FCA Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on large, institutional partners that advance science, engineering and higher‑education research and policy. The foundation makes very large grants to a small number of well‑established European organizations, suggesting a strategic focus on research infrastructure and general operating support for education and policy institutions. Its giving appears internationally oriented and programmatic rather than community‑level or grassroots.
Fca Foundation’s largest recent grants go to The Cern & Society Foundation for a Science Gateway project in civil engineering, architectural, and engineering consultancy activities. That single partnership appears in both 2024 and 2023 at very large scale, which makes the foundation’s priorities unusually clear: it funds institutional science and education infrastructure rather than many small local awards. A second major line of giving supports Fondazione Agnelli with general operating costs in furtherance of charitable purposes, again in consecutive years and at substantial amounts. The pattern points to long-term institutional support for education and policy work, not short-term project fragments. Beyond those flagship awards, the foundation also makes smaller grants tied to specific school and student support efforts. Friends of Teach for Italy received funding for literacy initiatives through a teaching fellow program that recruits, trains, and places fellows in schools throughout Italy. Partners in Education was supported for mentors in Toledo schools literacy programming and a college and career program. The foundation’s grantmaking is highly concentrated, international in reach, and oriented toward organized research, education, and capacity-building institutions.
Science and engineering research infrastructure is a central theme. Fca Foundation gave $12,433,687 in 2024 to The Cern & Society Foundation for the Science Gateway project for civil engineering, architectural, and engineering consultancy activities, and it repeated that support with $11,467,890 in 2023. Education policy and institutional capacity are another focus. In 2024, the foundation awarded $1,380,813 to Fondazione Agnelli for general operating costs in furtherance of charitable purposes; the prior year it provided $1,317,562 for the same purpose. The foundation also backs school-level literacy and workforce pathways. Friends of Teach for Italy received $180,000 in 2023 to support literacy initiatives through a teaching fellow program that recruits, trains, and places teaching fellows in schools throughout Italy. In 2025, Partners in Education received $25,000 for a mentors in Toledo schools literacy program and a college and career program.
Grant sizes are heavily skewed toward a few large awards: the 25th percentile is $464,390, the median is $1,349,188, and the 75th percentile is $8,946,121. The pattern is institutional and concentrated rather than broad-based. Two recipients appear in multiple years — The Cern & Society Foundation in 2023 and 2024, and Fondazione Agnelli in 2023 and 2024 — showing repeat support rather than one-time gifts. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its recent grants suggest direct institutional grantmaking, with some awards framed as general operating support and others tied to specific programs.
$25K
$396K
$21K
$44K
Most grants fall between $464K and $8.9M, with a median of $1.3M.
25th Percentile
$464K
Median
$1.3M
75th Percentile
$8.9M
About 0% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Top 3 recipient countries by grant volume for Fca Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | $66.8M | 33.3% |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | $8.4M |
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Highly concentrated: very few, very large grants; repeat multi‑grant support to the same institutional grantees; favors general operating and project funding to established European science and education institutions rather than many small local grants.
Notable grantees: THE CERN & SOCIETY FOUNDATION, FONDAZIONE AGNELLI, Other large European research and education foundations/partners
The foundation’s grants land across the US, Switzerland, and Italy, with each country accounting for 3 grants in the recent sample. New York appears as a recipient location through Friends of Teach for Italy in New York, NY, while Toledo, OH and Alexandria, VA also appear among US grantees. Internationally, MEYRIN and TURIN are recurring recipient cities. The giving pattern is regional in scope, but it is not centered in Michigan; none of the recent grants went to recipients in the HQ state.
It supports established institutions tied to science, engineering, education policy, and school-based student support. Recent grants went to The Cern & Society Foundation for a Science Gateway project, Fondazione Agnelli for general operating costs, Friends of Teach for Italy for literacy initiatives through teaching fellows, and Partners in Education for school literacy and college-and-career programming.
Yes. The Cern & Society Foundation received grants in both 2023 and 2024, and Fondazione Agnelli also received grants in both 2023 and 2024. That indicates recurring support rather than one-off funding for those partners.
Its grant sizes are large: the 25th percentile is $464,390, the median is $1,349,188, and the 75th percentile is $8,946,121. The distribution shows a small number of very large institutional grants.
Its top state by grant count is New York, even though none of the recent grants in the sample went to Michigan-based recipients. The recent recipient countries are split evenly across the US, Switzerland, and Italy, with 3 grants in each.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its recent activity points to direct grants to organizations rather than individual awards or PRI structures.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 3 | United StatesDomestic | 3 | $230K | 33.3% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTNERS IN EDUCATION | TOLEDO, OH | $25,000 | 2025 | MENTORS IN TOLEDO SCHOOLS LITERACY PROGRAM, AND COLLEGE AND CAREER PROGRAM |
| THE CERN & SOCIETY FOUNDATION | MEYRIN | $12,433,687 | 2024 | SCIENCE GATEWAY PROJECT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES |
| FONDAZIONE AGNELLI | TURIN | $1,380,813 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING COSTS IN FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| THE CERN & SOCIETY FOUNDATION | MEYRIN | $11,467,890 | 2023 | SCIENCE GATEWAY PROJECT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES |
| FONDAZIONE AGNELLI | TURIN | $1,317,562 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING COSTS IN FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| FRIENDS OF TEACH FOR ITALY | NEW YORK, NY | $180,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT LITERACY INITIATIVES THROUGH A TEACHING FELLOW PROGRAM THAT RECRUITS, TRAINS, AND PLACES TEACHING FELLOWS IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT ITALY |
| NATIONAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $25,000 | 2023 | OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SURVIVORS FUND |
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
$25,000MENTORS IN TOLEDO SCHOOLS LITERACY PROGRAM, AND COLLEGE AND CAREER PROGRAM
THE CERN & SOCIETY FOUNDATION
$12,433,687SCIENCE GATEWAY PROJECT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES
FONDAZIONE AGNELLI
$1,380,813GENERAL OPERATING COSTS IN FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES
THE CERN & SOCIETY FOUNDATION
$11,467,890SCIENCE GATEWAY PROJECT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES
FONDAZIONE AGNELLI
$1,317,562GENERAL OPERATING COSTS IN FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES
FRIENDS OF TEACH FOR ITALY
$180,000TO SUPPORT LITERACY INITIATIVES THROUGH A TEACHING FELLOW PROGRAM THAT RECRUITS, TRAINS, AND PLACES TEACHING FELLOWS IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT ITALY
NATIONAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME
$25,000OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SURVIVORS FUND