New York · Nonprofit
THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC
THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,000 to it, the largest being THE ACHELIS & BODMAN FOUNDATION CO MANICE & BUDD LLP ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $125k
- Net assets
- $26k
What The Leonardo Da Vinci Dna Project Inc does
Mission
Engaged in charitable and scientific activities
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The goals of the leonardo da vinci dna project are scientific research and education related to the interfaces of art with molecular biology, genomics, microbiology, and physical anthropology. Selected contributions to research and education of the leonardo da vinci dna project, inc. Since 30 june 2023
$0 spentRegarding research:-- in the autumn of 2023 team members sampled medieval letters from da vinci family members belonging to the archives of the city of prato, tuscany.-- in the spring of 2024, after a lengthy process to obtain permissions, team members excavated burials in the santa croce church in vinci and obtained samples.-- team members analyzed the new samples and continued analysis of samples collected earlier and assembled molecular information into a database regarding both human and microbial dna.-- results from the project up to october 2023 were summarized and presented at an international workshop in florence in october. Experts made 14 scientific presentations, including several open to the general public. The attendees at the workshop also planned the future of the project.-- meetings, discussions, and planning continued with the biblioteca nacional de espaa about taking samples in its collection.-- laboratory work on use of whole genome amplification for recovering ancient dna from mixed samples, or single cell isolation and amplification, continued.
$0 spentRegarding education and outreach:-- alessandro vezzosi and agnese sabato completed a book on the history of leonardo's family from the point of view of genetics and genealogy and obtained a publisher, who expects to print the book before the end of 2024.-- biologist david thaler completed an article on genetics and genius in relation to leonardo and obtained acceptance of the paper for publication in the journal human evolution.-- the project coordinator prepared an annual report covering the year 2023 and circulated it to the interested community.
$0 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $12k to $59k (+379%).
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.
100% of THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT 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 LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
100% of THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC's revenue fell 94% between 2019 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC: 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 THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC?
- THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,000 to it, the largest being THE ACHELIS & BODMAN FOUNDATION CO MANICE & BUDD LLP ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $125,000 in grants to THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC?
- THE ACHELIS & BODMAN FOUNDATION CO MANICE & BUDD LLP is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 2 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