· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Hope Floats Foundation | $20,000 |
| Cost of Our Freedom Foundation | $15,000 |
| Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance | $15,000 |
| Adaptive Sports Association | $10,000 |
| United Way Worldwide | $10,000 |
| Grand Harbor Community Outreach | $5,000 |
| Saint Edward's School | $5,000 |
| St Jude's Children's Research Hospital | $5,000 |
| Swim Across America | $1,000 |
| Christ School | $1,000 |
| Oyster Pt Swim Team | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +86% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FAFRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE5× · 2019–2025 · $50k · revenue +86%
- SASwim Across America Inc6× · 2018–2025 · $21k · revenue +35%
- SESAINT EDWARD'S SCHOOL INC4× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +32%
Funded once
- 2D2017 DONATIONSone grant, 2017 · $21k
- FHFLOAT HOPE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INCgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +26%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $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.
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.
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.
Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…
The mission of sjac is to provide quality recreational and competitive swim instruction and teach overall water safety skills to all members of the community, regardless of age or ability. the long-term focus is life-long development of…
Greater richmond aquatics partnership changed its trade name to swimrva in 2014. the mission of swimrva (grap) is to serve as a catalyst for water safety, health and fitness, sports tourism, competitive aquatics, and possibility, for all…
Connectocean conservation and outreach is dedicated to fostering ocean stewardship and conserving aquatic ecosystems through community engagement, education, and collaborative conservation efforts. our mission is to connect communities to…
Drowning prevention via public education and promotion of lifesaving professionalism
St. Croix Swim Club is a year-round competitive swim team offering professional coaching for the novice through highly experienced swimmer. Our goal is to promote the sport of swimming and encourage each swimmer to set goals and strive…
Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
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…
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…
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,…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 29 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds Swim Across America Inc ↗
- Who funds HOPE FLOATS FOUNDATION 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 UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗
- Who funds South Carolina Aquarium ↗
- Who funds Port St Lucie Sunset Rotary Inc ↗
- Who funds CHRIST SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds EXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE OF THE TREASURE COASTINC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Crown Leadership Academy Inc ↗
- Who funds Disabled American Veterans ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mark & Catherine Ensio Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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