New York · Nonprofit
American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit
American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $705,000 to it, the largest being THE LEANDRO P RIZZUTO FOUNDATION ($355,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $314k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $705k
- Net assets
- $483k
What American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit does
Mission
To strengthen the ties of friendship and understanding that exist between the Republic of Italy and the United States through beneficial and charitable purposes and by conduct and participation in educational and cultural activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Grants provided to organizations whose mission is to further the ties of friendship and understanding between Italy and United States. Education grants are provided to deserving American students who have a strong interest in Italian culture who but for the scholarship would not be able to learn about their Italian heritage and culture first had and would not be able to continue their studies for financial reasons.
$54,758 spentof which $33,504 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $54,758.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $227k to $483k (+113%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
99% of American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
50% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit?
- American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $705,000 to it, the largest being THE LEANDRO P RIZZUTO FOUNDATION ($355,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $705,000 in grants to American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit?
- THE LEANDRO P RIZZUTO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $355,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing