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Marino Family Foundation at a glance

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Marino 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.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$220kArts & Culture$30kHuman Services$13kHealth$7kPhilanthropy$5kAnimals$2kRecreation & Sports$1kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$300k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY PROGRESS COUNCIL$10,000
B MORE GLOBAL$10,000
SUSQUEHANNA SERVICE DOGS$5,000
OLIVIAS HOUSE$3,000
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 (FY18–25, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%COMMUNITY PROGRESS COUNCIL: $10k → 9%SUSQUEHANNA SERVICE DOGS: $5k → 11%A SHINNING STARS EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC: $130 → 13%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%SUSQUEHANNA SERVICE DOGS: $4k → 11%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%OLIVIAS HOUSE: $3k → 9%OLIVIAS HOUSE: $3k → 9%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

WA
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
DC
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.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$82k · 16 repeat orgs$261k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
26

Total granted

$82k
$251k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+59%

Still filing today

56%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
Human ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureAnimalsInternationalEducationOther
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

  • KS
    KEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $9k · revenue +16%
  • GF
    GETTYSBURG FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2021 · $8k · revenue +16%
  • FO
    Friends of Florence
    2× · 2017–2021 · $6k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • TT
    THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $210k · revenue +51%
  • S
    SAGEWORTH
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • MZ
    MISSION ZERO
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
Alvernia University

Alvernia university is a catholic comprehensive university with a liberal arts foundation founded by the bernardine franciscan sisters in 1958. see continuation on schedule o.

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2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation
Education
4
The Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
6
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation

Children's hospital of pittsburgh foundation is the sole fundraising arm of upmc children's hospital of pittsburgh.the foundation exists to provide financial support for the hospital's mission of improving the health and well-being of…

Health
7
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
8
Community Services for Children Inc

Csc prepares young children and their families to succeed in learning and life through innovative, comprehensive, leading edge services.

Education
9
Highmark Health Group

Working as an integrated system within highmark health, employees at all of ahn's care sites, including hospitals, health + wellness pavilions, primary and specialty care offices and more, are committed to improving health and promoting…

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10
Upmc Carlisle

Upmc carlisle's mission is to serve the community by providing access to outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health care system through clinical and technological innovation, research and education.

Health
11
Whyy Inc

Whyy is the philadelphia region's leading public media provider, serving southeastern pennsylvania, southern new jersey, and all of delaware.

Arts & Culture
12
The Children's Home of Pittsburgh

The children's home of pittsburgh, established in 1893, is an independent, non-profit licensed organization whose purpose is to promote the health and well-being of infants and children through services which establish and strengthen the…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Baldrick's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is A Shining Stars Early Learning Center 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

25 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. 25 of the 43 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $210,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYIndividual grant recipient: $13,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…DYLAN FLINCHUM -ROCK ON- FOUNDATION: $10,500 · OtherDYLAN FLINCHUM -ROCK ON…SAGEWORTH: $10,000 · OtherSAGEWORTHMISSION ZERO: $5,000 · OtherMISSION ZEROIndividual grant recipient: $4,580 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…THE BELMONT THEATRE: $4,500 · OtherTHE BELMONT THEATREWOUNDED WARRIORS OF COLLIER: $4,500 · OtherWOUNDED WARRIORS OF COL…YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL: $3,000 · OtherSWEET CHARITIES OF HANOVER INC: $3,000 · Other+19 more: $12,750 · Other+19 moreCOMMUNITY PROGRESS COUNCIL INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY…KEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesKEYSTONE …OLIVIA'S HOUSE - A GRIEF AND LOSS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $6,000 · Human ServicesOLIVIA'S …HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHNET…+1 more: $130 · Human ServicesB MORE GLOBAL: $14,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 · InternationalGETTYSBURG FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Arts & CultureFriends of Florence: $6,000 · Arts & CultureARTIS-NAPLES INC: $500 · Arts & CulturePET PANTRY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $1,500 · AnimalsCANINE HUMANE NETWORK: $500 · AnimalsSPERANZA ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $100 · AnimalsTHE YORK COUNTY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $1,300 · Health
Education$210,000Other$71,130Human Services$29,130International$15,000Arts & Culture$14,000Animals$2,100Health$1,300

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 TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $210,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetB MORE GLOBAL: $14,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetCOMMUNITY PROGRESS COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGETTYSBURG FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Florence: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOLIVIA'S HOUSE - A GRIEF AND LOSS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSWEET CHARITIES OF HANOVER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPET PANTRY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YORK COUNTY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $1,300 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSCORE: $1,250 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetLIFE'SWORK OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE HUMANE NETWORK: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA LANCASTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOODING GROUP FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSPERANZA ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCerullo Family Foundation: $50 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.

The W Dale Brougher F…The Arthur J and Lee …Rice Family FoundationYork County Community…Lancaster County Comm…The Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The W Dale Brougher FoundationFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The W Dale Brougher Foundation · The Arthur J and Lee R Glatfelter Foundation · Rice Family Foundation · York County Community Foundation · Lancaster County Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Marino Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Marino 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 43 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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