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Margie Joy Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$69k
Granted FY2023
13
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$46kEducation$24kHuman Services$15kPhilanthropy$15kHealth$11kReligion$11kHousing & Shelter$10kEnvironment$6kOther$0
02FY2023 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k11 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE JAMES MUSEUM OF WESTERN & WILDLIFE ART$10,500
ARTS CONSERVATORY FOR TEENS$10,000
PURPLE PLAYAS FOUNDATION$6,000
ST PETERSBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC$5,000
BETH DILLINGER FOUNDATION$5,000
ECKERD COLLEGE$5,000
COMMUNITY TAMPA BAY$5,000
ORT AMERICA$5,000
GREAT EXPLORATIONS$5,000
ASHEVILLE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$5,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF PINELLAS COUNTY$5,000
ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST PETERSBURG$1,022
TIKKUN HAYAMREPAIR THE SEA$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY PROMISE OF PINELLAS COUNTY: $5k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF PINELLAS COUNTY: $5k → 12%ARTS CONSERVATORY FOR TEENS: $10k → 12%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.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$46k · 4 repeat orgs$101k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
8

Total granted

$46k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+124%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyPublic BenefitOther
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

  • BD
    BETH DILLINGER FOUNDATION INC CO KAY DILLINGER
    2× · 2022–2023 · $15k · revenue -44%
  • PP
    PURPLE PLAYAS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $11k · revenue +38%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF PINELLAS COUNTY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $10k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • PINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue -10%
  • TJ
    TAMPA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS AND FEDERATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • CB
    CONGREGATION BETH HA TEPHILA
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
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
Hillel School of Tampa Inc

At Hillel Academy school we have programs starting at age 1 through 8th grade, with a focus on academic excellence we empower every child to embrace their uniqueness, deepen their connections, and face the future with confidence and…

Education
2
St Petersburg Primary School Inc

At St. Petersburg Primary School, we nuture curious minds through play-based education and joyful exploration. We develop confident and compassionate children within our welcoming, faith-based community.

Education
3
Florida Children's Museum Inc

Curating the world for all children to explore

Arts & Culture
4
Pinellas Preparatory Academy

Pinellas preparatory academy, inc. strives to provide a creative and positive environment for emotionally mature children. our excellent faculty shares with parents and the community the responsibility to prepare each child for secondary…

Education
5
Palm Beach Day Academy Inc

The foundation of the palm beach day academy's program is the education of our students in an academically challenging and compassion rich environment that guides each child toward personal excellence of mind, body and character.

Education
6
The Bolles School

The bolles school prepares students for college and life by inspiring excellence, courage, integrity and compassion in an academic community dedicated to nurturing mind, body and soul.

Education
7
Children's Museum of Tampa Inc

We create and foster engaging, impactful play experiences for children and families to learn and thrive.the museum's vision is to be a vibrant and indispensable part of a community where everyone is included, enabled and empowered to dream…

Arts & Culture
8
Rollins College

Education and Public Service Mission: Rollins College educates students for global citizenship and responsible leadership, empowering graduates to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers. We are committed to liberal arts ethos and…

Education
9
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.

—
10
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
11
The Ellis School

An independent college preparatory school for girls from age three through twelfth grade.

Education
12
Royal Palm Academy Inc

The mission of royal palm academy is to partner with families to provide an education of rich academics with catholic formation. we teach the mind, educate the heart, and form the character of tomorrow's leaders.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Florida Holocaust Museum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Family Promise of Pinellas County. 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

18 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. 18 of the 21 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JAMES MUSEUM OF WESTERN & WILDLIFE ART: $10,500 · OtherTHE JAMES MUSEUM OF WESTERN & WILDLIFE ARTTAMPA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS AND FEDERATION: $10,000 · OtherTAMPA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS AND FEDERATI…CONGREGATION BETH HA TEPHILA: $5,500 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH HA TEPHILACommunity Tampa Bay Inc: $5,000 · OtherCommunity Tampa Bay IncST PETERSBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 · OtherST PETERSBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETYORT AMERICA INC: $5,000 · OtherORT AMERICA INCMENORAH MANOR FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · OtherMENORAH MANOR FOUNDATION INCJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ASHEVILLE INC: $5,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ASHEVILLE INCGIRLS INCORPORATED OF PINELLAS: $5,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATED OF PINELLASIN TOUCH WITH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesIN TOUCH WITH C…FAMILY PROMISE OF PINELLAS COUNTY: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE …GREAT EXPLORATIONS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureGREAT EXPLORATI…FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA HOLOCAU…THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FLORIDA ORC…PINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 · EducationPINELLAS COUNT…Eckerd College: $5,000 · EducationEckerd CollegeACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST PETERSBURG: $1,022 · EducationACADEMY PREP C…BETH DILLINGER FOUNDATION INC CO KAY DILLINGER: $15,000 · PhilanthropyBETH DILLIN…PURPLE PLAYAS FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · Public BenefitThe North Carolina Arboretum Society: $5,000 · EnvironmentTIKKUN HAYAM-REPAIR THE SEA INC: $1,000 · Environment
Other$56,000Human Services$20,000Arts & Culture$20,000Education$19,022Philanthropy$15,000Public Benefit$11,000Environment$6,000

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 budgetBETH DILLINGER FOUNDATION INC CO KAY DILLINGER: $15,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetPINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPURPLE PLAYAS FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetIN TOUCH WITH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF PINELLAS COUNTY: $10,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetGREAT EXPLORATIONS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEckerd College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Tampa Bay Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMENORAH MANOR FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ASHEVILLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST PETERSBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe North Carolina Arboretum Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF PINELLAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST PETERSBURG: $1,022 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIKKUN HAYAM-REPAIR THE SEA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Top Jewish Foundation…Maurice a Rothman & T…Pinellas Community Fo…Rays Baseball Foundat…Community Foundation …Publix Super Markets …Vinik Family Foundati…Thomas A & Mary S Jam…J Crayton Pruitt Foun…Charles & Margery Bar…Debartolo Family Foun…Duke Energy Foundation
Top Jewish Foundation IncFL30.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Top Jewish Foundation Inc · Maurice a Rothman & Thelma P Rothman Family Foundation Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Thomas A & Mary S James Foundation · J Crayton Pruitt Foundation Inc · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Duke Energy 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 Margie Joy Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margie Joy Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Great Explorations Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Eckerd College: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Holocaust Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report 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.
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How do I get to Margie Joy Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Margie Joy Foundation Inc 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 21 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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