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Mara W Breech Foundation at a glance

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Mara W Breech Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$582k
Granted FY2025still arriving
51
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$33k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$1.8MYouth Development$279kHealth$190kArts & Culture$178kHuman Services$97kScience & Tech$48kCrime & Legal$32kAnimals$27kOther$0
02FY2025 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $184k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $398k
$7,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHN TRACY CLINIC$33,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$30,000
UC SAN DIEGO-MATH FOR AMERICA$27,500
CHILDREN'S ART VILLAGE-SEVALAYA$27,500
LEAP$27,500
TEACH FOR AMERICA$22,000
OVERLAND AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$22,000
THE WORLD IS JUST A BOOK AWAY$22,000
Individual grant recipient$22,000
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY$22,000
SCRIPPS COLLEGE$22,000
STANFORD CENTER TO SUPPORT EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING$20,000
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATES$16,500
CHIME INSTITUTE$16,500
MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $228k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $6k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $6k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $6k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%PARENTIS FOUNDATION: $6k → 10%PARENTIS FOUNDATION: $6k → 10%PARENTIS FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $6k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $6k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $6k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $33k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $33k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $33k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $30k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $30k → 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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 57 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

57 repeat relationships: 50 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
5

Total granted

$2.8M
$30k

Still filing today

61%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • WL
    WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 51
    5× · 2021–2025 · $133k · revenue +34%
  • Teach for America Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $106k · revenue +5%
  • SC
    Scripps College
    5× · 2021–2025 · $106k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • TB
    TWO BIT CIRCUSTRASH FOR TEACHING
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR COUNCIL (COMMUNITY PARTNERS)
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • RO
    REGENTS OF UC RIVERSIDE
    one grant, 2022 · $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
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
Hollywood Schoolhouse Inc

Hollywood Schoolhouse knows, values, and encourages fearless curiosity. Through a blended program of innovative academics and structured learning, our diverse community inspires students to be academically strong, artistically proud,…

Education
3
The Center for Early Education

The center for early education, a socio-economically and culturally diverse independent school for children, toddlers through grade six, strives to graduate students who are joyful, resilient, lifelong learners. the center embraces a…

Education
4
The Seven Hills School

The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.

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5
Institute for Applied Tinkering

Institute for Applied Tinkering IAT develops, practices and shares educational methods that challenge and support all children to engage deeply in their learning via real interests and real tools.

Youth Development
6
Tomorrow's Leadership Collaborative Charter School

The mission of tlc is to educate diverse students through a rigorous, standards-based, collegepreparatory program to become conscientious, caring, and responsible 21st century citizens. tlc is grounded in an inclusive vision of teaching…

—
7
The Archer School for Girls Inc

The archer school for girls is an educational community that supports and challenges young women to discover their passions and realize their true potential by a) providing a rigorous, integrated college preparatory curriculum that fosters…

Education
8
The Mirman School for Gifted Children

We cultivate the boundless potential of highly gifted children, nurture their passions and talents, and develop a diverse community of creative and constructive lifelong learners.

Education
9
The Buckley School

The buckley school is a dynamic, nurturing learning community committed to equity and inclusion. our innovative teachers and challenging programs inspire creativity, courage, and collaboration. by promoting a balanced development of mind,…

—
10
Terra Marin School

Our mission is to spark wonder and intellectual curiosity in each child. We achieve this through a purposeful blend of:Engaging academics custom-tailored to each child's abilities, strengths and interests;An unparalleled social-emotional…

Education
11
Westside Neighborhood School

Wns is committed to creating a deeply caring community of lifelong learners that nurtures students from diverse backgrounds to reach their full potential, develop cultural competency, and inspire the world with their curiosity, innovation,…

Education
12
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Smiling Calm Hearts Open Ourlearning 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

35 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. 35 of the 63 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S ART VILLAGE-SEVALAYA: $132,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S ART VILLAGE-SEVALAYAUC SAN DIEGO-MATH FOR AMERICA: $132,500 · OtherUC SAN DIEGO-MATH FOR AMERICALEAP: $132,500 · OtherLEAPWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 51: $132,500 · OtherWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERIC…OVERLAND AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $106,000 · OtherOVERLAND AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $106,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSTANFORD CENTER TO SUPPORT EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING: $100,000 · OtherSTANFORD CENTER TO SUPPORT EXCELLENCE IN TEACHINGLOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $79,500 · OtherMIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $76,500 · OtherUC BERKELEY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $50,000 · Other+24 more: $447,450 · Other+24 moreTeach for America Inc: $106,000 · EducationTeach for America IncScripps College: $106,000 · EducationScripps CollegeTHE WORLD IS JUST A BOOK AWAY: $106,000 · EducationTHE WORLD IS JUST A BOOK AWAYClaremont Graduate University: $106,000 · EducationClaremont Graduate UniversityCHIME INSTITUTE: $79,500 · EducationCHIME INSTITUTEThe Blind Childrens Center Inc: $53,000 · EducationThe Blind Childrens Center In…CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $51,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY N…STAR SPORTS THEATRE ARTS & RECREATION INC: $39,750 · EducationMARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY: $39,250 · EducationPS Science: $38,250 · Education+1 more: $21,200 · EducationJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $159,000 · Human ServicesJOHN TRAC…VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $26,500 · Human ServicesVISTA DEL…CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $26,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'…PARENTIS FOUNDATION: $16,000 · Human ServicesPARENTIS …SMILING CALM HEARTS OPEN OURLEARNING INC: $39,750 · Youth DevelopmentNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $32,000 · Youth DevelopmentSANTA BARBARA SCHOOL OF SQUASH: $26,500 · Youth DevelopmentCENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION: $26,500 · Youth DevelopmentTHE EMILY SHANE FOUNDATION: $26,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $21,500 · Youth DevelopmentSTRIVE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentA Noise Within: $30,500 · Arts & CultureGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $26,500 · Arts & CultureRED HEN PRESS INC: $26,500 · Arts & CultureACTOR'S GANG INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAHA ATTITUDE HARMONY ACHIEVEMENT: $53,000 · HealthEDGE FOUNDATION: $30,600 · HealthENNEAGRAM PRISON PROJECT: $32,290 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,495,450Education$745,950Human Services$228,000Youth Development$187,750Arts & Culture$93,500Health$83,600Crime & Legal$32,290

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 budgetJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $159,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 51: $132,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $106,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetScripps College: $106,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WORLD IS JUST A BOOK AWAY: $106,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetClaremont Graduate University: $106,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHIME INSTITUTE: $79,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Blind Childrens Center Inc: $53,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAHA ATTITUDE HARMONY ACHIEVEMENT: $53,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $51,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSMILING CALM HEARTS OPEN OURLEARNING INC: $39,750 over 5y, 28% of budgetSTAR SPORTS THEATRE ARTS & RECREATION INC: $39,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY: $39,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPS Science: $38,250 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetENNEAGRAM PRISON PROJECT: $32,290 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $32,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEDGE FOUNDATION: $30,600 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetA Noise Within: $30,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMAR VISTA FAMILY CENTER: $28,250 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $26,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $26,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRED HEN PRESS INC: $26,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $26,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $26,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA SCHOOL OF SQUASH: $26,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetTierra del Sol Foundation: $26,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION: $26,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE EMILY SHANE FOUNDATION: $26,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $21,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA: $21,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARENTIS FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetSUNSAR MAYA INC: $15,900 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCHILD CREATIVITY LAB: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSTRIVE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetACTOR'S GANG INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% 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 JOHN TRACY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 51 ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds Scripps College ↗
  • Who funds THE WORLD IS JUST A BOOK AWAY ↗
  • Who funds Claremont Graduate University ↗
  • Who funds CHIME INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds The Blind Childrens Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds AHA ATTITUDE HARMONY ACHIEVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SMILING CALM HEARTS OPEN OURLEARNING INC ↗
  • Who funds STAR SPORTS THEATRE ARTS & RECREATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY ↗
  • Who funds PS Science ↗
  • Who funds ENNEAGRAM PRISON PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP ↗
  • Who funds EDGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds A Noise Within ↗
  • Who funds MAR VISTA FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds RED HEN PRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA SCHOOL OF SQUASH ↗

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 Ahmanson Foundati…The Rose Hills Founda…California Community …The Annenberg Foundat…Carrie Estelle Doheny…The Green FoundationThe Ralph M Parsons F…Thomas & Dorothy Leav…Pasadena Community Fo…Jewish Community Foun…The Mark Hughes Found…Wm Keck Foundation
The Ahmanson FoundationCA27.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · The Green Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Mark Hughes Foundation · Wm Keck 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 Mara W Breech Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mara W Breech Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Mara W Breech Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Mara W Breech 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 63 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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