· Private foundation
Mari and Norman Epstein Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $127k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ANIMAL EQUALITY | $25,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL PRIMATE PROTECTION LEAGUE | $20,422 |
| WILD AID | $20,422 |
| ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE | $20,421 |
| WILD BIRD FUND | $20,421 |
| ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| WILD BIRD FUND | $10,000 |
| DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE | $5,000 |
| GIRLS INC | $1,000 |
| ANIMAL RESCUE OF THE HAMPTONS | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 10% of Mari and Norman Epstein Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AEAnimal Equality6× · 2018–2024 · $179k · revenue +73%
- WBWILD BIRD FUND INC8× · 2017–2024 · $159k · revenue +127%
- WIWILDAID INC7× · 2018–2024 · $147k · revenue +20%
Funded once
- MFMERCY FOR ANIMALS INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +106%
- WIWHYHUNGER INCone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -4%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $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.
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.
The animal agriculture alliance is a nonprofit organization that helps bridge the communication gap between farm and fork. we connect food industry stakeholders, engage food chain influencers and promote consumer choice by helping key…
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
Global food partners ("gfp") is an animal protection organization whose mission is to help food businesses meet their cage-free egg commitments and producers implement cage-free best practices.
The world federation for animals (wfa) is a membership organization to improve the well-being of all animals and end exploitation and suffering. wfa has three primary focus areas: policy research, analysis, and information sharing;…
Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.
Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
Food animal concerns trust (fact) promotes the safe and humane production of meat, milk, and eggs. fact envisions that all food-producing animals be raised in a healthy and humane manner so that everyone will have access to safe and…
Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 26 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Animal Equality ↗
- Who funds WILD BIRD FUND INC ↗
- Who funds WILDAID INC ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL PRIMATE PROTECTION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE HUMANE LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds American Bird Conservancy ↗
- Who funds DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC ↗
- Who funds HUNGER FREE AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INC ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL OUTLOOK INC ↗
- Who funds DANCING DREAMS ↗
- Who funds WHYHUNGER INC ↗
- Who funds W CONNECTION INC ↗
- Who funds Compassion in World Farming Inc ↗
- Who funds PER SCHOLAS 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mari and Norman Epstein Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mari and Norman Epstein Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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