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James & Coralie Centofanti

Youngstown, OH · EIN 31-6567000. Reported 102 grants totalling $2,070,648 to 55 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$6,500median grant
$2,070,648granted, 2021-2024
55organizations funded
59%of grantees funded again the next year
$6,828,675assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. James & Coralie Centofanti did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $6,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $20,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
28 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
24 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
30 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants
$100,000 and Up
8 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Ysu FoundationYoungstown, OH$650,000442024
Kent State University FoundationKent, OH$248,000442024
Akron Children's HospitalAkron, OH$152,500332023
Ursuline Sisters of YoungstownYoungstown, OH$105,000222024
United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning ValleyYoungstown, OH$100,000112024
Beatitude HouseYoungstown, OH$90,000332023
Canfield Fair FoundationCanfield, OH$60,000222024
Millcreek Metroparks FoundationCanfield, OH$60,000332023
United Way of YoungstownYoungstown, OH$60,000332023
Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, OH$50,000112024
Compass Family & Community ServicesYoungstown, OH$40,000442024
The Rich Center for AutismYoungstown, OH$40,000222022
Canfield SchoolsCanfield, OH$37,148442024
Western Reserve SchoolsBerlin Center, OH$30,000332023
St John Henry Newman CenterYoungstown, OH$29,000112023
Canfield Rotory ClubCanfield, OH$25,000222023
American Legion Post 177Canfield, OH$23,000222023
American Heart AssociationYoungstown, OH$20,000442024
Dorothy Day HouseYoungstown, OH$20,000332024
Coleman Health ServicesYoungstown, OH$18,000112024
Mina's Foster ClosetNorth Lima, OH$17,500442024
Kent State UniversityKent, OH$16,000112021
Community HospiceSalem, OH$15,000112021
Jewish FoundationYoungstown, OH$12,500112021
Youngstown Area Jewish FederationYoungstown, OH$12,500112022
Second Harvest FoodbankYoungstown, OH$12,000112021
Help Network of Northeast OhioYoungstown, OH$11,500332023
Grandview CemetarySebring, OH$11,000112021
Salem Community Pantry IncSalem, OH$10,000222024
Western Reserve Local SchoolsBerlin Center, OH$10,000112024
Friends of Fellows Riverside GardensYoungstown, OH$7,500222022
Community Foundation of Mahoning ValleyYoungstown, OH$7,000332024
Ellsworth Presbyterian ChurchNorth Jackson, OH$7,000112021
Salvation Army of Mahoning ValleyYoungstown, OH$6,000222023
Canfield Historical SocietyCanfield, OH$5,000112024
Easter Seals of Mahoning Trumbull and Columbiana CountiesYoungstown, OH$5,000112022
Focus HippotherapyNorth Jackson, OH$5,000112021
Lit YoungstownYoungstown, OH$5,000222023
Salem Italian American Educational FundSalem, OH$5,000112022
Salvation Army of Mahoning CountyYoungstown, OH$5,000112024
VFW Post 9571North Jackson, OH$5,000112024
Greater Youngstown Italian FestYoungstown, OH$3,000332024
Piggyback Foundation of YoungstownNorwalk, OH$2,500112021
Focus HippotherepyCanfield, OH$2,000112024
Junior Achievement of Mahoning ValleyGirard, OH$2,000222022
Mahoning County Children ServicesYoungstown, OH$2,000112021
St Paul FoundationSalem, OH$2,000112024
The Walnut GroveCanfield, OH$2,000112022
Ellsworth Historical SocietyEllsworth, OH$1,000222023
Help Hotline Crisis CenterYoungstown, OH$1,000112024
Operation BlessingCanfield, OH$1,000112024
Project MkcYoungstown, OH$1,000112024
The Italian Heritage Foundation of YoungstownYoungstown, OH$1,000112023
Va Northeast Ohio Healthcare SystemCleveland, OH$1,000112024
Veterans' OutreachYoungstown, OH$1,000112024

26 of 55 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 59%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 39 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
9 grants
Education
9 grants
Human Services
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Community Improvement
3 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
International Affairs
2 grants
Medical Research
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202127$621,000$10,000
202227$524,000$6,000
202322$422,048$8,774
202426$503,600$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Youngstown, OH
$1.3M
Kent, OH
$264K
Canfield, OH
$220K
Akron, OH
$152K
Berlin Center, OH
$40K
Salem, OH
$32K
North Lima, OH
$18K
North Jackson, OH
$17K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $6,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from James & Coralie Centofanti's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 42 Mcclurg Road, Youngstown, OH, 44512. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 31-6567000 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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