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The Louis R Cappelli Foundation Inc

White Plains, NY · EIN 13-4048754. Reported 43 grants totalling $2,897,644 to 31 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$2,897,644granted, 2021-2024
31organizations funded
29%of grantees funded again the next year
$72assets, 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. The Louis R Cappelli Foundation Inc 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $60,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
8 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
7 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
7 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
9 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
White Plains HospitalWhite Plains, NY$1,560,000442024
St Josephs Residence CommunityNew Rochelle, NY$250,000112021
March of DimesNew York, NY$219,144222024
White Plains City School DistrictWhite Plains, NY$150,000332024
Gildas Club WestchesterWhite Plains, NY$140,000222023
Bronx Community FoundationBronx, NY$115,000112024
Yo Digo No MasValhalla, NY$110,000332024
The Markowitz Family Charitable Foundation IncGreat Neck, NY$100,000112023
Gilda's Club WestchesterWhite Plains, NY$50,000112024
Greek Orthodox Churchblue DreamSouhthampton, NY$25,000112021
Roger Williams UniversityBristol, RI$25,000112024
The Cystic Fibrosis FoundationWhite Plains, NY$25,000112022
Friends of New Rochlle ParksNew Rochelle, NY$15,000222022
Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC$15,000112023
New Rochelle High School FootballNew Rochelle, NY$15,000112021
Arthritis FoundationRd Avenue, NY$10,000112022
Butterflies From JodiNew Rochelle, NY$10,000112021
Butterflies From JodieNew Rochelle, NY$10,000112022
Friends of White Plains Youth BureauWhite Plains, NY$10,000112023
White Plains PbaWhite Plains, NY$7,500332023
American Cancer SocietyNew York, NY$5,000112022
Friends of Mt Vernon Shelter Animals IncWhite Plains, NY$5,000112022
Friends of the Rockefeler State Park PreserveSleepy Hollow, NY$5,000112024
Guardian HealsGreenwich, CT$5,000112022
Song CatchersNew Rochelle, NY$5,000112021
Legal Services of the Hudson ValleyWhite Plains, NY$3,000112022
Yorktown Rotary FoundationYorktown Heights, NY$3,000112022
Valhalla American LegionValhalla, NY$2,500112022
Mount Pleasant Education FoundationThornwood, NY$1,000112022
The Nick Loeb FoundationPurchase, NY$1,000112024
Cortlandt National Little LeagueVerplank, NY$500112021

7 of 31 (23%) 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 29%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 18 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Health Care
5 grants
Diseases & Disorders
3 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Education
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Youth Development
1 grant
Animal Welfare
1 grant
Arts & Culture
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202111$542,144$15,000
202216$707,000$5,000
20237$747,500$50,000
20249$901,000$50,000

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 98% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$2.9M
Rhode Island
$25K
District of Columbia
$15K
Connecticut
$5K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund7 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program5 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc5 shared recipientsJewish Communal Fund4 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust3 shared recipientsThe New York Community Trust3 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. 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 New York.
  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 The Louis R Cappelli Foundation Inc'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: 5 Renaissance Square 42ND Floor, White Plains, NY, 10601. 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 13-4048754 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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