Funding search · EIN 811953032 · Pittsford, NY

Cheryl and Paul Speranza Foundation

Name: Cheryl and Paul Speranza Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

44
grants reported: $574,364
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

unrestriced graduate

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

22 grants matching “unrestriced” · $222,194

$20,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$20,000
Catholic Charities Community Services · Dunkirk, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$10,000
Wxxi · Rochester, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$9,500
Holy Cross Church · Rochester, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$7,500
Mother of Sorrows Church · Rochester, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$7,294
Sandra Eller Mercy Program · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$5,000
Ewtn Global Catholic Network · Irondale, AL · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$3,000
Cloverwood Senior Living · Pittsford, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$1,000
St Judes Research Hospital · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$300
University of Richester Medical Center · Rochester, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$10,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Unrestriced - general charitable
$4,000
Mother of Sorrows Church · Rochester, NY · 2024
Unrestriced - general charitable
$3,000
Cloverwood Senior Living · Pittsford, NY · 2024
Unrestriced - general charitable
$100,000
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$5,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$3,000
Mother of Sorrows Church · Rochester, NY · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$3,000
Ewtn Global Catholic Network · Irondale, AL · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$3,000
Dogwood Irrevocable Trust · Shutesbury, MA · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$2,500
Cloverwood Senior Living · Pittsford, NY · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$100
The Rochester Children'S Scholarship Fund · Rochester, NY · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$3,000
Mother of Sorrows Church · Rochester, NY · 2022
Unrestriced - general charitable
$2,000
Ewtn Global Catholic Network · Irondale, AL · 2022
Unrestriced - general charitable

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Our Lady of Mercy High School2 grants · $186,870
University of Rochester1 grant · $100,000
Cameron Community Ministries1 grant · $50,000
Syracuse University3 grants · $35,000
University of San Francisco School of Law4 grants · $34,000
New York University School of Law4 grants · $34,000
Saint Thomas More Catholic Church4 grants · $30,000
Catholic Charities Community Services1 grant · $20,000
Mother of Sorrows Church4 grants · $17,500
Ewtn Global Catholic Network3 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$38,500

2022

$132,400

2023

$278,870

2024

$124,594

2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$166,870
Our Lady of Mercy High School · Rochester, NY · 2024
Unrestricted - general operating exp
$100,000
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$50,000
Cameron Community Ministries · Rochester, NY · 2024
Unrestricted - general charitable
$20,000
Catholic Charities Community Services · Dunkirk, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$20,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$20,000
Our Lady of Mercy High School · Rochester, NY · 2022
Unrestricted - general operating exp
$15,000
New York University School of Law · New York, NY · 2025
Grant for graduate tax program
$15,000
University of San Francisco School of Law · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Grant for graduate tax program
$10,000
Saint Thomas More Catholic Church · Rochester, NY · 2025
Unrestricted - general charitable
$10,000
Wxxi · Rochester, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$10,000
Girl Scouts of Greater New York · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted - general charitable
$10,000
New York University School of Law · New York, NY · 2024
Grant for graduate tax program
$10,000
Saint Thomas More Catholic Church · Rochester, NY · 2024
Unrestricted - general charitable
$10,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Unrestriced - general charitable
$10,000
University of San Francisco School of Law · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Grant for graduate tax program
$9,500
Holy Cross Church · Rochester, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$7,500
Mother of Sorrows Church · Rochester, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$7,294
Sandra Eller Mercy Program · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$5,000
Ewtn Global Catholic Network · Irondale, AL · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$5,000
New York University School of Law · New York, NY · 2023
Grant for graduate tax program
$5,000
Saint Thomas More Catholic Church · Rochester, NY · 2023
Unrestricted - general charitable
$5,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$5,000
University of San Francisco School of Law · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Grant for graduate tax program
$5,000
Saint Thomas More Catholic Church · Rochester, NY · 2022
Unrestricted - general charitable
$4,000
Mother of Sorrows Church · Rochester, NY · 2024
Unrestriced - general charitable
$4,000
New York University School of Law · New York, NY · 2022
Grant for graduate tax program
$4,000
University of San Francisco School of Law · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Grant for graduate tax program
$3,000
Cloverwood Senior Living · Pittsford, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$3,000
Cloverwood Senior Living · Pittsford, NY · 2024
Unrestriced - general charitable
$3,000
Holy Cross School Fund · Worcester, MA · 2024
Unrestricted - general charitable
$3,000
Dogwood Irrevocable Trust · Shutesbury, MA · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$3,000
Ewtn Global Catholic Network · Irondale, AL · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$3,000
Mother of Sorrows Church · Rochester, NY · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$3,000
Mother of Sorrows Church · Rochester, NY · 2022
Unrestriced - general charitable
$2,500
Cloverwood Senior Living · Pittsford, NY · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable
$2,000
Ewtn Global Catholic Network · Irondale, AL · 2022
Unrestriced - general charitable
$1,000
Catholic Ministries Appeal · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Unrestricted - general
$1,000
St Judes Research Hospital · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$1,000
Catholic Ministries Appeal · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Unrestricted - general
$1,000
Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2024
Unrestricted - general charitable
$800
Catholic Ministries Appeal · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted - general
$500
Catholic Ministries Appeal · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted - general
$300
University of Richester Medical Center · Rochester, NY · 2025
Unrestriced - general charitable
$100
The Rochester Children'S Scholarship Fund · Rochester, NY · 2023
Unrestriced - general charitable

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