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Mar Vista Investment Partners Charitable 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.

$9k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$116kYouth Development$69kArts & Culture$64kHousing & Shelter$50kCommunity Improvement$43kEnvironment$21kEducation$20kFood & Nutrition$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$350
Median grant
5
States reached
$345k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA$5,000
FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION$1,500
ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH & SCHOOL$500
EDEN PRAIRIE BOYS VOLLEYBALL$500
DAKOTA MEDICAL FOUNDATION - 463 FOUNDATION$500
S V TEMPLE$350
MAMMOTH MOUNTAINS SKI PATROL ALUMNI$293
CLEAN WATER FUND$240
MAMMOTH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$207
VT SEVA$150
MINNESOTA PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION$100
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 (FY18–23, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HEALTH IN THE HOOD INC: $4k → 15%REECES RAINBOW INC: $500 → 7%MISERICORDIA HOME: $250 → 14%HEALTH IN THE HOOD INC: $4k → 15%MISERICORDIA HOME: $250 → 14%HEALTH IN THE HOOD INC: $4k → 15%MISERICORDIA HOME: $250 → 14%HEALTH IN THE HOOD INC: $2k → 15%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $3k → 14%GOOD SEED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10k → 14%GOOD SEED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $12k → 14%GOOD SEED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $6k → 14%GOOD SEED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $12k → 14%RELATE COUNSELING CENTER: $3k → 11%GOOD SEED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5k → 14%RELATE COUNSELING CENTER: $3k → 11%WISE PLACE: $3k → 10%CHILDREN'S BUREAU OF SO CALIFORNIA: $5k → 14%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

WA
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
CA
CO
VA
AZ
DC
HI
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$367k · 25 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
34

Total granted

$367k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+24%

Still filing today

80%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • KF
    KCRW FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $48k · revenue +17%
  • GS
    GOOD SEED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    5× · 2018–2023 · $45k · revenue +545%
  • OI
    ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $37k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • TS
    The Soulnic Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Americagraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue +158%
  • AF
    ALL FOR KIDS ORGANIZATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +63%
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
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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3
The Children's Cancer Cause Inc

The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.

Health
4
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc

The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…

Health
5
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
7
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
8
Solving Kids' Cancer Inc

Skc impacts children through the initiation of clinical research trials of investigative treatment strategies. our vision is to continue expanding the armamentarium of effective and less toxic treartment strategies for pediatric…

Health
9
Make-a-Wish Foundation International

None

Human Services
10
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
11
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
12
Alliance for Childhood Diseases

To advance cures and treatment of childhood cancer and other rare diseases.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orthopaedic Institute for Children Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ashtalakshmi Temple. 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

43 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. 43 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
26/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KCRW FOUNDATION INC: $48,000 · OtherKCRW FOUNDATION INCCOUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INC: $42,000 · OtherCOUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS IN…Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $12,000 · OtherBig Brothers Big Sisters Of Ameri…HOPE IGNITES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,500 · Other+35 more: $18,633 · Other+35 moreORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $36,500 · HealthORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE FOR CH…Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota: $35,000 · HealthDown Syndrome Association of…ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL: $24,000 · HealthORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITALFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $8,500 · HealthFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION+6 more: $2,430 · HealthGOOD SEED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $45,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SEED COMMUNITY …HEALTH IN THE HOOD INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesHEALTH IN THE HOOD I…Relate Inc: $6,000 · Human ServicesRelate IncALL FOR KIDS ORGANIZATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesALL FOR KIDS ORGANIZ…+4 more: $6,250 · Human Services+4 moreBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $57,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SI…SOUTHWEST NATIVE-AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $14,500 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTHWEST NATIVE-AM…NATUREBRIDGE: $20,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN WATER FUND: $802 · EnvironmentThe Soulnic Foundation: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $982 · Arts & CultureTHRIVE SCHOLARS: $5,000 · EducationMAMMOTH MOUNTAIN SKI PATROL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $293 · EducationMINNEWASHTA ELEMENTARY PTO INC: $205 · Education
Other$126,133Health$106,430Human Services$76,250Youth Development$71,500Environment$20,802Arts & Culture$15,982Education$5,498

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 budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $57,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetKCRW FOUNDATION INC: $48,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SEED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $45,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCOUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INC: $42,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $36,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDown Syndrome Association of Minnesota: $35,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATUREBRIDGE: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Soulnic Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetHEALTH IN THE HOOD INC: $14,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $8,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRelate Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE IGNITES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetALL FOR KIDS ORGANIZATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISEPLACE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHero Haven: $2,300 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $982 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN WATER FUND: $802 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $570 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPARE KEY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJessie Rees Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREECE'S RAINBOW INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAshtalakshmi Temple: $460 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAMMOTH MOUNTAIN SKI PATROL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $293 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAMMOTH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $207 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMINNEWASHTA ELEMENTARY PTO INC: $205 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $120 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRodman For Kids Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDY FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME INSTITUTE INC: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $51 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.

Ch Robinson Worldwide…Donatestock Charitabl…Edwards Lifesciences …Saint Paul & Minnesot…American Gift FundXcel Energy FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Mightycause Charitabl…California Community …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Charities Aid Foundat…United Way Worldwide
Ch Robinson Worldwide FoundationSD14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Donatestock Charitable Inc · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · American Gift Fund · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · United Way Worldwide

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 Mar Vista Investment Partners Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mar Vista Investment Partners Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
  • Health in the Hood Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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How do I get to Mar Vista Investment Partners Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mar Vista Investment Partners Charitable 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 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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