Florida · Private foundation
Mark & Catherine Ensio Family 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.
- $88k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $78k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $64k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $80k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1 | 100% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $35k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $21k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of Our Freedom Foundation Inc | $82,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Swim Across America Inc | $21,187 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope Floats Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Edward's School Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Float Hope of Indian River County Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $12,750 | 4 | 0% |
| South Carolina Aquarium | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Port St Lucie Sunset Rotary Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Christ School Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of Our Freedom Foundation Inc | $82,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Swim Across America Inc | $21,187 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope Floats Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Edward's School Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Float Hope of Indian River County Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $12,750 | 4 | 0% |
| South Carolina Aquarium | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Port St Lucie Sunset Rotary Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Christ School Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of the Treasure Coastinc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crown Leadership Academy Inc | $558 | 1 | 0% |
| Disabled American Veterans | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($102k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc give?
- Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $87,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Health (17%), Recreation & Sports (15%).
- Who are Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cost of Our Freedom Foundation Inc ($82k), Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance ($50k), Swim Across America Inc ($21k).
- Does Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mark & Catherine Ensio Family 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 Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc based?
- Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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