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Marcia and Frank Carlucci Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Marcia and Frank Carlucci 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.

$964k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$503k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$3.4MSocial Science$1.7MHealth$678kEducation$242kPublic Benefit$99kYouth Development$50kInternational$15kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $67k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $395k
  • $250k+1 grant · $503k
$99,128
Median grant
4
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY$502,586
RAND CORPORATION$127,563
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS$100,290
THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE$99,128
MEDSTAR HEALTH$68,215
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL$36,055
CONSORTIUM FOR ART & CULTURE IN AMERICA$20,258
READ GLOBAL$10,355
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 (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%READ GLOBAL: $10k → 10%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

IL
MA
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 10 repeat orgs$306k to everyone else

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
6

Total granted

$6.0M
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+13%

Still filing today

80%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $166k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationPublic BenefitArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • The Rand Corporation
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +21%
  • MH
    MEDSTAR HEALTH INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $497k · revenue +11%
  • PC
    Prevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn
    3× · 2019–2021 · $151k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • U
    USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • IR
    INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & EXCHANGES BOARD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +37%
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 George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
5
Randolph College Inc

See detailed description of organization's primary mission provided on schedule o

Education
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
The Roosevelt Institute

To create a nation where everyone enjoys a fair share of our collective prosperity.

Education
8
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
9
Acec Research Institute

Acec research institute serve as the leading source of knowledge and thought leadership for creating a more sustainable, safe, secure, and technically advanced built environment. identify, fund, and provide industry wide research forecasts…

Unclassified
10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
Rodel Institute

The rodel institute is a nonpartisan center for leadership and intellectual growth. rodel helps america's most promising leaders reach their full potential as public servants, deepen their commitment to democracy and the rule of law,…

Philanthropy
12
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Rand Corporation; the most unlike its peers is The National Museum of Women in the Arts. 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $1,352,031 · OtherTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTSSMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $1,306,561 · OtherSMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORYIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $99,128 · Other+3 more: $35,258 · OtherThe Rand Corporation: $1,681,702 · Public BenefitThe Rand CorporationFORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY: $724,871 · Arts & CultureFORD'S THEATR…MEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $497,458 · HealthMEDSTAR HEAL…Prevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $150,952 · HealthPrevent Canc…+2 more: $30,000 · HealthDUKE UNIVERSITY: $100,539 · EducationPresbyterian School: $100,004 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $36,055 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationWASHINGTON TENNIS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentRURAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT INC: $10,355 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & EXCHANGES BOARD INC: $10,000 · International
Other$2,892,978Public Benefit$1,681,702Arts & Culture$724,871Health$678,410Education$241,598Youth Development$50,000Human Services$10,355International$10,000

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 budgetThe Rand Corporation: $1,681,702 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $1,352,031 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetFORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY: $724,871 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $497,458 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $150,952 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $100,539 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPresbyterian School: $100,004 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON TENNIS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $36,055 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetConsortium for Art and Culture in America: $20,258 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetLUNGEVITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUSAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & EXCHANGES BOARD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAZIAS RAY OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH9.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Marcia and Frank Carlucci Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marcia and Frank Carlucci 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 23%
  • Medstar Health Inc: 23% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report 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.

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 20 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home