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Marelda Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Marelda Charitable Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$18k
Granted FY2022
7
Grants FY2022
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Philanthropy$32kHuman Services$31kEducation$25kReligion$21kInternational$5kArts & Culture$3kHealth$1kFood & Nutrition$900Other$0
02FY2022 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k6 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY$10,000
CHABAD OF STAMFORD$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$540
CEDELLA MARLEY BOOKER HERITAGE CORP$250
UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER MIAMI$100
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 36% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ALS FOUNDATION: $100 → 8%BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHEDRAL PA CHARITABLE TRUST: $15 → 10%CHABAD SERVICING DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $1k → 22%HARVEY SCHOOL: $500 → 9%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $10k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY: $10k → 17%URGE: $100 → 14%CEDELLA MARLEY BOOKER HERITAGE CORP: $250 → 15%BLOOM HILLEL: $540 → 17%FORMAN SCHOOL: $50 → 9%BI-CULTURAL HEBREW ACADEMY: $2k → 9%YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT: $1k → 12%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $200 → 16%CARNEGIE HALL FOUNDATION: $3k → 18%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PERIODONTICS: $100 → 14%IFS FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%TEMPLE EMANUEL ISRAEL: $3k → 8%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $675 → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY: $10k → 17%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER MIAMI: $100 → 15%ALABAMA BNAI BRITH FOUNDATION: $100 → 17%FOOD BANK LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $500 → 9%FEEDING AMERICA: $100 → 14%TEMPLE EMANUEL ISRAEL: $100 → 8%KULANU INC: $3k → 17%BI CULTURAL HEBREW ACADEMY: $750 → 9%KULANU INC: $2k → 17%FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $300 → 9%ODYSSEY HOUSE: $500 → 17%LONG RIDGE FIRE COMPANY: $25 → 9%ODYSSEY HOUSE: $500 → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $23k → 9%CHABAD OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE: $500 → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $9k → 9%STAMFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $250 → 9%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER STAMFORD: $10k → 9%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER STAMFORD: $10k → 9%CHABAD OF STAMFORD: $8k → 9%CHABAD OF STAMFORD: $3k → 9%STAMFORD JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $250 → 9%TEMPLE SHALOM: $8k → 9%TEMPLE SHALOM: $300 → 9%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
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
WV
DC
AL
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$83k · 10 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
21

Total granted

$83k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+23%

Still filing today

40%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
InternationalFood & NutritionEducationArts & CultureHealthHuman 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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES
    2× · 2020–2021 · $31k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue -12%
  • CO
    CHABAD OF STAMFORD
    2× · 2020–2022 · $11k

Funded once

  • CH
    CARNEGIE HALL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +26%
  • CS
    CHABAD SERVICING DREXEL UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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 Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven Inc

The jewish federation of greater new haven, inc. is the central planning, fund-raising and coordinating body of the jewish community in new haven county,connecticut. the jewish federation funds a variety of constituent and beneficiary…

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2
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
3
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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4
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
5
Food Bank of Central New York

Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…

Food & Nutrition
6
New Jersey Food Council Inc

To provide vision and leadership to advance the interest of the food industry in new jersey.

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7
Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City

To sustain and enhance jewish life at home and around the world.

Philanthropy
8
St Louis Jewish Light

The st. louis jewish light is a non-profit, independent news source whose mission is to inform, inspire, educate, and connect the st. louis jewish community.

—
9
Flint Jewish Federation

To further the welfare of the jewish community

Philanthropy
10
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
11
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
12
Jewish Federation of St Louis

Jewish federation of st. louis mobilizes the jewish community and its human and financial resources to preserve and enhance jewish life in st. louis, in israel and around the world.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

13 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. 13 of the 37 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $31,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICESUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION STAMFORD NEW CANAAN DARIEN INC: $20,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION STAMFORD NEW CANAAN DARIEN INCCHABAD OF STAMFORD: $10,730 · OtherCHABAD OF STAMFORDTEMPLE SHOLOM INC: $8,300 · OtherTEMPLE SHOLOM INCIndividual grant recipient: $3,100 · OtherTHE BI-CULTURAL HEBREW ACADEMY OF CONNECTICUT INCORPORATED: $3,000 · Other+21 more: $7,890 · Other+21 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HE…KULANU INC: $4,833 · InternationalKULANU INCUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $10,675 · PhilanthropyUNITED JE…CARNEGIE HALL FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureODYSSEY HOUSE INC: $1,000 · HealthTHE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $800 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $100 · Food & NutritionTHE HARVEY SCHOOL: $500 · EducationTHE FERGUSON LIBRARY: $100 · EducationFOOTSTEPS INC: $100 · Human Services
Other$84,020International$24,833Philanthropy$10,675Arts & Culture$3,000Health$1,000Food & Nutrition$900Education$600Human Services$100

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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION STAMFORD NEW CANAAN DARIEN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $10,675 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKULANU INC: $4,833 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCARNEGIE HALL FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetODYSSEY HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARVEY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOTSTEPS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FERGUSON LIBRARY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORMAN SCHOOL INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONG RIDGE FIRE COMPANY INC: $25 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION STAMFORD NEW CANAAN DARIEN INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds KULANU INC ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE HALL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ODYSSEY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HARVEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds FOOTSTEPS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FERGUSON LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds FORMAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds LONG RIDGE FIRE COMPANY INC ↗

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.

Ge Aerospace Foundati…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Ge Aerospace FoundationCT15.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving 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 Marelda Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marelda Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 37 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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