Maine · Nonprofit
Friends of Spannocchia
Friends of Spannocchia (Maine) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $182,771 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($72,595). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $183k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Friends of Spannocchia does
Mission
Friends of Spannocchia connects our global community to Tuscan culture, regenerative agriculture, and natural landscapes through immersive education, partnerships, and our support of Tenuta di Spannocchia as a model for environmental stewardship.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The internship and apprenticeship programs teach regenerative farming, conservation and sustainability, and Italian food traditions, history and culture through a mix of hands-on work and educational programming. 24 interns participated in the internship program in 2025. Our apprenticeship programs hosted 10 butcher apprentices and 2 culinary apprentices.
$183,257 spentof which $167,323 as grants$36,193 earned by the program28% of program spendingThe educational program provides 1-3 week programs for students and adults focused on topics related to Italian culture and history, food and agriculture, sustainability, fine arts and music, and wellness. Approximately 410 people participated in educational programs in 2025.
$463,993 spentof which $448,406 as grants$496,263 earned by the program72% of program spendingThe farm grant program supports innovative agricultural and conservation projects on the Spannocchia property, reflecting our commitment to education and the environment. The board considers project proposals that showcase responsible land and water use, demonstrate trailblazing permaculture practices, and inspire and educate visitors about climate-conscious choices. In 2025, the selected project supported the planting of a new vineyard, which is a key component of our internship program and serves as a model for ecoconscious vineyard management and winemaking. However, due to the planting cycle, the expenses for this project were not incurred until the start of 2026.
Retail sales of items from the farm and related to our work and brand began in 2023. In 2025, we created and sold special branded items in honor of the property's 100 and 800 year anniversaries.
$12,880 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $647,250.
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 $464k to $1.3M (+176%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of Friends of Spannocchia’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Sarah Allenby
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $9k.
5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 Friends of Spannocchia’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
Friends of Spannocchia leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% 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 Friends of Spannocchia.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 50% · 2021 100% · 2022 87% · 2023 97% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
60% of Friends of Spannocchia's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
64% of Friends of Spannocchia's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $66k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Friends of Spannocchia runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,060 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,060 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Friends of Spannocchia
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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Friends of Spannocchia: 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 Friends of Spannocchia?
- Friends of Spannocchia (Maine) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $182,771 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($72,595). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Friends of Spannocchia have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $182,771 in grants to Friends of Spannocchia, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of Spannocchia?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $72,595 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of Spannocchia find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 8 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing