Chrysanta Foundation
Preselected recipients only
Chrysanta Foundation is a private foundation in Lafayette, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $3.2 million in 63 grants; the typical grant was $50,000 and the largest $150,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.
- Grants paid, 2025$3.2 million
- Number of grants63
- Typical grant$50,000
- Largest grant$150,000
- Assets$70.6 million
- New grantees59%
Giving in 2025 was up from $1.2 million the year before.
59% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $565,010 | 14 | $29.0 million |
| 2024 | $1.2 million | 27 | $46.7 million |
| 2025 | $3.2 million | 63 | $70.6 million |
How to apply
Chrysanta Foundation says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What Chrysanta Foundation funds
Where it gives
Its grants went to recipients in 28 states, the most to Pennsylvania.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 7 | $468,000 |
| New York | 8 | $455,000 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | $335,000 |
| California | 6 | $310,000 |
| Florida | 5 | $210,000 |
| Kentucky | 2 | $190,000 |
| Oregon | 4 | $140,000 |
| Ohio | 2 | $125,000 |
| Idaho | 1 | $100,000 |
| Montana | 2 | $89,000 |
Grants paid in 2025
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wissahickon Trails | Help with its missions. | $150,000 |
| Triplex Cinema Inc | To provide entertainment, artistic, and educational opportunities to the local community and general public through film and cinema, including without limitation independent, commercial, foreign language, and classic films. | $150,000 |
| The Charles River Watershed Associa | To assist with its missions. | $100,000 |
| Hamptons Community Outreach | To lift people out of poverty and reduce human suffering by meeting their most basic and critical needs, and by creating opportunities that change the life trajectories for our marginalized neighbors. | $100,000 |
| Sophia Fund | To help families in their fight against cancer, financially and beyond. | $100,000 |
| Individual | To help eradicate barriers that disproportionately impact black communitites. | $100,000 |
| The Ryan Residency Training Program | To increase and strengthen training opportunities in abortion and contraception for residents in obstetrics and gynecology. | $100,000 |
| Greater Philadelphia YMCA | To connect people to healthier lives - in mind, body and spirit. | $100,000 |
| Henrys Fork Foundation | To conserve, protect and restore the unique fisheries, wildlife and aesthetic qualities of the Henry's Fork and its connected watersheds. | $100,000 |
| Individual | To respond to the needs of individuals who have experienced traumatic spinal cord injuries. | $90,000 |
| Western New York Land Conservacy | To permanently protect land with signficant conservation value in Western New York for the benefit of future generations. | $85,000 |
| Gowanus Canal Conservancy | To help with its missions. | $80,000 |
| Laurel House | Assist with general operations | $80,000 |
| High Desert Food and Farm Alliance | To help support a healthy and thriving food and farm network in Central Oregon through education, collaboration and inclusion. | $75,000 |
| GASP Inc | To enhance the health and well being of Alabamians by reducing air pollution, advancing environmental jusitce and promoting climate solutions through education, advocacy and collaboration. | $75,000 |
| Individual | $75,000 | |
| Arkansas Abortion Support Network | To empower Arkansans in their right to bodily autonomy and reduce barriers to abortion access by providing funding, resources and judgment free options counseling. | $65,000 |
| Abortion Care Tennessee | To help build power for Tennesseans by increasing access to reproductive and sexual health care, including safe abortion for all people. | $60,000 |
| Redemptorist Social Services Center | To prevent a temporary crisis from becoming a permanent tragedy. | $60,000 |
| Moms for Moms NYC | To help support single mothers in need with postpartum and newborn essentials. | $50,000 |
| Journi For Two | To help ensure that every mother battling cancer is embraced with compassion, strength, and the unwavering belief that they are never alone. | $50,000 |
| Black Mothers In Power | To help dismantle systems of power to eradicate the racial health disparities that harm Black birthing people and Black babies throughout Delaware - while building new systems of care, healing, and power | $50,000 |
| Individual | To help provide prevention education, advocacy, and intervention services to those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. | $50,000 |
| Empowherment | To empower all women to thrive by fostering skills and resources needed to obtain financial, mental and emotional self-sufficiency. | $50,000 |
| Individual | $50,000 | |
| Single Mothers Striving for Success | To build better futures for single mothers and their families. | $50,000 |
| Montana Abortion Access Program | To protect and foster reproductive autonomy by providing access to abortion care through financial, logistical and emotional support. | $50,000 |
| New York Abortion Access Fund | To make abortion accessible to anyone living in or traveling to New York through direct funding, holistic support and trusted connections. | $50,000 |
| Nwcave | Have a dream...a world without violence. | $50,000 |
| Individual | $50,000 | |
| Alaska Native Womens Resource Cente | To strengthen local, tribal government responses to domestic and sexual violence. | $50,000 |
| Fort Greene Park Conservancy | To provide programming, maintenance and advocacy to protect everyone's right to belong, organize and connect with nature, ensuring the park thrives for all generations to come. | $50,000 |
| 3 Sisters Garden Project | To nurture and promote a sustainable community through sustainable land stewardship, food and farm-based community engagement and education. | $50,000 |
| Individual | $50,000 | |
| Individual | To revolutionize waste management, reduce landfill waste and combat harmful greenhouse gases by providing free bins and K-12 STEAM curriculum to schools and communities. | $50,000 |
| Individual | To support families who have faced the loss of an infant child up to one year of age. | $50,000 |
| Kindle Hill Foundation | Assist with construction of Control Tactics Studio. | $40,000 |
| 305 Pink Pack | To help provide transportation, child care, and more at no cost, for local women in cancer treatment so they can focus on treatment and spend time with their families. | $40,000 |
| Community Outreach through Radical | To support, empower and advocate for young people. | $40,000 |
| Girl | To inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold. | $40,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Mario Giannini
- Ann Laughlin
- Kyera M Giannini
- Nicole Giannini
Questions people ask
Does Chrysanta Foundation accept grant applications?
No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.
How much does Chrysanta Foundation give?
$3.2 million in tax year 2025, across 63 grants, with a typical grant of $50,000.
Who runs Chrysanta Foundation?
Its 2025 filing lists Mario Giannini (Trustee), Ann Laughlin (Trustee), Kyera M Giannini (Trustee) and Nicole Giannini (Trustee).
What does Chrysanta Foundation fund?
Based on its grants, mainly environment and conservation, health and human services.