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Mark E Carbone Education 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.

$824k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$704k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.6MScience & Tech$266kFood & Nutrition$30kYouth Development$29kHealth$20kArts & Culture$15kRecreation & Sports$11kCrime & Legal$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $26k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
  • $250k+1 grant · $704k
$3,190
Median grant
3
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$704,188
FRIENDS OF UCBM INC$65,000
Individual grant recipient$26,300
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$9,967
CITY MEALS ON WHEELS$6,400
NEW YORK JUNIOR TENNIS LEAGUE$3,190
QUOGUE LIBRARY SOCIETY$2,700
QUOGUE CHAMBER MUSIC INC$1,980
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA$1,000
THE NYSPCC$1,000
EAST END HOSPICE$1,000
QUOGUE LIBRARY SOCIETY$897
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EAST END HOSPICE: $9k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE: $3k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE: $1k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE: $1k → 7%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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 11 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
13

Total granted

$2.5M
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+56%

Still filing today

82%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • UO
    University of Miami
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +66%
  • C
    CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
    5× · 2018–2025 · $36k · revenue +61%
  • TS
    THE SURF CLUB OF QUOGUE SCHOLARSHIP
    3× · 2022–2024 · $19k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHRIST TEMPLE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $18k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • TS
    THE STANWICH SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +48%
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
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
2
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
5
The Diller-Quaile School of Music Inc

For more than a century, diller-quaile has offered an environment where music can flourish in all its aspects, enriching the lives of students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. the belief that music is a fundamental part of human life…

Arts & Culture
6
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art

See schedule ovision: the cooper union for the advancement of science and art is dedicated to peter cooper's radical commitment to diversity and his founding vision that fair access to an inspiring free education and forums for courageous…

Education
7
Arthur Miller Foundation

To honor the legacy of the great american playwright, arthur miller, and his new york city public school education, the arthur miller foundation (the "foundation") increases equitable access to quality theater education for public school…

Philanthropy
8
The Economic Club of New York

The economic club of new york is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization dedicated to the promotion of the study and discussion of social, economic and political questions. for more than a century, the club has served as the…

Social Science
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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12
Quinnipiac University

To build the university of the future with a strategy propelling us from our storied past toward an ambitious, inclusive & innovative future by preparing graduates as enlightened global citizens equipped for the challenges & opportunities…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Citizens Committee for New York City Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Surf Club of Quogue Scholarship. 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

17 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. 17 of the 27 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Miami: $2,066,767 · EducationUniversity of MiamiPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $266,088 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College+2 more: $28,513 · EducationTHE QUOGUE LIBRARY SOCIETY: $231,597 · OtherTHE QUOGUE LIBR…FRIENDS OF UCBM INC: $65,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF UCBM…Individual grant recipient: $28,550 · OtherIndividual gran…THE CHRIST TEMPLE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER: $17,806 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $14,850 · Other+8 more: $24,306 · Other+8 moreCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $36,200 · Food & NutritionMATT AND LISA ALLEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 · PhilanthropyCROCKETT FOUNDATION INC: $4,510 · PhilanthropyMETROPOLITAN OPERA CLUB: $10,100 · Arts & CultureQUOGUE CHAMBER MUSIC INC: $5,830 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $800 · Arts & CultureEast End Hospice Inc: $14,255 · Human ServicesTHE NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN: $8,375 · Crime & LegalCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR NEW YORK CITY INC: $884 · Community Improvement
Education$2,361,368Other$382,109Food & Nutrition$36,200Philanthropy$29,010Arts & Culture$16,730Human Services$14,255Crime & Legal$8,375Community Improvement$884

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 budgetUniversity of Miami: $2,066,767 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $266,088 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $36,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMATT AND LISA ALLEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SURF CLUB OF QUOGUE SCHOLARSHIP: $18,513 over 3y, 12% of budgetEast End Hospice Inc: $14,255 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN OPERA CLUB: $10,100 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE STANWICH SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN: $8,375 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK JUNIOR TENNIS LEAGUE INC: $7,866 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetQUOGUE CHAMBER MUSIC INC: $5,830 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetSURF CLUB OF QUOGUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCROCKETT FOUNDATION INC: $4,510 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR NEW YORK CITY INC: $884 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUOGUE FIRE DEPARTMENT: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWESTHAMPTON BEACH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $300 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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY13.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mark E Carbone Education Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mark E Carbone Education Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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How do I get to Mark E Carbone Education Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Mark E Carbone Education 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 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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