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Maravai Lifesciences Foundation at a glance

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Maravai Lifesciences 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.

$271k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$365kHealth$180kCrime & Legal$125kYouth Development$55kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kArts & Culture$46kInternational$25kCommunity Improvement$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $167k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $90k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$773k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CUREBOUND DBA PEDALS FOR A CAUSE$90,000
DIRECT RELIEF$25,000
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$25,000
MONARCH SCHOOL$25,000
JAR OF HOPE CORP$12,000
BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCHOOLS CO MLK SCHOLARSHIP$10,000
VOICES FOR OUR CITY$10,000
CUSHMAN SD FOOD BANK$10,000
SD YOUTH SERVICES$10,000
GIRLS WHO CODE$10,000
GENERATION STEAM$10,000
ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION$10,000
ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION$10,000
CIS OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY$5,000
SAY SAN DIEGO$5,000
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 (FY22–25, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GIRLS WHO CODE: $10k → 17%RED CROSS: $25k → 11%SAY SAN DIEGO: $10k → 11%SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%SAY SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%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.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$453k · 8 repeat orgs$642k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
16

Total granted

$453k
$515k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+9%

Still filing today

50%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthInternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • GS
    GENERATION STEAM
    3× · 2023–2025 · $45k · revenue +21%
  • TA
    THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE
    2× · 2022–2024 · $31k · revenue +69%
  • SA
    SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • PB
    PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE FDN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +67%
  • FA
    FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +17%
  • GI
    GIRLS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +27%
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
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation

To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.

Education
2
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
3
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
4
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
5
Associated Students of San Diego State University

To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.

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6
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
7
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
9
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
10
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
11
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
12
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Connect Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 35 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
13/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CUREBOUND DBA PEDALS FOR A CAUSE: $150,225 · OtherCUREBOUND DBA PEDALS FOR A CAUSEUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON: $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTONGENERATION STEAM: $45,000 · OtherGENERATION STEAMCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION AMERICA: $30,000 · OtherCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION AMERICABRUNSWICK COUNTY SCHOOLS CO MLK SCHOLARSHIP: $20,000 · OtherTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $31,000 · OtherTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY…+9 more: $86,500 · Other+9 morePALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE FDN INC: $50,000 · EducationPALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE …FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSI…THE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATIONUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $25,000 · EducationMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECTAssociation for Waldorf Education in San Diego: $20,000 · EducationAssociation for Waldorf E…CONNECT FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationCONNECT FOUNDATIONVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $150,000 · Civil RightsVOICES FOR CHI…CUREBOUND: $30,000 · HealthCUREBOUNDCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $25,000 · HealthCURESEARC…CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · HealthCROHN'S &…JAR OF HOPE: $12,000 · HealthJAR OF HO…DIRECT RELIEF: $25,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $25,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · InternationalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 · Human ServicesSOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS INC: $50,000 · Youth Development
Other$462,725Education$260,000Civil Rights$150,000Health$92,000International$75,000Human Services$55,000Youth Development$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $150,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE FDN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENERATION STEAM: $45,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $31,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCUREBOUND: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECT FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJAR OF HOPE: $12,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $10,000 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Maravai Lifesciences Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maravai Lifesciences 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Maravai Lifesciences Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Maravai Lifesciences 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 35 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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