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March Family 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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$505,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 41
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$33M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations March Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving37$2.1M32%
FY202441$1.8M20%
FY202335$1.5M31%
FY202227$1.4M7%
FY202132$1.1M25%
FY202036$993k31%
FY201931$618k58%
FY201727$246kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$5.3MPhilanthropy$2.6MHuman Services$645kHealth$427kYouth Development$324kEducation$135kFood & Nutrition$116kScience & Tech$41kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
OR
CA
VA
TN
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dallas Childrens Theater Inc$1,105,00086%
Kitchen Dog Theater$572,175881%
The United Way Inc$505,000111%
Nexus Recovery Center Incorporated$492,00071%
Trusted World Foundation Inc$420,00043%
Cafe Momentum$290,00080%
Taca Inc$250,000114%
The George W Bush Foundation$125,40250%
North Texas Food Bank$80,00050%
Undermain Theatre$63,00084%
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All grantees of March Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dallas Childrens Theater Inc$1,105,00086%
Kitchen Dog Theater$572,175881%
The United Way Inc$505,000111%
Nexus Recovery Center Incorporated$492,00071%
Trusted World Foundation Inc$420,00043%
Cafe Momentum$290,00080%
Taca Inc$250,000114%
The George W Bush Foundation$125,40250%
North Texas Food Bank$80,00050%
Undermain Theatre$63,00084%
Soul Rep Theatre Company$42,50059%
High-Tech High Heels$40,000846%
Second Thought Theatre$37,50086%
Twloha Inc$32,15080%
Save the Music Foundation$32,15080%
Junior Players Guild$30,00021%
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc$25,00010%
The James Beard Foundation Inc$18,00020%
Dallas Theater Center$17,00070%
The Crystal Charity Ball$15,00030%
Austin Pets Alive Inc$15,00080%
City Harvest Inc$12,50040%
The George and Barbara Bush Foundation$10,0001n/a
Cry Havoc Theater Company$10,00022%
Austin Farm Sanctuary Aka Fuller-Wiggs Farms Animal Sanctuary$9,05060%
Operation Kindness$7,50030%
Perot Museum of Nature & Science$7,50030%
Turtle Creek Conservancy$6,50030%
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Inc$5,50020%
National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City Inc$5,50020%
United Way of New York City$5,00010%
Echo Theatre$5,00015%
Out to Pasture Animal Sanctuary$3,50041%
Community Cycling Center$3,00030%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$3,00020%
Human Access Project$3,00031%
Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation$3,00020%
Northwest Veg$2,50032%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$2,50010%
The Cedars Union$2,40010%
Smalls Live Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Kickstand Comedy$2,00020%
The Foundation for AIDS Research$2,00040%
New York Shakespeare Festival$1,50010%
Whitney Museum of American Art$1,50010%
Feeding America$1,50010%
Turtle Creek Chorale Inc$1,20010%
Curbside Serenade$1,0002n/a
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas$1,00010%
Dallas Afterschool$1,00010%
Pegasus Media Project$1,00010%
Metropolitan Ministries Inc$1,00010%
The Advisory Board of Booker T Washington Hs for Performing &$1,00010%
Mozilla Foundation$1,00010%
Weird Portland United Inc$5001n/a
Friends of SCRAP Inc$5001n/a
Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc$5001n/a
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center Inc$50010%
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center$25010%
Susan G Komen North & West Texas$2501n/a
NAMI National$25010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

March Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDallas Childrens Theater Inc: $1,105,000 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetKitchen Dog Theater: $572,175 over 8y, 81% of budgetThe United Way Inc: $505,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNexus Recovery Center Incorporated: $492,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetTrusted World Foundation Inc: $420,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetCafe Momentum: $290,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTaca Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $125,402 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUndermain Theatre: $63,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetSoul Rep Theatre Company: $42,500 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetHigh-Tech High Heels: $40,000 over 8y, 46% of budgetSecond Thought Theatre: $37,500 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetTwloha Inc: $32,150 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSave the Music Foundation: $32,150 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Players Guild: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe James Beard Foundation Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Theater Center: $17,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Crystal Charity Ball: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Pets Alive Inc: $15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCry Havoc Theater Company: $10,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAustin Farm Sanctuary Aka Fuller-Wiggs Farms Animal Sanctuary: $9,050 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetOperation Kindness: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPerot Museum of Nature & Science: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTurtle Creek Conservancy: $6,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBrooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of New York City: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEcho Theatre: $5,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetOut to Pasture Animal Sanctuary: $3,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCommunity Cycling Center: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Access Project: $3,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJubilee Park & Community Center Corporation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Veg: $2,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cedars Union: $2,400 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSmalls Live Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKickstand Comedy: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Foundation for AIDS Research: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Shakespeare Festival: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTurtle Creek Chorale Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVisiting Nurse Association of Texas: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Afterschool: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 56.

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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.

Texas Instruments FoundationTX33.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Instruments Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Taca Inc · Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Endowment Inc · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · The Hersh Foundation · Ben E Keith Foundation Trust Xxxxx0005 · The Rosewood Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust

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.

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How do I get to March Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to March Family 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.

About March Family Foundation

How much does March Family Foundation give?
March Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $2,069,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does March Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (55%), Philanthropy (27%), Human Services (7%).
Who are March Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dallas Childrens Theater Inc ($1.1M), Kitchen Dog Theater ($572k), The United Way Inc ($505k).
Does March Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does March Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as March Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Texas Instruments Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Taca Inc.
Where is March Family Foundation based?
March Family Foundation is based in TX.

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 97 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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