SFI Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker State College, PA EIN: 27-1569291

The SFI Foundation, inc. Mission is to ensure that strawberry fields, inc. Is committed to creating opportunities and providing support for people who need specialized services to enhance all aspects of their lives. The organization dissolved as of june 30, 2025.

SFI Foundation Inc at a glance

Revenue (2025)
$286,412
+22.0% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$112,194
-28.2% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$100
-100.0% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who SFI Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K1$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 4 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

State College

How SFI Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving grew 445% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300KTotal only2019 0 grants2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2019) to $250K (2024). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $250K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Strawberry Fields Inc State College, PATo support the good day cafe and scraps & skeins.$250,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025—$286,412$100——$112,194
2024$2,591,591$234,767$262,219$250,0001$156,295
2023$2,482,470$271,306$217,073$206,1771$9,650
2022$2,208,739$303,381$37,438$25,0001$112,842
2021$2,359,954$254,969$56,651$45,8381$187,898
2020$1,885,324$148,605$50,436——$43,587
2019$1,776,979$344,160$115,974$1,795Total only$51,804

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About SFI Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

SFI Foundation Inc is a public charity, based in State College, PA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. Net investment income was $112K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

SFI Foundation Inc is led by Cynthia Pasquinelli, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Cynthia Pasquinelli

    President & CEO

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Kelly

    Vice President

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anne Kelly

    Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (2)
  • Former: Wilma Stern (2019–2021) — Member
  • Former: Peter Marshall (2019) — Secretary & Treasurer

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about SFI Foundation Inc

Where does SFI Foundation Inc operate?

SFI Foundation Inc has awarded grants in Pennsylvania.

What is SFI Foundation Inc's EIN?

SFI Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 27-1569291. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 1, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 15, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 18, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 17, 2025)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 10, 2020)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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