangelical homes of michigan, a health and human service ministry related to the united church of christ, to provide health and housing servcies to persons who are elderly in a manner which respects their rights,…

Health
3
Covenant Medical Center Inc

To provide diverse medical care to meet the heatlh care needs of the 14 counties in east central michigan we serve.

Health
4
Mymichigan Health

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
5
Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital

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

Health
6
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
7
Lutheran Homes of Michigan Foundation

Motivated by christ's love, we engage people as they experience and embrace their god-given potential.

Housing & Shelter
8
Mercy General Health Partners Amicare Homecare

We, trinity home health services and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy general health partners, amicare homecare is a member of…

Health
9
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Corporation

Henry ford health macomb hospital (hfmh) is an affiliate of henry ford health system dba henry ford health ("hf health") serving the northeastern metropolitan detroit michigan communities. as an integrated component of one of the nation's…

Health
10
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
11
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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12
Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan

Improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alternatives for Girls; the most unlike its peers is Humble Design Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 28 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REGINA HIGH SCHOOL: $312,860 · OtherREGINA HIGH SCHOOLCOVENANT HOUSE DETROIT: $228,457 · OtherCOVENANT HOUSE DETROITDE LA SALLE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: $200,000 · OtherDE LA SALLE CAPITAL CAMPAIGNCAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN: $170,000 · OtherCAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHENGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $170,000 · OtherGRACE CENTERS OF HOPEDE LA SALLE COLLEGIATE: $79,800 · OtherDE LA SALLE COLLEGIATEBOWLING GREEN UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · OtherBOWLING GREEN UNIVERSITY+9 more: $113,000 · Other+9 moreGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $180,000 · Food & NutritionGLEANERS COMMUNI…FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $155,000 · Food & NutritionFORGOTTEN HARVES…CELANI FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $208,000 · PhilanthropyCELANI FAMI…UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $20,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS INC: $185,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT H…COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $22,500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT H…HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $130,000 · Housing & ShelterALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterBRILLIANT DETROIT: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $10,000 · Health
Other$1,349,117Food & Nutrition$335,000Philanthropy$228,000Human Services$207,500Housing & Shelter$142,000Youth Development$25,000Health$20,000

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 budgetCELANI FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $208,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS INC: $185,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $180,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $170,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $155,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $130,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBRILLIANT DETROIT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $22,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN EDUC FUND: $19,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN: $9,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVISTA MARIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumble Design Inc: $2,000 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.

  • Who funds CELANI FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds BRILLIANT DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN EDUC FUND ↗
  • Who funds ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds VISTA MARIA ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Humble Design 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.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Thom and Connie Lipari Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thom and Connie Lipari 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 28 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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