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THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC

THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,536 to it, the largest being The Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation Inc ($20,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$99k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$131k
Net assets
$240k
4/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 63%
01What it does

What The Italian Language Foundation Inc does

Mission

The italian language foundation, inc. (the "foundation") conducts activities including, but not limited to, promoting the italian language and culture in all american high schools. The foundation is dedicated to reinstating the college board's advanced placement course and examination in italian language and culture available in the united states and internationally.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The italian language foundation, inc. (the "foundation") conducts activities including, but not limited to, promoting the italian language and culture in all american high schools. The foundation is dedicated to reinstating the college board's advanced placement course and examination in italian language and culture available in the united states and internationally. The foundation offers free professional development for teachers of italian in the form of free webinars and workshops; issues awards for excellence which motivate high school students to take the ap italian exam; provides free mentorship, leadership programs, and internships for students of italian; and offers fellowships for college students in the usa who enroll in italian language classes and who meet the ilf eligibility criteria

    $35,565 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $35,565.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($24k) Expenses 100 ($25k) Net assets -2 ($-2603)2019 Revenue 734 ($178k) Expenses 203 ($50k) Net assets 100 ($125k)2020 Revenue 715 ($173k) Expenses 434 ($107k) Net assets 153 ($191k)2021 Revenue 824 ($200k) Expenses 502 ($124k) Net assets 214 ($267k)2022 Revenue 552 ($134k) Expenses 517 ($127k) Net assets 219 ($274k)2023 Revenue 154 ($37k) Expenses 364 ($90k) Net assets 177 ($222k)2024 Revenue 408 ($99k) Expenses 326 ($80k) Net assets 192 ($240k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (408)Expenses (326)Net assets (192)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $4k to $132k (+3359%).

$4k
$132k
$192k
$273k
$276k
$229k
$248k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

82% of THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$404
’18
$128k
’19
$66k
’20
$76k
’21
$6k
’22
−$52k
’23
$19k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $24k.

4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC’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

THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

39% 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 THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC.

15%
largest funder
45%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 40% · 2021 50% · 2022 67% · 2023 42% — 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

25% of THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 5 states in all.

NY
NV
NJ
DE
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin19% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

60%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC?
THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,536 to it, the largest being The Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation Inc ($20,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $130,536 in grants to THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC?
The Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION INC 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 12 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