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Markle Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$22kArts & Culture$19kReligion$17kHealth$2kYouth Development$1kHousing & Shelter$1kFood & Nutrition$600Animals$200Other$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$221k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE$2,500
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF WE$550
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.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 12% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDAT: $200 → 15%AL-GA HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: $500 → 21%MARYVILLE COLLEGE: $3k → 10%FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF WE: $4k → 9%The Care Mission: $200 → 15%HOPE HARBOR: $250 → 17%LSPA-LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMI: $300 → 18%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $500 → 18%STS PETER AND PAUL ROMAN CATHOLIC C: $100 → 8%AL-GA Hospice Aux: $500 → 21%MARYVILLE COLLEGE: $3k → 10%FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF WE: $3k → 9%The Care Mission: $200 → 15%LSPA-LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMI: $200 → 18%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $250 → 18%THE ARC OF CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $200 → 21%MARYVILLE COLLEGE: $3k → 10%West Point First UMC: $3k → 9%The Care Mission: $200 → 15%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $200 → 18%VALLEY HAVEN SCHOOL: $200 → 21%MARYVILLE COLLEGE: $3k → 10%NEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE: $3k → 9%CARE MISSION: $200 → 15%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $200 → 18%VALLEY HAVEN SCHOOL: $100 → 21%MARYVILLE COLLEGE: $3k → 10%NEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE: $3k → 9%CHATTAHOOCHEE HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 → 21%MARYVILLE COLLEGE: $3k → 10%NEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE: $3k → 9%MARYVILLE COLLEGE: $3k → 10%NEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE: $3k → 9%NEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE: $3k → 9%NEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE: $3k → 9%NEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE: $3k → 9%WEST POINT FUMC: $2k → 9%CHATTAHOOCHEE EARLY LEARNING: $1k → 9%CHATTAHOOCHEE FULLER CENTER: $1k → 9%SPRINGWOOD SCHOOL: $2k → 21%THE FULLER CENTER: $1k → 9%SPRINGWOOD SCHOOL: $500 → 21%FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF WE: $550 → 9%THE FULLER CENTER: $500 → 9%West Point First UMC: $485 → 9%HAWKES LIBRARY: $450 → 9%POINT UNIVERSITY: $200 → 9%West Point First UMC: $200 → 9%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.

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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$55k · 14 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +11% since the first grant, against -2% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
24

Total granted

$55k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
-2%

Still filing today

43%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterReligionAnimalsOther

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

  • MC
    MARYVILLE COLLEGE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $18k · revenue +11%
  • CV
    CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $2k · revenue +31%
  • CH
    CHATTAHOOCHEE HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $200 · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • CF
    CHATTAHOOCHEE FULLER CENTER PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +43%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $1k

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
Chattahoochee Christian School Inc

Chattahoochee christian school is committed to be a school that partners with families to create a foundation of christian faith and character upon which to build academic excellence.

Education
2
Chattahoochee Hills Charter School Inc

The mission of the charter school is to inspire all their children to the highest levels of academic achievement through a rigorous curriculum that integrates the wonders of the natural world.

Education
3
Chcs Foundation Inc

Provide funding for and ownership of educational facilities.

Education
4
Christian College of Georgia

Education services and classroom intruction in theology to include all branches of higher education.

5
The Chattahoochee Valley State Community College Foundation

Chattahoochee valley community college foundation, inc exists for the sole purpose of providing support for programs and activities, which enhance the quality of education and expand the education opportunities for students enrolled at…

6
Chattanoogahamilton County Public Education Fund

To improve student achievement in public schools through highly effective teaching, strong leadership, and strategic partnerships so that children succeed in learning and in life.

Education
7
New Hope Christian Academy of Southern I

To provide the community with a christian based school

Education
8
Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy Inc

The chattahoochee hill country conservancy is dedicated to protecting and activating the natural and cultural resources of chattahoochee hill country. we aim to preserve scenic vistas, wildlife habitats, farmlands, and historic sites while…

Environment
9
Chattacademy Community Schools Inc

The mission of chattacademy is to reimagine what public education can look like in chattanooga, tennessee. chattacademy's mission is to graduate bilingual, biliterate critical thinkers ready to make an impact on the world through top…

Education
10
Chattahoochee Hospice Inc

The organization pledges to provide quality programs, service, and technology to meet the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the terminally ill and their families, and to educate the community about end of life issues.

Human Services
11
Clinton Christian Academy

The mission of clinton christian academy is to provide every student a quality education in a christian environment. classes include k3 through 12th grade. activities include enrichment classes, sports, and fine arts.

Education
12
Charleston Southern University

Charleston southern university (csu) is a private, four-year co-educational institution organized under the laws of the state of south carolina as a non-profit organization and sponsored by the south carolina baptist convention. the…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is East Alabama Medical Center Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Fort Tyler Association Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 38 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF WE — $7,750 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF WEWest Point First UMC — $3,635 · OtherWest Point First UMCCHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 · OtherCHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION …Individual grant recipient — $1,850 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE FULLER CENTER — $1,500 · OtherTHE FULLER CENTERCHATTAHOOCHEE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $1,150 · OtherPCA REFORMED UNIVERSITY MINISTRIES — $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $1,000 · Other+23 more — $4,750 · Other+23 moreMARYVILLE COLLEGE — $18,000 · EducationMARYVILLE COLLEGE+1 more — $50 · EducationNEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE INC — $17,730 · Arts & CultureNEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE IN…+1 more — $200 · Arts & CultureCHATTAHOOCHEE FULLER CENTER PROJECT INC — $1,000 · Housing & ShelterHOPE HARBOR INC — $250 · ReligionCHATTAHOOCHEE HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $200 · Animals
Other$24,635Education$18,050Arts & Culture$17,930Housing & Shelter$1,000Religion$250Animals$200

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$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMARYVILLE COLLEGE — $18,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE INC — $17,730 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $1,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPOINT UNIVERSITY INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT TYLER ASSOCIATION INC — $200 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetEAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEARWATER ACADEMY INC — $50 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 MARYVILLE COLLEGE
  • Who funds NEW HORIZON COMMUNITY THEATRE INC
  • Who funds CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
  • Who funds CHATTAHOOCHEE FULLER CENTER PROJECT INC
  • Who funds HOPE HARBOR INC
  • Who funds POINT UNIVERSITY INC
  • Who funds CHATTAHOOCHEE HUMANE SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds FORT TYLER ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CLEARWATER ACADEMY INC

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 tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Bessemer Giving FundNJ18.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Charter Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Markle 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–20%
    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Markle Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Markle 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 38 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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