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Hinda L & Arthur Marcus Foundation at a glance

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Hinda L & Arthur Marcus 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.4MArts & Culture$233kHealth$105kReligion$58kHuman Services$25kEducation$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $55k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$15,000
MGH$10,000
BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH$10,000
TEMPLE EMANUEL$10,000
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$10,000
KAIROS DANCE THEATER$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY DEVELOP: $5k → 8%TEMPLE EMANUEL: $10k → 10%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $30k → 16%ANGUILLA PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK INC: $8k → 6%BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%TEMPLE EMANUEL: $10k → 10%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $20k → 16%BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15k → 16%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15k → 16%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15k → 16%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15k → 16%TEMPLE EMANUEL: $18k → 8%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15k → 16%TEMPLE EMANUEL: $10k → 8%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15k → 16%TEMPLE EMANUEL: $5k → 8%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15k → 16%TEMPLE EMANUEL: $5k → 8%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $10k → 16%BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER: $18k → 8%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $10k → 16%BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER: $10k → 8%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $10k → 16%BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER: $5k → 8%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $5k → 16%BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER: $5k → 8%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $5k → 16%BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH: $10k → 8%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $5k → 16%HEBREW SENIORLIFE: $495k → 16%BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH: $10k → 8%HEEBREW SENIOR LIFE: $324k → 16%HEEBREW SENIOR LIFE: $315k → 16%HEBREW SENIOR LIFE: $50k → 16%HEBREW SENIORLIFE OPERATING: $25k → 16%HEBREW SENIOR LIFE: $25k → 16%HEBREW SENIOR LIFE: $25k → 16%MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $18k → 16%MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $10k → 16%MGH: $10k → 16%MGH: $10k → 16%COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES: $50k → 16%COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES: $25k → 16%COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES: $25k → 16%COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES: $25k → 16%COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES: $25k → 16%COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES: $25k → 16%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 10 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
3

Total granted

$1.6M
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+34%

Still filing today

60%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BS
    BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $135k · revenue +38%
  • MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
    7× · 2017–2025 · $65k · revenue +29%
  • BI
    BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $43k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • HS
    HEBREW SENIORLIFE OPERATING
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • AP
    Anguilla Progressive Association of New Yorkgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +34%
  • BU
    BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY DEVELOP
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
2
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

The mission of the beth israel deaconess hospital-milton, inc. (bid-milton or hospital) is to provide safe, high-quality, community-based health care and access to tertiary care in close collaboration with its sister hospital, beth israel…

Health
3
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth Inc

The mission of the beth israel deaconess hospital-plymouth, inc. (bid-plymouth or hospital) is to improve the health and well-being of its patients and communities by providing a full continuum of healthcare services with excellence and…

Health
4
Joslin Diabetes Center Inc

Our mission is to prevent, treat, and cure diabetes. our vision is a world free of diabetes and its complications.

Health
5
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
6
Joslin Clinic Inc

To provide the highest quality specialty medical care to patients with diabetes and diabetes related conditions and to search for a cure.

Health
7
Winchester Hospital

The mission of winchester hospital is "to care. to heal. to excel." this ethos provides each and every staff member with clear expectations, promoting teamwork and respect while ensuring safety, quality and empathy for patients. winchester…

Health
8
Anna Jaques Hospital Inc

The mission of anna jaques hospital (ajh or hospital) is to provide the highest quality medical care and improve the health of the communities served by ajh in alliance with the ajh medical staff and ajh affiliates including seacoast…

Health
9
Beth Israel Lahey Health Primary Care

Beth israel lahey health primary care (bilhpc) is a network of community based physicians affiliated with the beth israel lahey health (bilh) network and serving the patients and communities served by the lahey clinic hospital (lahey…

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10
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
11
Northeast Hospital Corporation

Centering on a concept and continuum of care that embraces the health, well-being and dignity of each patient, regardless of their ability to pay, northeast hospital corporation (nhc) has four facilities, beverly hospital, addison gilbert…

Health
12
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Inc

The mission of the beth israel deaconess hospital - needham, inc. (bidn or hospital) is committed to improving the health of the communities served by providing high quality, personalized health care with compassion, dignity and respect…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc; the most unlike its peers is Anguilla Progressive Association of New York. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 15 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Hebrew Senior Life Inc: $1,233,469 · PhilanthropyHebrew Senior Life IncCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $174,911 · PhilanthropyCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $135,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHON…MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $65,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FINE…KAIROS DANCE THEATER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureKAIROS DANCE T…+1 more: $7,500 · Arts & CultureMASS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $42,500 · OtherMASS GENE…TEMPLE EMANUEL: $37,500 · OtherTEMPLE EM…HEBREW SENIORLIFE OPERATING: $25,000 · OtherHEBREW SE…TEMPLE EMANUEL: $20,000 · OtherTEMPLE EM…MGH: $20,000 · OtherMGHBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY DEVELOP: $5,000 · OtherBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $42,500 · HealthBETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC: $20,000 · HealthBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $17,500 · Education
Philanthropy$1,408,380Arts & Culture$232,500Other$150,000Health$62,500Education$17,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $1,233,469 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $174,911 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $135,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $65,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $42,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKAIROS DANCE THEATER INC: $25,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetBETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnguilla Progressive Association of New York: $7,500 over 1y, 5.9% 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.

  • Who funds Hebrew Senior Life Inc ↗
  • Who funds Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KAIROS DANCE THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Anguilla Progressive Association of New York ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Hinda L & Arthur Marcus Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hinda L & Arthur Marcus Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hebrew Senior Life Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.

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 15 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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