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Maria Mandico and Benet Marquet Foundation at a glance

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Maria Mandico and Benet Marquet 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.

$65k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$207kScience & Tech$60kCommunity Improvement$38kCrime & Legal$20kEducation$18kArts & Culture$18kInternational$4kYouth Development$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $51k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
X PRIZE FOUNDATION INC$11,250
LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY$10,000
THE CLEARITY FOUNDATION$10,000
KYOTO SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZATION$10,000
UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$10,000
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$5,000
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$5,000
GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC$1,500
GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC$1,000
MYRIAD USA INC$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 11%X PRIZE FOUNDATION INC: $11k → 14%GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 14%VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 11%LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $40k → 11%VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 11%LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $10k → 11%VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 11%THE CLEARITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $10k → 11%GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC: $2k → 11%CONNECT FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%CHOPRA FOUNDATION: $96k → 11%BIOCOM INSTITUTE: $2k → 11%CUREBOUND INC: $10k → 11%CUREBOUND INC: $10k → 11%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIE: $20k → 11%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%OCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $500 → 11%SAN DIEGO REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%SAN DIEGO REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $5k → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE - SAN DIEGO: $1k → 11%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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$197k · 7 repeat orgs$169k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$197k
$145k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+22%

Still filing today

100%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalScience & TechCivil RightsOther
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

  • LJ
    LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY
    3× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +4%
  • C
    CUREBOUND
    3× · 2019–2023 · $21k · revenue +141%
  • VF
    VOICES FOR CHILDREN
    3× · 2020–2024 · $20k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • CF
    Chopra Foundation
    one grant, 2018 · $96k · revenue +1%
  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ARTgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +52%
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 San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
3
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation

To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.

Education
4
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
5
Policy & Innovation Center

The policy & innovation center's (pic) mission is to unlock the region's potential by cultivating and building partnerships. our niche is to address intractable issues that can only be solved with cross-sector, multi-jurisdictional…

Philanthropy
6
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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9
San Diego Convention and Tourist Bureau

To drive visitor demand to economically benefit the san diego region.

—
10
The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
11
San Diego Diplomacy Council

Programmed and coordinated visits to san diego by international visitors and escorts, working in association with appropriate united states government agencies and the global ties u.s. network.

Community Improvement
12
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is San Diego Museum of Art. 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

21 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. 21 of the 22 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Chopra Foundation: $96,000 · HealthChopra FoundationCUREBOUND: $21,052 · HealthCUREBOUNDThe Clearity Foundation: $10,000 · HealthThe Clearity FoundationLA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $60,000 · OtherLA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMU…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $20,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY O…+7 more: $9,700 · Other+7 moreKYOTO SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZATION: $46,000 · EducationKYOTO SYMPOSIUM ORGANI…UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $17,700 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIO…CONNECT FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationCONNECT FOUNDATION+1 more: $500 · EducationSAN DIEGO REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Community ImprovementSAN DIEGO…VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $20,000 · Civil RightsSAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $2,500 · Arts & CultureX PRIZE FOUNDATION INC: $11,250 · Public Benefit
Health$127,052Other$89,700Education$71,700Community Improvement$30,000Civil Rights$20,000Arts & Culture$17,500Public Benefit$11,250

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 budgetChopra Foundation: $96,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetLA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKYOTO SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZATION: $46,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetSAN DIEGO REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCUREBOUND: $21,052 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $17,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetX PRIZE FOUNDATION INC: $11,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clearity Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECT FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIOCOM INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $500 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.

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.

Jewish Community Foun…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Rancho Santa Fe Found…The San Diego Foundat…The Cushman FoundationIllumina Corporate Fo…The Bank of America C…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Illumina Corporate Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Maria Mandico and Benet Marquet Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maria Mandico and Benet Marquet Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 22 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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