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Vincent J & Barbara Smith Giffuni Foundation at a glance

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Vincent J & Barbara Smith Giffuni Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$90k
Granted FY2022
3
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Public Safety & Disaster$45kHealth$31kEducation$10kInternational$7kReligion$6kHuman Services$5kHousing & Shelter$3kPublic Benefit$2kOther$0
02FY2022 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$40,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$23k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH SEA FIRE DEPT$40,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
PUSH TO WALK$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%OPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $500 → 10%CHRISTIAN APPALACJIAN PROJECT: $500 → 26%COVENANT HOUSE: $1k → 17%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
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
GA
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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$55k · 3 repeat orgs$91k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2022, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
37

Total granted

$55k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+84%

Still filing today

100%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’22
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterPublic BenefitOther
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

  • NS
    NORTH SEA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $41k · revenue -14%
  • PT
    Push To Walk a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation
    2× · 2017–2022 · $13k · revenue +33%
  • SV
    SOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $1k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • HF
    HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • VC
    VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER 300
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • SR
    SUDAN RELIEF FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +84%
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
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
Samaritan Hospital

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. samaritan hospital is a member of st. peter's health partners and…

Health
3
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
4
St Joseph's Physician Health Pc

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

Health
5
St Peter's Health Partners

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

Health
6
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
St Peter's Hospital

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

Health
10
St Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates Pc

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

Health
11
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Farmland Trust. 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

22 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. 22 of the 42 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
19/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $10,000 · OtherHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERYVARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER 300: $5,385 · OtherVARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER 300+22 more: $19,850 · Other+22 moreNORTH SEA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $40,750 · Public Safety & DisasterNORTH SEA FIRE DEPARTMENT INCPush To Walk a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation: $12,500 · HealthPush To Walk a…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDR…SOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE INC: $1,250 · HealthSOUTHAMPTON VO…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,000 · HealthST FRANCIS FRIENDS OF THE POOR INC: $1,000 · HealthTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 · EducationWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human ServicesOPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $500 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $500 · Human ServicesSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $2,500 · InternationalCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $1,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $500 · InternationalCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Other$75,235Public Safety & Disaster$40,750Health$19,250Education$10,000Human Services$5,500International$4,000Public Benefit$1,000

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 budgetNORTH SEA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $40,750 over 3y, 15% of budgetPush To Walk a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation: $12,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS FRIENDS OF THE POOR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTANLEY M ISAACS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPUS BONO SACERDOTII: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE 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.

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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 Vincent J & Barbara Smith Giffuni Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vincent J & Barbara Smith Giffuni Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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
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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Find your warmest path to Vincent J & Barbara Smith Giffuni 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 42 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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