Our Funds

Since our inception in 2014 the Spano Foundation has received numerous gifts to be donated to charitable funds, and will continue awarding grants and maintaining philanthropic assets now and for years to come.

Community Impact Funds

A gift to one of our community funds will be combined with gifts from other donors, provided over the years. With your support, we can do even more to improve the quality of life in a category that best matches your personal interests. You may browse all of our funds below or search by keyword. Learn more about establishing your own fund.

Donate to the Spano Foundation
This fund is specifically for the Spano Foundation. To positively affect the lives of individuals and/or families in need by providing, both directly and through qualifying institutions, the financial assistance necessary for them to enjoy a healthier, sustainable quality of life.

Tax ID: 47-1355321

List of Funds

A Way with Words Fund
The fund is to help those children, and their families, touched by cancer and other debilitating diseases to cope with what life has to give them. Patients and caregivers can lean on each other and together … There’s Hope in What We Do.

Books and Basketball Fund
Giving underprivileged youth the opportunity to learn skills that will enrich them for a lifetime.

The Boo Squad Fund
A volunteer group for kids aged 3-10. The goal of the Boo Squad is to actively volunteer and educate kids about being compassionate and understanding of others with differences.

DeBlasio-Corbin Family Scholarship Fund
The DeBlasio-Corbin Family Scholarship Fund is to be awarded to a student enrolled at a college or university who is studying public/applied history or a related field.

The Jason Grimaldi Fund
Any organizations that support volunteer fire services, science education for children and the arts.

School Supplies Fund
To help primary and secondary school teachers & students purchase much-needed classroom supplies for their underprivileged students.

Thomas E. Leary Memorial Fund
Supports qualified non-profits that are engaged in the preservation of industrial heritage by aiding archival collections, documents, artifacts and other areas.