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Fred R Martin Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$208k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

International$125kArts & Culture$119kCivil Rights$85kEnvironment$60kPublic Benefit$40kSocial Science$34kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $144k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$12,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE EMPIRE FILES$50,000
HEAL PALESTINE$25,000
TRI-VALLEY CARES$20,000
PARTNERSHIP FOR CIVIL JUSTICE FUND$20,000
PHYSICIANS FOR PALESTINE$20,000
UNION DE VECINOS DE PICO ALISO$15,000
THE LAB SF$12,000
CENTER FOR NEW MUSIC SAN FRANCISCO INC$12,000
ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS$10,000
WORLD BEYOND WAR$5,000
PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE$5,000
SUMMERVILLE BEARS BOOSTERS CLUB$4,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SUMMERVILLE BEARS BOOSTERS CLUB: $4k → 14%THE PEOPLE'S FORUM: $10k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
NY
OR
OH
NJ
CA
MO
VA
AZ
DC
HI
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Fred R Martin Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Fred R Martin Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.9% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$458k · 9 repeat orgs$263k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
17

Total granted

$458k
$204k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
0%

Still filing today

89%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsEnvironmentPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EF
    EMPIRE FILES INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $125k · revenue +83%
  • P
    PARTNERSHIPFORCIVILJUSTICEFUND
    3× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue +54%
  • PC
    PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • LA
    LIBERATION ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • TM
    THE MEDIA FREEDON FOUNDATIONPROJECT CENSORED
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Global Policy Forum Inc

Research and education of United Nations activities

International
2
Codepink Women for Peace

To end u.s. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives.

Education
3
International Forum on Globalization Inc

A unique collaborative of some of the world's leading activists, scholars and thinkers, IFG organizes large public teach-ins and invitational seminars, and produces publications.

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4
Coalition for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran
Civil Rights
5
Foundation for Middle East Peace
Philanthropy
6
California Environmental Justice Alliance

Our mission is to fight against fossil fuel executives and industries that have turned our communities into dumping grounds for toxic waste, poisoning our air, water, lan, and bodies. We organize to oppose giant oil refineries, dirty…

Environment
7
Energy Peace Partners

EPP's mission is to leverage climate and finance solutions to promote peace in the world's most fragile regions.

Environment
8
Catalyst for Peace
Philanthropy
9
Institute for New Global Politics Inc

The Institute for New Global Politics is a California-based educational nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. It is an independent and nonpartisan thinktank dedicated to educating the general…

International
10
Physicians for Social Responsibility - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter

SF Bay PSR works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival. Consequently, we promote public policies that protect human health from the threats of nuclear war other weapons of mass destruction, global…

International
11
Center for Contemporary Documentation Inc
Philanthropy
12
Peace Action Education Fund

Peace action education fund (paef) is dedicated to increasing public understanding of nuclear and conventional disarmament, human rights abuses and the arms trade, and that national and global security requires working cooperatively with…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alliance for Global Justice Corp; the most unlike its peers is Physicians for Palestine. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRI-VALLEY CARES: $55,000 · OtherTRI-VALLEY CARESTHE LAB SF: $34,000 · OtherTHE LAB SFLIBERATION ALLIANCE: $30,000 · OtherLIBERATION ALLIANCETHE MEDIA FREEDON FOUNDATIONPROJECT CENSORED: $20,000 · OtherTHE MEDIA FREEDON FOUNDATIONPROJECT CENSOREDN 'AIKNE O MAUI INC: $20,000 · OtherN 'AIKNE O MAUI INCCENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR: $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS: $10,000 · OtherFelton Institute: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherG I RIGHTS NETWORK: $10,000 · OtherClimate Defiance Action: $10,000 · OtherUNION DE VECINOS DE PICO ALISO: $15,000 · OtherPeople's Forum Inc: $10,000 · OtherREBEL ARMY RUNS INC: $10,000 · OtherCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $18,000 · Other+4 moreEMPIRE FILES INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureEMPIRE FILES INCCENTER FOR NEW MUSIC SAN FRANCISCO INC: $34,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR NEW MUSIC SAN…PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $50,000 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RE…HEAL PALESTINE INC: $50,000 · InternationalHEAL PALESTINE INCCENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH: $20,000 · InternationalCENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND…Alliance for Global Justice Corp: $15,000 · InternationalAlliance for Global Jus…World Beyond War: $5,000 · InternationalFriends of the Congo: $5,000 · InternationalPROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: $5,000 · InternationalPARTNERSHIPFORCIVILJUSTICEFUND: $60,000 · Civil RightsPARTNERSH…ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS: $30,000 · EnvironmentVeterans For Peace Inc: $20,000 · Public BenefitPHYSICIANS FOR PALESTINE: $20,000 · Health
Other$282,000Arts & Culture$159,000International$150,000Civil Rights$60,000Environment$30,000Public Benefit$20,000Health$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEMPIRE FILES INC: $125,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetPARTNERSHIPFORCIVILJUSTICEFUND: $60,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL PALESTINE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LAB SF: $34,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetCENTER FOR NEW MUSIC SAN FRANCISCO INC: $34,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVeterans For Peace Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPeople's Forum Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER ON CONSCIENCE & WAR: $10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetREBEL ARMY RUNS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetFelton Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Defiance Action: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWorld Beyond War: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFriends of the Congo: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUMMERVILLE BEARS BOOSTERS CLUB: $4,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetOREGON INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE RESEARCH: $4,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

ImpactassetsincGs Donor Advised Phil…Amalgamated Charitabl…Tides FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
ImpactassetsincMD15.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Impactassetsinc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fred R Martin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred R Martin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Fred R Martin Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fred R Martin Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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