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Margulf 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.

$11M
Granted FY2025still arriving
124
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$760k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$42MYouth Development$11MCommunity Improvement$3.1MHuman Services$2.8MArts & Culture$2.3MCivil Rights$2.0MHealth$1.4MPublic Benefit$808kOther$0
02FY2025 · 124 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k55 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k50 grants · $4.3M
  • $250k+16 grants · $5.2M
$55,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$288M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEWSCHOOLS$760,000
IMMSCHOOLS$360,000
COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC)$360,000
VALLEY SETTLEMENT$310,000
RISE COLORADO$310,000
PAHARA INSTITUTE (NOW LONE ROCK FOUNDATION)$310,000
COLORADO EDUCATION INITIATIVE$310,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY$310,000
TRANSCEND$310,000
40$260,000
LEARNERSTUDIO$260,000
GRIPTAPE$260,000
SURGE INSTITUTE$260,000
REVX (PROGRAM OF TRANSCEND)$260,000
MOONSHOT EDVENTURES$260,000
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 (FY17–25, $2.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $110k → 22%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $50k → 22%CHILDRENS SPEECH AND READING CENTER: $8k → 11%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $45k → 22%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $40k → 22%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $40k → 22%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 22%FIRST SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY FUND: $75k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $10k → 16%WARREN VILLAGE: $500 → 7%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 12%SECOND CHANCE CENTER: $5k → 8%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $410k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $360k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $20k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $200 → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $450k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $410k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $350k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $100k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $50k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $36k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $20k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $20k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $20k → 12%COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES (CHIC): $17k → 12%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF DENVER: $15k → 12%SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
ID
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$64M · 144 repeat orgs$5.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

144 repeat relationships: 60 still active in FY2025, 84 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

144
112

Total granted

$64M
$4.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+34%

Still filing today

65%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • NS
    NEW SCHOOLS FUND
    6× · 2018–2023 · $3.6M · revenue +6%
  • RC
    RISE COLORADO
    8× · 2018–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +175%
  • TI
    TRANSCEND INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +255%

Funded once

  • PC
    Pitkin County Library
    one grant, 2017 · $413k
  • AA
    AMERICA ACHIEVES FBO GRIPTAPE
    one grant, 2018 · $200k
  • MA
    MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $200k · revenue +141%
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 Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
2
Education Commission of the States

The mission of education commission of the states is to advocate for attaining educational excellence for all and to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of…

Education
3
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
4
Explorer West an Independent Middle School

We empower young people to explore and grow their unique intellectual, ethical, and creative capabilities, and to treasure diversity and growth in others.

Education
5
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
6
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

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7
Washington Leadership Academy Public Charter School

Wla combines best practices in teaching and learning, with the latest in educational technology to create an unparalleled high school experience. students will graduate from wla prepared for college, career, and lives of public leadership.

Education
8
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
9
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
10
National Association of Independent Schools Inc

As the largest association of independent schools, nais co-creates the future of education by uniting and empowering our community. we do this through thought leadership, research, creation and curation of resources, and direct…

—
11
Boston Architectural College

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

—
12
Bullis School

Bullis school provides a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service. bullis uniquely prepares all students to become caring citizens and creative, critical thinkers who will thrive in…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Transcend Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fantasy Camps for Kids. 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

175 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. 175 of the 284 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)
52
Early backer (in before they grew)
169/175
Grantees still filing
125/175
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW SCHOOLS FUND: $3,590,000 · EducationNEW SCHOOLS FUNDMoonshot edVentures: $2,975,200 · EducationMoonshot edVenturesRISE COLORADO: $2,570,000 · EducationRISE COLORADOTRANSCEND INC: $2,432,100 · EducationTRANSCEND INCSURGE INSTITUTE: $2,002,600 · EducationSURGE INSTITUTELAUNCH NETWORK: $1,872,100 · EducationLAUNCH NETWORK4point0 Schools: $1,860,000 · Education4point0 SchoolsVALLEY SETTLEMENT: $1,856,050 · EducationVALLEY SETTLEMENTGRIPTAPE ORG INC: $1,717,600 · EducationTHE HADANOU COLLECTIVE: $1,425,200 · EducationRESCHOOL: $1,400,200 · Education+40 more: $10,512,265 · Education+40 morePAHARA INSTITUTE INC: $1,776,300 · OtherPAHARA INSTITUTE INCNEWSCHOOLS: $1,601,300 · OtherNEWSCHOOLSYOUTH EMPOWERMENT BROADCASTING ORGANIZATION (YEBO): $1,459,650 · OtherYOUTH EMPOWERMENT BROADCASTING ORGANIZ…FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE ROARING FORK SCHOOLS: $1,295,439 · OtherFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE ROARING …IMMSCHOOLS: $1,082,600 · Other40: $812,600 · Other+109 more: $15,725,158 · Other+109 moreTHE COLORADO EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $1,884,200 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO BALLET: $107,500 · Arts & CultureRino Gives Back: $100,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA COLORADO: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $547,500 · Arts & CultureCOLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES INC: $2,262,700 · Human ServicesSPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $287,600 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO INC: $140,600 · Human Services+2 more: $170,000 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY INC: $1,526,050 · Youth DevelopmentMUSLIM YOUTH FOR POSITIVE IMPACT: $410,200 · Youth DevelopmentVive: $381,100 · Youth DevelopmentCHANGE SUMMER INC: $150,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $172,500 · Youth DevelopmentCAMELBACK VENTURES: $2,352,350 · Community ImprovementCULTIVANDO: $175,200 · Community Improvement+1 more: $20,000 · Community ImprovementGREEN SCHOOLS NATIONAL NETWORK INC: $802,100 · EnvironmentCOTTONWOOD INSTITUTE: $40,000 · Environment
Education$34,213,315Other$23,753,047Arts & Culture$2,939,200Human Services$2,860,900Youth Development$2,639,850Community Improvement$2,547,550Environment$842,100

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetNEW SCHOOLS FUND: $3,590,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetMoonshot edVentures: $2,975,200 over 8y, 54% of budgetRISE COLORADO: $2,570,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetTRANSCEND INC: $2,432,100 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetCAMELBACK VENTURES: $2,352,350 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetCOLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES INC: $2,262,700 over 7y, 49% of budgetSURGE INSTITUTE: $2,002,600 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetTHE COLORADO EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $1,884,200 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetLAUNCH NETWORK: $1,872,100 over 6y, 75% of budget4point0 Schools: $1,860,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetVALLEY SETTLEMENT: $1,856,050 over 5y, 15% of budgetPAHARA INSTITUTE INC: $1,776,300 over 6y, 12% of budgetGRIPTAPE ORG INC: $1,717,600 over 6y, 35% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY INC: $1,526,050 over 6y, 22% of budgetTHE HADANOU COLLECTIVE: $1,425,200 over 6y, 17% of budgetRESCHOOL: $1,400,200 over 8y, 38% of budgetLYRA: $1,095,100 over 6y, 26% of budgetIMMSCHOOLS: $1,082,600 over 4y, 17% of budgetThe Teaching Well Inc: $944,910 over 6y, 12% of budgetFREE FELLOWSHIP FOR RACE & EQUITY IN EDUCATION: $877,600 over 6y, 14% of budgetGREEN SCHOOLS NATIONAL NETWORK INC: $802,100 over 6y, 59% of budgetEmpower Community High School: $790,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $750,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $656,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEDNIUM THE ALUMNI COLLECTIVE INC: $640,200 over 5y, 22% of budgetST ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL: $585,200 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetJOY AS RESISTANCE: $550,200 over 5y, 21% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $500,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL EDUCATION LEADER FELLOWSHIP: $412,600 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetMUSLIM YOUTH FOR POSITIVE IMPACT: $410,200 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetBELLWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS INC: $397,600 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetLATINOS FOR EDUCATION INC: $391,300 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetVive: $381,100 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetCompass Academy: $355,200 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetTHE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC: $352,600 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetColorado Youth Congress: $340,200 over 6y, 19% of budgetPROMISE54: $291,300 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetTHE HIGHLAND PROJECT INC: $290,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetSPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $287,600 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTRANSFORMING EDUCATION INC: $215,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetSt Anne's Episcopal School Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $177,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCULTIVANDO: $175,200 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetSCHOOL BOARD PARTNERS: $152,600 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetCHANGE SUMMER INC: $150,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGLAAD INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY: $145,000 over 2y, 13% 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 NEW SCHOOLS FUND ↗
  • Who funds Moonshot edVentures ↗
  • Who funds RISE COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds TRANSCEND INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMELBACK VENTURES ↗
  • Who funds COLLABORATIVE HEALING INITIATIVE WITHIN COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SURGE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE COLORADO EDUCATION INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds LAUNCH NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds 4point0 Schools ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY SETTLEMENT ↗
  • Who funds PAHARA INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds GRIPTAPE ORG INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HADANOU COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds RESCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LYRA ↗
  • Who funds IMMSCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds The Teaching Well Inc ↗
  • Who funds FREE FELLOWSHIP FOR RACE & EQUITY IN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds GREEN SCHOOLS NATIONAL NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Empower Community High School ↗
  • Who funds DENISON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds EDNIUM THE ALUMNI COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JOY AS RESISTANCE ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADER FELLOWSHIP ↗
  • Who funds MUSLIM YOUTH FOR POSITIVE IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds BELLWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds LATINOS FOR EDUCATION 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.

The Denver FoundationRose Community Founda…The Colorado Health F…Gates Family Foundati…Colorado Gives Founda…Wend II IncNew Schools FundMile High United Way …Daniels FundThe Anschutz Foundati…Gary PhilanthropyCaring for Colorado F…
The Denver FoundationCO77.1× affinity60 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Wend II Inc · New Schools Fund · Mile High United Way Inc · Daniels Fund · The Anschutz Foundation · Gary Philanthropy · Caring for Colorado 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 Margulf Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margulf Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Generation Teach Inc: 42% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Sociedad Latina Inc: 15% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Community Music Center of Boston Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Brookline Teen Center: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Tools of the Mind: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
48report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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

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How do I get to Margulf Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Margulf 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 284 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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