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Marco Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$683k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.3MHealth$1.2MReligion$830kHuman Services$310kPhilanthropy$245kFood & Nutrition$125kHousing & Shelter$125kArts & Culture$110kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $103k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $575k
$32,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Banner Health Alzheimer's Foundatio$200,000
Hillel Jewish Student Center At ASU$100,000
Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus$100,000
Arizona Jewish Historical Society$100,000
SW Autism Research Resource Center$75,000
Catlin Gabel School$32,500
Boys Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsd$25,000
Temple Kol Ami$15,000
PJ Library$10,000
American Red Cross$10,000
Childsplay$10,000
The Froth and Bubble Foundation$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 (FY23–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Every Body Athletics: $40k → 8%The Froth and Bubble Foundation: $10k → 11%The Froth and Bubble Foundation: $5k → 11%American Red Cross: $10k → 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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 12 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
19

Total granted

$2.8M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+13%

Still filing today

58%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • TP
    THE PARDES JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $923k · revenue +12%
  • BH
    Banner Health Foundation
    2× · 2020–2021 · $425k · revenue +99%
  • CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $158k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • VO
    VALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue +13%
  • JC
    Jewish Community Center
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
  • JF
    Jewish Federation of Greater Phoeni
    one grant, 2022 · $150k
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 Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
2
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School

Abraham joshua heschel day school cultivates students' natural sense of wonder into an exceptionally rich education that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and compassion. in partnership with our families, we inspire our students to…

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3
Irvine Hebrew Day School

Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…

—
4
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
5
Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor

To nurture the development of knowledgeable, caring and committed Jewish children in a dynamic learning environment. Through exceptional general and Judaic studies and Hebrew language immersion, students create a meaningful and joyous…

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6
Nishmat Adin

Nishmat adin lays the foundation for students to become lifelong learners and scholars steeped in their jewish roots and identities, confident in their talents, adept at navigating the world around them, emboldened to turn challenge into…

Education
7
Beit Rabban Day School

Beit rabban's mission is to nurture our children to be critical and creative thinkers, responsible world citizens, deeply fluent in jewish texts, hebrew language, the humanities and the sciences, respectful of a multiplicity of views, and…

Education
8
Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle

Jds is committed to providing an innovative academic program through a rigorous integrated, inquiry-based curriculum with general & judaic studies, empowering children to grow into capable, wise, and compassionate upstanders.

Education
9
Luria Academy of Brooklyn

Luria academy is a child-centered environment dedicated to academic excellence and a sophisticated knowledge of jewish text and jewish heritage. located in the prospect heights neighborhood of brookly, luria academy is a jewish…

Education
10
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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11
The Felicia Penzell Weber Jewish Community High School Inc

The weber school prepares its students for success in college and in life, inspiring them to be knowledgeable, thinking, responsible jewish adults, by weaving together: the pursuit of academic excellence; a commitment to jewish values, the…

Education
12
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is First Place Az; the most unlike its peers is Froth and Bubble 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

19 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. 19 of the 36 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Banner Health Alzheimer's Foundatio: $600,000 · OtherBanner Health Alzheimer's FoundatioVALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $250,000 · OtherVALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INCJewish Community Center: $250,000 · OtherJewish Community CenterHillel Jewish Student Center At ASU: $200,000 · OtherHillel Jewish Student Center At ASUJewish Federation of Greater Phoeni: $150,000 · OtherJewish Federation of Greater PhoeniCONGREGATION KOL AMI: $115,000 · OtherIna Levine Jewish Community Campus: $100,000 · OtherArizona Jewish Historical Society: $100,000 · OtherThe Jewish Comm Fndn of Greater Pho: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $92,000 · OtherJewish Free Loan: $80,000 · Other+11 more: $270,000 · Other+11 moreTHE PARDES JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC: $923,285 · EducationTHE PARDES JEWISH DAY SCHOOL I…CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $157,500 · EducationCATLIN GABEL SCHOOLVALLEY BEIT MIDRASH: $100,000 · EducationVALLEY BEIT MIDRASHBanner Health Foundation: $425,000 · HealthBanner Health …SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $150,000 · HealthSOUTHWEST AUTI…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthRosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterFIRST PLACE AZ: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE JOY BUS: $100,000 · Food & NutritionURBAN GLEANERS: $10,000 · Food & NutritionEVERY BODY ATHLETICS: $40,000 · Human ServicesFroth and Bubble Foundation: $15,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $15,000 · Religion
Other$2,307,000Education$1,180,785Health$580,000Housing & Shelter$125,000Food & Nutrition$110,000Human Services$65,000Religion$15,000

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 PARDES JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC: $923,285 over 2y, 12% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $425,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $250,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $157,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $150,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JOY BUS: $100,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetVALLEY BEIT MIDRASH: $100,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetRosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetArizona Jewish Historical Society: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE OASIS SCHOOL: $50,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetEVERY BODY ATHLETICS: $40,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetFIRST PLACE AZ: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFroth and Bubble Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCHILDSPLAY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetArtula Institute for Art and Environmental Ed: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN GLEANERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIGHTING PRETTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% 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.

Jewish Community Foun…Arizona Community Fou…Virginia G Piper Char…Friedel Family Founda…Jaburg and Wilk Found…The Jess and Sheila S…Jewish Community Asso…Thunderbirds CharitiesThe Arthur M Blank Fa…American Express Foun…The Oregon Community …Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater PhoenixAZ21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Friedel Family Foundation · Jaburg and Wilk Foundation Inc · The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation · Jewish Community Association of Greater Phoenix · Thunderbirds Charities · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Marco Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Marco 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 36 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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