Skip to content

New Jersey · Private foundation

Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc

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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
57
Grants FY2025
45
Organizations funded FY2024
76%
First-time grantees FY2024
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 45
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$24M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 76% of the organizations Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $796k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving57$1.2M65%
FY202445$1.1M76%
FY202329$790k66%
FY202221$680k95%
FY20217$215kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$1.4MEducation$638kInternational$627kHuman Services$423kFood & Nutrition$172kYouth Development$150kReligion$129kHousing & Shelter$85kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 78 grantees
All grantees of Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of Guatemalan Children Inc$225,000519%
Hawassa Hope Inc$202,799219%
Braille Institute of America Inc$200,00020%
William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance$125,00027%
Partnerships for Children$102,32632%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$100,00010%
Empower Ethiopia Inc$99,074241%
Uhmla Inc$75,000224%
Nazareth Farm Inc$65,00029%
Accelerated Cure Project Inc$60,00023%
St Peters Preparatory School$50,0001n/a
Mercy Center Inc$50,00011%
Holy Family Parish$50,0002n/a
Autism Science Foundation$50,00014%
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church$50,0004n/a
Anchor Ridge$50,00020%
Leashes of Valor$45,00022%
Families of the Wounded Fund Inc$40,000214%
Mercy Center Corporation$35,00010%
Nourishnj Inc$35,00022%
WarriorNOW$30,000110%
One Simple Wish Inc$29,78820%
The Little Baby Face Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
United Cajun Navy$25,00011%
Team Rubicon Inc$25,00010%
New Community Corporation$25,00020%
The International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Operation Airdrop Inc$25,00011%
Marjorie F Hughes Fund for Children Inc$25,0002n/a
Making Headway Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$25,00010%
Tri-County Scholarship Fund$25,00011%
Choose Love Inc$25,00010%
Empower Her Network Inc Dba Empowered Network$25,00012%
Our Military Kids Inc$20,0001n/a
Signs of Fun$20,000140%
Mission of Hope$20,00020%
StaytoughFighthard Inc$20,000296%
Project MEND$20,00011%
Lung Cancer Research Foundation$20,0001n/a
National Veterans Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$20,00040%
Hearing Charities of America$15,00015%
Academy of Music for the Blind$15,0001n/a
Hogs for the Cause Inc$15,00010%
Berkeley County Backpack Program Inc$15,00016%
The Rosedale Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Hutto Resource Center$10,00013%
Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Catalyst Sports Inc$10,00011%
Lion Heart Heroes Foundation$10,0001n/a
Veterans in Crisis$10,00013%
The Wishing Chair Foundation$10,000143%
Foundation With Purpose Inc$10,0001n/a
Camp No Worries Inc$10,00014%
Junior Achievement of Central Texas Inc$10,0001n/a
Aaron Redd Foundation$10,0001n/a
The Valerie Fund$10,00020%
Mustard Seed School$5,00010%
Bundles of Joy New York Inc$5,00011%
A Teacher's Gift$5,0001n/a
Simon J Mariani Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Mobile Meals of Westfield$5,0001n/a
My Brother Vinny Inc$5,0001n/a
United States Catholic Conference$2,5001n/a
Westfield Volunteer Rescue Squad$2,50010%
Mid-Atlantic Burn Camp Fund Incorporated$2,00012%
Myelin Repair Foundation Inc$2,00011%
Somerset Hills Learning Institute Inc$2,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2,00010%
Lafayette Nursery School$2,00020%
Locks of Love Inc$2,00010%
Fawn Lake Veterans Group$2,0001n/a
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$1,45510%
Project Purple Inc$1,00010%
Jespy House Inc$1,00010%
Weekend Bag Program Inc$1,0001n/a
Austin Farm Sanctuary Aka Fuller-Wiggs Farms Animal Sanctuary$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of Guatemalan Children Inc: $225,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetHawassa Hope Inc: $202,799 over 2y, 19% of budgetBraille Institute of America Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWilliam Novick Global Cardiac Alliance: $125,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetPartnerships for Children: $102,326 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmpower Ethiopia Inc: $99,074 over 2y, 41% of budgetUhmla Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetNazareth Farm Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetAccelerated Cure Project Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMercy Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAutism Science Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetAnchor Ridge: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLeashes of Valor: $45,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFamilies of the Wounded Fund Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetMercy Center Corporation: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNourishnj Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetWarriorNOW: $30,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetOne Simple Wish Inc: $29,788 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Cajun Navy: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Community Corporation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Airdrop Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTri-County Scholarship Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChoose Love Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEmpower Her Network Inc Dba Empowered Network: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSigns of Fun: $20,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetMission of Hope: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetStaytoughFighthard Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 96% of budgetProject MEND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHearing Charities of America: $15,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetHogs for the Cause Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBerkeley County Backpack Program Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetHutto Resource Center: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetChildren's Cardiomyopathy Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCatalyst Sports Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVeterans in Crisis: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetThe Wishing Chair Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetCamp No Worries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetThe Valerie Fund: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMustard Seed School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBundles of Joy New York Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWestfield Volunteer Rescue Squad: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMid-Atlantic Burn Camp Fund Incorporated: $2,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMyelin Repair Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSomerset Hills Learning Institute Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ17.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Columbia Bank Foundation · American Express Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation · Assurant Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Enterprise Holdings 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.

Compare Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc with peer funders

About Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc

How much does Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc give?
Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc reported 57 grants totaling $1,166,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 45 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (34%), Education (16%), International (16%).
Who are Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Friends of Guatemalan Children Inc ($225k), Hawassa Hope Inc ($203k), Braille Institute of America Inc ($200k).
Does Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 76% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Chubb Charitable Foundation.
Where is Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc based?
Marisa Martini Private Foundation Inc is based in NJ.

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 117 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Marisa Martini Private’s filings →

More from the funding graph