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Marasco & Nesselbush Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Marasco & Nesselbush Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
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 2024.

Health$40kHuman Services$30kPhilanthropy$14kYouth Development$13kHousing & Shelter$8kInternational$7kFood & Nutrition$6kReligion$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$41k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NARRAGANSETT LIONS CLUB$2,500
THE AUTISM PROJECT$2,500
MEALS ON WHEELS OF RHODE ISLAND$2,500
PROJECT HAND UP$2,000
CLOTHES TO KIDS RI$2,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHERN RI$1,850
PAN-MASS CHALLENGE$1,500
SOJOURNER HOUSE INC$1,250
TOMAQUAG MUSEUM$1,000
JONNYCAKE CENTER FOR HOPE$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 14%ADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $2k → 14%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $500 → 14%CLOTHES TO KIDS RI: $2k → 14%CLOTHES TO KIDS RI: $1k → 14%WOMEN'S FUND OF RHODE ISLAND: $500 → 14%CLOTHES TO KIDS RI: $500 → 14%CLOTHES TO KIDS RI: $200 → 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

MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
TN
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$97k · 19 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +52% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
26

Total granted

$97k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+52%

Still filing today

79%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEmploymentPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SOJOURNER HOUSE INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $11k · revenue ×11
  • PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $11k · revenue +20%
  • Boys & Girls Club of Northern Rhode Island
    3× · 2022–2024 · $10k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -93%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • TA
    THE ALS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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 Rhode Island Public Health Foundation

The organization's mission is to eliminate health disparities in rhode island and beyond. the organization develops innovative public health programs, conducts translational and policy research, provides clinical services, and trains…

Health
2
Nami Rhode Island

The mission of NAMI Rhode Island is to educate the public about mental illness; to offer resources and support to all whose lives are touched by mental illness; to advocate at every level to ensure the rights and dignity of those with…

Health
3
Disability Rights Rhode Island

To assist rhode islanders with differing abilities in their efforts to achieve full inclusion in society and to exercise their civil and human rights through the provision of legal advocacy.

Civil Rights
4
Parent Support Network of Rhode Island

The parent support network of ri is a group of parents, family members, transition age youth, and adults with behavioral health lived experience who are committed to supporting and assisting peers and working with statewide and national…

Human Services
5
Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council Inc

Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council's mission is to promote changes wthin communities in Rhode Island that encourages, inspires and makes possible for individuals with disabilities to create, pursue and achieve lives that are…

Health
6
Hospital Association of Rhode Island

To be a proactive advocate for the hospitals in rhode island that is capable of working for and with the hospitals to positively influence public opinion, legislative outcomes and regulatory policy. the purpose of such advocacy is to…

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7
United Way of Rhode Island Inc

United way's mission is uniting our community and resources to build racial equity and opportunities for all rhode islanders.

Philanthropy
8
Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
9
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence

The purpose of the ricadv is to eliminate domestic violence in rhode island our mission is to support and enhance the work of our member agencies and to provide leadership on the issue of domestic violence.

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10
Rhode Island Kids Count Inc

Rhode island kids count, inc. is a not-for-profit corporation. the organization is a children's policy and advocacy organization that provides information on child well-being, stimulates dialogue on children's issues, and promotes…

Youth Development
11
Planned Parenthood Votes Ri

To protect women's health and reproductive choice through advocacy in rhode island.

—
12
The Rhode Island Community Foundation

The rhode island foundation mobilizes generosity and motivates change that makes a difference

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adoption Rhode Island; the most unlike its peers is Katie E Decubellis Memorial Fund. 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

31 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. 31 of the 47 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLORIA GEMMA FOUNDATION: $11,700 · OtherGLORIA GEMMA FOUNDATIONSOJOURNER HOUSE INC: $10,850 · OtherSOJOURNER HOUSE INCPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $10,500 · OtherPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INCBoys & Girls Club of Northern Rhode Island: $10,350 · OtherBoys & Girls Club of Northern Rhode IslandBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF RI INC: $6,985 · OtherBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF RI INCNARRAGANSETT LIONS CLUB: $5,700 · OtherNARRAGANSETT LIONS CLUBTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC: $5,275 · OtherTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC+19 more: $23,873 · Other+19 moreTHE PROVIDENCE CENTER INC: $6,000 · HealthTHE PROVIDENC…NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,500 · HealthNATIONAL MULT…The Autism Project: $2,500 · HealthThe Autism Pr…ALDERSBRIDGE COMMUNITIES (F/K/A UNITED METHODIST ELDER CARE): $1,500 · HealthALDERSBRIDGE …Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,000 · HealthDana-Farber C…KATIE E DECUBELLIS MEMORIAL FUND: $799 · Health+3 more: $850 · HealthCLOTHES TO KIDS RI INC: $3,900 · Human ServicesST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3,000 · Human ServicesADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $2,215 · Human ServicesCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $500 · Human ServicesWomen's Fund of Rhode Island: $500 · Human ServicesHigher Ground International: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterMEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INC: $4,000 · Food & NutritionPROJECT HAND UP: $2,000 · Food & NutritionOPERATION STAND DOWN RHODE ISLAND: $3,000 · EmploymentWOMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $1,200 · EmploymentTHE ARARAT ASSOCIATION INC: $700 · PhilanthropyCOMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$85,233Health$16,149Human Services$10,115Housing & Shelter$8,000Food & Nutrition$6,000Employment$4,200Philanthropy$1,200

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 budgetSOJOURNER HOUSE INC: $10,850 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Northern Rhode Island: $10,350 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHigher Ground International: $8,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF RI INC: $6,985 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE PROVIDENCE CENTER INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNARRAGANSETT LIONS CLUB: $5,700 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER INC: $5,275 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLOTHES TO KIDS RI INC: $3,900 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION STAND DOWN RHODE ISLAND: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Autism Project: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $2,215 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HAND UP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALDERSBRIDGE COMMUNITIES (F/K/A UNITED METHODIST ELDER CARE): $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $1,200 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMCAULEY CORPORATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKATIE E DECUBELLIS MEMORIAL FUND: $799 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ARARAT ASSOCIATION INC: $700 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Urban Arts: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Fund of Rhode Island: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR USHER SYNDROME RESEARCH: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR PRADER-WILLI RESEARCH INC: $100 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.

The Rhode Island Comm…Amica Companies Found…United Way of Rhode I…The Champlin Foundati…Citizens Charitable F…The Nordson Corporati…June Rockwell Levy Fo…The Beacon FoundationPpl FoundationHarborone Foundation …Centreville Savings B…Washington Trust Co C…
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI40.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Champlin Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · The Beacon Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Harborone Foundation Rhode Island · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn

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 Marasco & Nesselbush Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marasco & Nesselbush Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Marasco & Nesselbush 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 47 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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