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J Willard Marriott Jr Foundation at a glance

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J Willard Marriott Jr Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$323k
Granted FY2019
16
Grants FY2019
8
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Health$349kEducation$149kReligion$78kPublic Safety & Disaster$67kPhilanthropy$60kArts & Culture$22kRecreation & Sports$11kFood & Nutrition$8kOther$0
02FY2019 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k9 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $66k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $240k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$90,000
FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN HEALTH ADVANCES$50,000
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS$36,400
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL$10,000
NEW HAMPSHIRE BOAT MUSEUM$10,000
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION$10,000
TUFTONBORO FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION$5,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND$2,500
FOOD FOR OTHERS$2,000
NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$2,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$2,000
SIGMA CHI FOUNDATION$1,000
METROPOLITAN CLUB FOUNDATION INC$1,000
EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN$1,000
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 (FY17–19, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $2k → 6%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $2k → 6%EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 8%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $2k → 6%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

NH
IL
MA
CA
UT
VA
MD
TN
DC
OK
TX
FL
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$405k · 10 repeat orgs$289k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
14

Total granted

$405k
$130k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+30%

Still filing today

60%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
HealthPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $262k · revenue +33%
  • NS
    NORWOOD SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $25k · revenue +57%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $11k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • TC
    Take Care Relief Fund Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $60k · revenue +9%
  • WW
    WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +19%
  • CF
    CHOC FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +103%
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
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

Health
2
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
3
Suburban Hospital Inc

Suburban hospital will deliver superior healthcare enhanced by technology, wellness education, research, and innovative partnerships with physicians, hospitals, the community, and the national institutes of health. mission: improving…

Health
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
6
Children's Research Institute

Children's research institute dba children's national research institute conducts and promotes translational and clinical medical research and education programs that lead to improved understanding, prevention, treatment, and care of…

Health
7
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
8
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
9
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation

The sibley memorial hospital foundation provides philanthropic support for sibley memorial hospital to advance high-quality health care, patient and family support, clinical innovation, caregiver education, and community health services.

Health
10
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
11
Children's National

Children's national coordinates the overall policy and activities of the affiliated organizations. see schedule o.

Health
12
Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

Hjf partners to advance military medicine for our nations warfighters. as a global nonprofit organization authorized by congress, hjf provides scientific, administrative and program management services to researchers and clinicians. hjf…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Equipment Connections for Children Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 33 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

American Heart Association Inc: $262,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncCHOC FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATION+3 more: $6,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $90,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS: $52,500 · OtherCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTE…PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION OF THE D OF C: $16,000 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL …MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $10,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $11,425 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC+11 more: $30,650 · Other+11 moreGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGT…FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN HEALTH ADVANCES: $50,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR B…Take Care Relief Fund Inc: $60,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTake Care…TUFTONBORO FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTUFTONBOR…+2 more: $1,500 · Public Safety & DisasterNORWOOD SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · EducationSigma Chi Foundation: $2,000 · EducationNEW HAMPSHIRE BOAT MUSEUM: $17,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS: $25,000 · Social Science
Health$288,000Other$210,575Philanthropy$110,000Public Safety & Disaster$66,500Education$27,000Arts & Culture$27,000Social Science$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $262,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORWOOD SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE BOAT MUSEUM: $17,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $11,425 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSigma Chi Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBETHESDA FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

The Principato Family…The Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Principato Family Foundation IncMD13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Principato Family Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 J Willard Marriott Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Willard Marriott Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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

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    Find your warmest path to J Willard Marriott Jr 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 33 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record and reports $6.4M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2019, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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