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Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc

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.

$64k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 60% of Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Float Hope of Indian River County$15,000
Cost of Our Freedom Foundation$15,000
Adaptive Sports Association$10,000
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance$10,000
Grand Harbor Community Outreach$5,000
Saint Edward's School$5,000
Swim Across America$3,000
Christ School$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Wounded Warrior Project: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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CO
KY
VA
TN
NC
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FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$207k · 12 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +60% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

12 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$207k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+17%

Still filing today

42%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FA
    FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE
    4× · 2019–2024 · $35k · revenue +86%
  • SA
    Swim Across America Inc
    5× · 2018–2024 · $20k · revenue +25%
  • SE
    SAINT EDWARD'S SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $15k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • 2D
    2017 DONATIONS
    one grant, 2017 · $21k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • PS
    Port St Lucie Sunset Rotary Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue -24%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
2
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
3
Portsmouth Christian Academy

Portsmouth christian academy exists to honor god joyfully by inspiring students to maximize their god-given potential.

4
St Andrew's Schools

To educate students in a culture of care, respect, love, and service. each child is known, challenged, understood, & empowered to strive for the highest. st. andrew's schools offers a personalized curriculum that inspires students to learn…

5
Fayetteville Academy

Fayetteville academy is an independent, college preparatory school (prek- 12) that encourages students to achieve their full potential by offering exceptional opportunities in academics, fine arts, and athletics. the academy emphasizes…

Education
6
St Johns Country Day School

Established in 1953, st. johns country day school is one of the best independent schools in the jacksonville area, serving about 500 students from across the first coast. with a holistic mission that incorporates rigorous academics with…

7
Spartanburg Day School

The mission of the spartanburg day school is to provide a superior educational experience, in a community of trust, that prepares students for a life well lived. spartanburg day school is dually accredited by southern association of…

8
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
9
Cape Fear Academy

To operate a private school for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in Wilmington, NC

Education
10
Naples Christian Academy Association Inc

The mission of naples christian academy is to partner with christian parents to develop students with hearts impassioned to love god, minds disciplined to think biblically, and hands prepared to serve.

Education
11
Canterbury School Inc

Canterbury school is pk3-12, coeducational, college preparatory day school with approximately 650 students. the school is dedicated to academic excellence within a caring and supportive community emphasizing character, leadership and…

Education
12
The Doane Stuart School

The mission of doane stuart is education in the college preparatory context where the joy of discovery is valued, doane stuart emphasizes serious study, educates to social responsibility and lays the foundation for a strong faith.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc and the most unlike its peers is Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance. 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

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COST OF OUR FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC — $67,000 · OtherCOST OF OUR FREEDOM FOUNDATION INCGRAND HARBOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH — $25,000 · OtherGRAND HARBOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH2017 DONATIONS — $20,957 · Other2017 DONATIONSAdaptive Sports Association — $19,000 · OtherAdaptive Sports AssociationMason Prep Foundation — $6,455 · Other+11 more — $16,251 · Other+11 moreFRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE — $35,000 · HealthFRIEDREICH'S ATAXI…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $7,750 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S…Swim Across America Inc — $20,187 · PhilanthropySwim Acro…Port St Lucie Sunset Rotary Inc — $2,000 · PhilanthropyPort St L…SAINT EDWARD'S SCHOOL INC — $15,000 · EducationCHRIST SCHOOL INC — $1,000 · EducationCrown Leadership Academy Inc — $558 · EducationFLOAT HOPE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC — $15,000 · Recreation & SportsSouth Carolina Aquarium — $4,000 · AnimalsWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $1,000 · Human Services
Other$154,663Health$42,750Philanthropy$22,187Education$16,558Recreation & Sports$15,000Animals$4,000Human Services$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE — $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSwim Across America Inc — $20,187 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT EDWARD'S SCHOOL INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFLOAT HOPE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC — $15,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $7,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Carolina Aquarium — $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPort St Lucie Sunset Rotary Inc — $2,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetCHRIST SCHOOL INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrown Leadership Academy Inc — $558 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDisabled American Veterans — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE
  • Who funds Swim Across America Inc
  • Who funds SAINT EDWARD'S SCHOOL INC
  • Who funds FLOAT HOPE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds South Carolina Aquarium
  • Who funds Port St Lucie Sunset Rotary Inc
  • Who funds CHRIST SCHOOL INC
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
  • Who funds EXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE OF THE TREASURE COASTINC
  • Who funds Crown Leadership Academy Inc
  • Who funds Disabled American Veterans

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report 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, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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