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Marian Schwartz Family Foundation at a glance

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Marian Schwartz Family 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.

$4k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2025.

Animals$15kHealth$12kPhilanthropy$4kHuman Services$2kFood & Nutrition$650Arts & Culture$540Youth Development$250Religion$200Other$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300
Median grant
4
States reached
$63k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDES$2,413
LIFE SAVERS$300
PENNY LANE FAOL RESCUE$300
RETURN TO FREEDOM$200
HAPPY RASCAL RANCH$200
FOR THE LOFE OF ARIA$100
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THIS OLD HORSE: $150 → 6%THIS OLD HORSE: $125 → 6%THIS OLD HORSE: $100 → 6%THIS OLD HORSE: $100 → 6%THIS OLD HORSE: $50 → 6%THIS OLD HORSE: $50 → 6%ADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $1k → 14%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

MN
NY
WY
SD
PA
NJ
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18k · 24 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
42

Total granted

$18k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+43%

Still filing today

50%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
AnimalsPhilanthropyHealthHuman 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

  • TB
    THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $3k · revenue +5%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $3k · revenue +145%
  • HR
    HAPPY RASCAL RANCH
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +34%
  • DR
    DAMON RUNYON CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
  • AR
    ANIMAL RESCUE
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
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
Saving America's Mustangs
Education
2
Blue Horse Sanctuary
Animals
3
Wolfe Ranch Rescue
Animals
4
Platte Ranch Forever Home Sanctuary
Animals
5
2nd Chance Ranch and Rescue

Sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals

Animals
6
Fighting Chance Ranch & Rescue
Animals
7
Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue
Animals
8
Happy Trails Horse Rescue

Happy Trails Horse Rescue, located in Bend, Oregon, is dedicated to the protection of horses and their quality of life, to be free from abuse, neglect, abandonment, slaughter, or early euthanasia without just cause. While we strive to…

Animals
9
End of Road Ranch

Our goals are twofold a safety net for horses in need , finding a foster or adoptive home when possible,education of the public as too the care and needs of these magnificent animals. Have added small animals cats and dogs.

Animals
10
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign

The american wild horse campaign is the nation's leading conservation organization dedicated to preserving the freedom and habitat of wild horses and burros. through its initiatives in advocacy, conservation, land preservation, and legal…

Animals
11
Run Wild Ranch Sanctuary

Rescued wild mustangs from slaughter and brought them to sanctuary

Animals
12
War Angel Farms Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adoption Rhode Island; the most unlike its peers is Overlook Wildlife Sanctuary Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 68 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
19/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JUDES: $2,413 · OtherST JUDESDAMON RUNYON CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,922 · OtherDAMON RUNYON CANCER FOUNDATIONANIMAL RESCUE: $1,625 · OtherANIMAL RESCUEPENNY LANE FAOL RESCUE: $1,150 · OtherPENNY LANE FAOL RESCUEMAKE A WISH: $800 · OtherIGFA: $750 · OtherAMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION: $600 · Other+39 more: $6,630 · Other+39 moreTHE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $2,950 · AnimalsTHE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INCHAPPY RASCAL RANCH: $2,077 · AnimalsHAPPY RASCAL RANCHRETURN TO FREEDOM INC: $1,150 · AnimalsRETURN TO FREEDOM INCOVERLOOK WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $972 · AnimalsOVERLOOK WILDLIFE SANCTUARY …LIFESAVERS INC: $750 · AnimalsLIFESAVERS INC+8 more: $775 · Animals+8 moreUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $2,008 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH A…MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,135 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR…THE TOBY KEITH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE TOBY KEITH …OLEAN FOUNDATION INC: $550 · PhilanthropyOLEAN FOUNDATIO…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,825 · HealthST JUDE CHI…COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE: $250 · HealthCOLORECTAL …AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $250 · HealthAMERICAN CA…ADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHIS OLD HORSE INC: $575 · Human Services
Other$15,890Animals$8,674Philanthropy$4,693Health$3,325Human Services$1,575

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $2,950 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,825 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHAPPY RASCAL RANCH: $2,077 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $2,008 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRETURN TO FREEDOM INC: $1,150 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,135 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOBY KEITH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOVERLOOK WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $972 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetLIFESAVERS INC: $750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHIS OLD HORSE INC: $575 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOLEAN FOUNDATION INC: $550 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE OF THE RANGE & THE AMERICAN MUSTANG: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSWEETBEAU HORSES: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOR THE LOVE OF ARIA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HORSE SHELTER: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOMORROW FUND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARGOS A SHELTER DOG RESCUE: $100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSKY DOG SANCTUARY INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $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 THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HAPPY RASCAL RANCH ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds RETURN TO FREEDOM INC ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TOBY KEITH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ADOPTION RHODE ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds OVERLOOK WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFESAVERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THIS OLD HORSE INC ↗
  • Who funds OLEAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF THE RANGE & THE AMERICAN MUSTANG ↗
  • Who funds SWEETBEAU HORSES ↗

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 American Society …The Bessemer Giving F…Shell USA Company Fou…Baird Foundation IncNetwork for GoodRaymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsNY13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Marian Schwartz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marian Schwartz Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%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 · 0–10%
    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 Marian Schwartz Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Marian Schwartz Family 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 68 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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