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Mann-Paller Foundation Inc at a glance

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Mann-Paller Foundation Inc

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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$15MEducation$7.9MCivil Rights$605kPhilanthropy$500kInternational$401kFood & Nutrition$360kRecreation & Sports$320kHuman Services$311kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $630k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.4M
$100,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$93M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF TULSA$409,000
Individual grant recipient$120,000
URBAN NATION$110,000
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE$100,000
THE ABILITY CHALLENGE$100,000
WETA$100,000
WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION$100,000
FAIRFAX COUNTY STARS$35,000
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$25,000
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY$10,000
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIAN$5,000
CONNECT OUR KIDS$5,000
C&O CANAL TRUST$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
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 (FY19–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CONNECT OUR KIDS: $10k → 4%CONNECT OUR KIDS: $5k → 4%CONNECT OUR KIDS: $1k → 4%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

ME
VT
NY
MA
SD
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
DC
OK
LA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$27M · 40 repeat orgs$582k to everyone else

40 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
21

Total granted

$27M
$544k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+92%

Still filing today

75%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentInternationalRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • GW
    GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2019–2025 · $9.2M · revenue +26%
  • WD
    WASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +31%
  • TS
    THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE
    6× · 2019–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • MC
    MD CLEAN ENERGY CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $150k
  • DH
    DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +863%
  • AG
    ACTIVATE GLOBAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue +135%
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
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
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
7
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
10
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
11
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

—
12
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts; the most unlike its peers is Dominion Speedskating. 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

41 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. 41 of the 66 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
32/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $9,200,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATI…WASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC: $1,705,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INCTHE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $1,550,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SHAKESPEARE THEATREJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1,075,000 · Arts & CultureJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $603,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $625,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CYBER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $4,100,000 · EducationNATIONAL CYBER SCHOLARS…The University of Tulsa: $761,000 · EducationThe University of TulsaTHE ABILITY CHALLENGE INCORPORATED: $400,000 · EducationTHE ABILITY CHALLENGE I…CAMBIAR EDUCATION: $363,200 · EducationCAMBIAR EDUCATION+4 more: $285,208 · EducationSIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL: $3,000,000 · OtherSIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOLURBAN NATION INC: $710,000 · OtherURBAN NATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $320,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…SOME INC: $300,000 · OtherRED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $250,000 · OtherBOWDION COLLEGE: $200,000 · Other+32 more: $963,036 · Other+32 moreIMPACTASSETSINC: $500,000 · PhilanthropySave The Children Federation Inc: $250,000 · InternationalWORLD LEARNING INC: $150,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalFAIRFAX COUNTY STARS INC: $205,000 · Recreation & SportsUS SPEEDSKATING: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsDOMINION SPEEDSKATING: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsHOUSE OF RUTH: $300,000 · Housing & Shelter
Arts & Culture$14,758,000Education$5,909,408Other$5,743,036Philanthropy$500,000International$401,000Recreation & Sports$355,000Housing & Shelter$300,000

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 budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $9,200,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetNATIONAL CYBER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $4,100,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetWASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC: $1,705,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $1,550,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1,075,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $761,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $603,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ABILITY CHALLENGE INCORPORATED: $400,000 over 4y, 46% of budgetCAMBIAR EDUCATION: $363,200 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetSOME INC: $300,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $300,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $220,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRFAX COUNTY STARS INC: $205,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD LEARNING INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUS SPEEDSKATING: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $85,208 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCH ASSN OF WASHINGTON DC: $75,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetACTIVATE GLOBAL INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER: $75,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: $75,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Washington Chorus Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDOMINION SPEEDSKATING: $50,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetC&O CANAL TRUST INC: $32,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetKIPP DC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECT OUR KIDS: $16,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetWags and Walks: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $7,550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Ships International: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Greater Washington Co…The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…Renaissance Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Mann-Paller Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mann-Paller Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • World Learning Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
  • Digital Harbor Foundation: 2% of 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
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 66 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home