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Marek 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.

$4.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
162
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$5.8MHuman Services$5.0MHealth$4.4MEducation$4.2MEmployment$2.9MReligion$2.8MHousing & Shelter$919kFood & Nutrition$762kOther$0
02FY2025 · 162 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k81 grants · $310k
  • $10k–50k58 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$108M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON$1,034,363
COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS$230,000
THE WORKFAITH CONNECTION$210,000
ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION$200,000
CRISTO REY JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF HOUSTON$150,000
KIPP TEXAS$125,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON$110,000
HARRIS HEALTH STRATEGIC FUND$100,000
WORK TEXAS TRAINING CENTER$100,000
MD ANDERSON$100,000
THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$100,000
UT HEALTH HOUSTON$100,000
TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$100,000
ARROW CHILD & FAMILY MINISTRIES$100,000
GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$85,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $8k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 14%HAVE SHEARS WILL TRAVEL: $50k → 16%HAVE SHEARS WILL TRAVEL: $17k → 16%COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTER: $25k → 16%COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTER: $10k → 16%COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTER: $10k → 16%COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTER: $8k → 16%WORK TEXAS TRAINING CENTER: $100k → 16%WORK TEXAS TRAINING CENTER: $55k → 16%WORKTEXAS TRAINING CENTER: $30k → 16%WORKTEXAS TRAINING CENTER: $25k → 16%HOUSTON'S AMAZING PLACE INC: $15k → 16%ELIJAH RISING: $25k → 16%THE HOUSTON FURNITURE BANK: $113k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON: $20k → 16%THE HOUSTON FURNITURE BANK: $50k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $230k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $225k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $150k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $110k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $108k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $63k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $60k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $53k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $45k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $40k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $40k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $38k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $35k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $35k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $28k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $25k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $25k → 16%JUSTICE FORWARD: $10k → 16%MAIN STREET MINISTRIES HOUSTON: $10k → 16%HARRIS COUNTY DRUG COURT FNDN: $10k → 16%JUSTICE FORWARD: $10k → 16%MAIN STREET MINISTRIES HOUSTON: $10k → 16%JUSTICE FORWARD: $10k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $55k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%THE FURNITURE BANK: $25k → 16%HOUSTON FURNITURE BANK: $10k → 16%HOUSTON FURNITURE BANK: $10k → 16%CASA JUAN DIEGO: $8k → 16%KIDS' MEALS INC: $9k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$21M · 287 repeat orgs$7.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +19% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

287 repeat relationships — 113 still active in FY2025, 174 since wound down; 48 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

287
212

Total granted

$21M
$6.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
0%

Still filing today

48%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $667k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthReligionPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SO
    Society of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
    7× · 2017–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +14%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $830k · revenue +92%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON
    9× · 2017–2025 · $482k · revenue +139%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CATHOLIC ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION OF GALVESTON-HOU
    one grant, 2021 · $4.0M
  • 1O
    144 OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
    one grant, 2017 · $549k
  • SV
    ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $218k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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2
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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3
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
4
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston

See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…

Philanthropy
5
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
6
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

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7
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

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8
Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County

The mission of Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County (Family Houston) is to create a stronger community for tomorrow by helping individuals and families meet the challenges they face today. We help others help themselves.

Human Services
9
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc

Seeking to put God's love into action, Houston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to provide a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Housing & Shelter
10
Central Houston Inc

See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.

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11
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation

To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.

Community Improvement
12
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Helicopters for Heroes. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%4%<5yr16%11%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr10%22%35–55yr13%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%2%<5yr16%11%5–10yr20%38%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr10%14%35–55yr13%16%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.9% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.9%3/323
the rest of the field
15%
20,232/136,481

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

277 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 277 of the 549 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
43
Early backer (in before they grew)
271/277
Grantees still filing
150/277
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE CATHOLIC ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION OF GALVESTON-HOU — $4,000,000 · OtherTHE CATHOLIC ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION OF GALVESTON-HOUSociety of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston — $2,309,497 · OtherSociety of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-HoustonM D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — $690,000 · OtherARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON — $666,675 · Other+126 more — $9,006,994 · Other+126 moreCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS — $830,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT H…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON — $481,940 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC C…THE FURNITURE BANK — $219,194 · Human ServicesTHE FURNIT…Work Texas Training Center — $210,000 · Human ServicesWork Texas…Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area — $130,000 · Human ServicesMemorial Assistance Ministries — $115,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRINGS VILLAGE INC — $88,500 · Human Services+11 more — $402,875 · Human Services+11 moreTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $725,000 · HealthTHE METHO…SANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC — $254,000 · HealthSANTA MAR…Texas Children's Hospital — $245,000 · HealthTexas Chi…ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION — $230,000 · HealthST LUKE'S…American Heart Association Inc — $185,000 · HealthAmerican …HOUSTON ACHIEVEMENT PLACE — $150,000 · HealthHOUSTON A…HARRIS HEALTH STRATEGIC FUND — $100,000 · HealthMemorial Hermann Foundation — $90,000 · Health+9 more — $296,000 · Health+9 moreTHE WORKFAITH CONNECTION — $1,921,963 · EmploymentSER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC — $225,000 · EmploymentUniversity of St Thomas — $467,825 · EducationKIPP Texas Inc — $275,000 · EducationWilliam Marsh Rice University — $175,919 · EducationCristo Rey Jesuit Houston Foundation — $172,750 · EducationTEXAS EDUCATION WORKS — $165,000 · EducationDALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 · EducationWashington and Lee University — $75,000 · Education+17 more — $614,500 · EducationGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $1,125,000 · PhilanthropyHouston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab — $70,000 · PhilanthropyASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER — $202,500 · Arts & CultureMenil Foundation Inc — $50,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON — $43,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIQA — $42,500 · Arts & CultureHouston Grand Opera Association Inc — $40,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureAdvocates of A Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive — $18,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$16,673,166Human Services$2,477,509Health$2,275,000Employment$2,146,963Education$2,095,994Philanthropy$1,195,000Arts & Culture$416,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston — $2,309,497 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetTHE WORKFAITH CONNECTION — $1,921,963 over 9y, 11% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $1,125,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS — $830,000 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $725,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON — $481,940 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas — $467,825 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Houston's Future Inc — $367,500 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc — $275,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC — $254,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital — $245,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetST LUKE'S FOUNDATION — $230,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC — $225,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTHE FURNITURE BANK — $219,194 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetWork Texas Training Center — $210,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER — $202,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $185,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University — $175,919 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCRC Retreat Partners Inc — $173,500 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetCristo Rey Jesuit Houston Foundation — $172,750 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetTEXAS EDUCATION WORKS — $165,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetKIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc — $151,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHOUSTON ACHIEVEMENT PLACE — $150,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetHoly Name Retreat Center — $130,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area — $130,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetST DOMINIC VILLAGE — $129,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMemorial Assistance Ministries — $115,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHARRIS HEALTH STRATEGIC FUND — $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston — $92,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation — $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWELLSPRINGS VILLAGE INC — $88,500 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetWashington and Lee University — $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM — $75,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare — $74,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FAMILY CENTERS INC — $72,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetHAVE SHEARS WILL TRAVEL — $71,625 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetHouston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab — $70,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter — $68,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetHARVEST AND HOPE — $67,000 over 3y, 35% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION — $65,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBreakthrough Houston — $62,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetChildren At Risk — $62,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank — $61,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLinda Lorelle Scholarship Fund — $60,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc — $55,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJUSTICE FORWARD — $55,000 over 7y, 6.0% of budgetTexas School Venture Fund — $50,000 over 1y, 10% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Society of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston ↗
  • Who funds THE WORKFAITH CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds Center for Houston's Future Inc ↗
  • Who funds KIPP Texas Inc ↗
  • Who funds SANTA MARIA HOSTEL INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FURNITURE BANK ↗
  • Who funds Work Texas Training Center ↗
  • Who funds ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds CRC Retreat Partners Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cristo Rey Jesuit Houston Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS EDUCATION WORKS ↗
  • Who funds KIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON ACHIEVEMENT PLACE ↗
  • Who funds Holy Name Retreat Center ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Albert & Ethel Herzst…Strake FoundationHarry S & Isabel C Ca…The Brown Foundation …Houston Endowment IncGreater Houston Commu…The William Stamps Fa…The Elkins FoundationBaxter Trust Co Priva…United Way of Greater…MD Anderson FoundationThe Methodist Hospital
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationTX109.5× affinity61 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Strake Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Brown Foundation Inc · Houston Endowment Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · The Elkins Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · United Way of Greater Houston · MD Anderson Foundation · The Methodist Hospital

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Marek Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Marek Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Marek 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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 549 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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