The Iacocca Family Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your work is research into Type 1 diabetes or its complications, or support for people living with diabetes, it fits the foundation's stated focus closely, and the foundation also funds autoimmune research, scholarships, fellowships, and access to fresh produce and healthcare.
- Its median grant is $5,000 and half of its grants were $5,000 or less, so a modest request is the realistic size, although the band where about 8 in 10 of its grants fall runs from $1,000 to $500,000.
- The filing points to an application route on the foundation's website and gives no deadlines, so no deadline is stated to plan around.
- Most of its grant dollars go to organisations it has funded before (99% in the latest filing), so a first approach should show clearly how your work matches its focus.
- The filing states no geographic focus, so your location should not stop you, although most of its grants went to Ohio, Massachusetts and California.
Overview
The Iacocca Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Boston, MA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Iacocca Family Foundation supports innovative and promising research aimed at curing diabetes and alleviating its complications, with a primary focus on Type 1 Diabetes. It also funds research on other autoimmune diseases, support programmes, scholarships, fellowships, and initiatives to increase access to fresh produce and healthcare. Its goal is to improve long-term health outcomes and offer tangible support to people affected by the disease. The Foundation collaborates with leading researchers and institutions who share its commitment to finding a cure, combining medical research with practical support for people living with diabetes.
Themes
- Type 1 diabetes research
- Autoimmune disease research
- Support programmes
- Scholarships
- Fellowships
- Fresh produce access
- Healthcare access
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Ohio, Massachusetts and California.
How to apply
The filing identifies a grant application at the Foundation's website.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 99% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 33 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- It supports innovative and promising research aimed at curing and alleviating diabetes complications, with a primary focus on Type 1 Diabetes.
- It collaborates with leading researchers and institutions who share its passion for finding a cure.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
4 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 35% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations The Iacocca Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 35% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 5 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $365k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Donor advised fund grants$800,0002024 tax year
- Massachusetts General Hospital · Restricted - neuroscience & diabetes units$500,0002024 tax year
- Hoag Hospital Foundation · Research initiative leap/logic project$364,7872024 tax year
- National Stuttering Association · National stuttering association$2,5002024 tax year
- Grantmakers in Health · Unrestricted grant for grantmakers in health$8452024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Louis Lataif — Secretary
- Lia I Assad — Trustee
- Kenneth Anderson — Trustee
- Kathryn I Hentz — President
- John Gerace — Trustee
- Edward Bousa — Treasurer
- Desmond Heathwood — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,369,059 | $1,609,260 | $48,302,938 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,663,158 | $1,349,870 | $53,636,031 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,408,888 | $1,668,132 | $58,585,389 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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Applying to The Iacocca Family Foundation?
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Contact
- (617) 267-7747
- Boston, MA
- iacoccafoundation.org
Applying to The Iacocca Family Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (617) 267-7747
- Boston, MA
- iacoccafoundation.org