The Dino Olivetti Foundation focuses primarily on health-related causes—particularly cancer and heart-related medical support—while also making targeted gifts to higher education and Episcopal church ministry. Its giving pattern shows repeated, sizeable grants to a small set of organizations rather than broad, one-off donations, suggesting long-term relationships with preferred grantees. Grants are geographically mixed (some local/regional faith and education recipients alongside disease-focused national nonprofits).
A defining feature of the Dino Olivetti Foundation Inc is its repeated support for the American-Italian Cancer Foundation: three straight years of $25,000 general operating grants, plus additional program gifts for breast cancer screening and a screening van. That pattern points to a funder that returns to the same health grantee over time rather than spreading small gifts broadly. Across the recent record, the foundation also backs pediatric heart causes, higher education, and Episcopal church ministry. Children’s Heart Foundation in Las Vegas received multiple $10,000 grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025, including support tied to We Heart Maggie and charitable events. College of Charleston received an unrestricted $10,000 grant in 2023, while The Episcopal Church in South Carolina Diocese of received $10,000 in 2024. The overall picture is of a private foundation making relatively compact grants, with most awards at the $10,000 or $25,000 level and a clear preference for recurring relationships with selected organizations.
Health-related giving is the clearest thread in the recent grants. The American-Italian Cancer Foundation received $6,000 in 2024 for its Breast Cancer Screening Program and $2,500 in 2023 for a Breast Cancer Screening van, showing support for both screening services and the mobile infrastructure behind them. The foundation also funds pediatric heart-related fundraising. Children’s Heart Foundation in Las Vegas received $10,000 in 2024 for We Heart Maggie, along with $10,000 grants in 2023 and 2025 marked Charitable Event. Beyond health, the foundation made a $10,000 unrestricted grant to College of Charleston in 2023 and a $10,000 unrestricted grant to The Episcopal Church in South Carolina Diocese of in 2024. Those gifts show a secondary line of support for higher education and Episcopal ministry.
Typical grant size centers on $10,000: the median is $10,000, with the 25th percentile also at $5,000 and the 75th percentile at $10,000. That suggests a tight band of grantmaking rather than wide variation. The recent record also shows repeat support to the same organizations across multiple years, especially for health and heart-related causes. The foundation is a private foundation, not a funder of individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. Grants in the provided record are all general operating, unrestricted, or program/event-specific awards.
$40K
$921K
$31K
$72K
Most grants fall between $5K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Concentrated giving: relatively few, moderately large grants with multiple-repeat payments to the same organizations (three grants each to top health recipients), plus occasional one-off gifts to education and faith institutions.
Notable grantees: American-Italian Cancer Foundation, Children’s Heart Foundation, College of Charleston, The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (Diocese)
Grant recipients are all in the United States. Nevada stands out as the top state by grant count, with multiple awards to Las Vegas organizations, including Children’s Heart Foundation and Kindness Conquers Foundation Inc. New York also appears repeatedly through American-Italian Cancer Foundation in New York, and South Carolina is represented by recipients in Charleston and Mt Pleasant. Outside those clusters, the recent list includes a Colorado grant to Groundworks Art Lab Inc in Boulder.
The recent grants show the strongest emphasis on health-related causes, especially cancer screening and heart-related support. The foundation also funds higher education and Episcopal church ministry, with named grants to organizations in New York, Nevada, South Carolina, and Colorado.
Yes. The record shows recurring support to the American-Italian Cancer Foundation across 2023, 2024, and 2025, and to Children’s Heart Foundation in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-time gifts.
The median grant size is $10,000. The 25th percentile is $5,000 and the 75th percentile is $10,000, so most awards in the recent record fall in a narrow range around $10,000.
Nevada is the top state by grant count. Recent awards in that state went to Las Vegas recipients, including Children’s Heart Foundation and Kindness Conquers Foundation Inc. All of the listed recent grants were made to U.S. organizations.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN-ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CHILDRENS HEART FOUNDATION | LAS VEGAS, NV | $10,000 | 2025 | Charitable Event |
| GROUNDWORKS ART LAB INC | BOULDER, CO | $5,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| AMERICAN-ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| The Episcopal Church in South CarolinaDiocese of | MT PLEASANT, SC | $10,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| CHILDRENS HEART FOUNDATION | LAS VEGAS, NV | $10,000 | 2024 | We Heart Maggie |
| AMERICAN-ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $6,000 | 2024 | Breast Cancer Screening Program |
| AMERICAN-ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| CHILDRENS HEART FOUNDATION | LAS VEGAS, NV | $10,000 | 2023 | Charitable Event |
| COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON | CHARLESTON, SC | $10,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| FOOTLIGHT PLAYERS INC | CHARLESTON, SC | $3,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| KINDNESS CONQUERS FOUNDATION INC | LAS VEGAS, NV | $3,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| AMERICAN-ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | Breast Cancer Screening van |
GROUNDWORKS ART LAB INC
$5,000General & Unrestricted
The Episcopal Church in South CarolinaDiocese of
$10,000General & Unrestricted
We Heart Maggie
FOOTLIGHT PLAYERS INC
$3,000General & Unrestricted
KINDNESS CONQUERS FOUNDATION INC
$3,000General & Unrestricted