Virginia · Private foundation
The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $135k
- Granted FY2021
- 18
- Grants FY2021
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
83% of The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $135k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 17
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 7
- Total assets, FY2021
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 18% of the organizations The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 17 | $135k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $128k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $66k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Health System Foundation | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Parks Foundation of Pender County | $69,106 | 2 | 94% |
| Tintagel Charitable Foundation | $33,000 | 3 | 73% |
| National Gallery of Art | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montpelier Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Club Preservation Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Health System Foundation | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Parks Foundation of Pender County | $69,106 | 2 | 94% |
| Tintagel Charitable Foundation | $33,000 | 3 | 73% |
| National Gallery of Art | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montpelier Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Club Preservation Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| McLean Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation give?
- The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $134,500 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 17 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (46%), Health (18%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: Inova Health System Foundation ($90k), Parks Foundation of Pender County ($69k), Tintagel Charitable Foundation ($33k).
- Does The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation based?
- The Ethel Cox Marden Charitable Foundation is based in VA.
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