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Marlo Foundation Ltd

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$810k
Granted FY2019
22
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Recreation & Sports$271kEnvironment$267kEducation$119kArts & Culture$68kHealth$60kYouth Development$48kHuman Services$47kPublic Benefit$30k
02FY2019 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • $10k–50k16 grants · $260k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA$250,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$60,000
THE CHARLES E KUBLY FOUNDATION$60,000
THE OZAUKEE WASHINGTON LAND TRUST$60,000
RIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER$60,000
URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER$60,000
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE$25,000
AMERICA SCORES - MILWAUKEE$25,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$25,000
DISCOVERY WORLD$25,000
NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION$25,000
CITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE$20,000
LITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC$10,000
FRIENDS OF SCHLITZ AUDUBON NATURE CENTER$10,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 44% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%CAMP HOMETOWN HEROES: $10k → 6%THE OZAUKEE WASHINGTON LAND TRUST: $60k → 6%DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST: $10k → 8%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $60k → 10%CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA: $250k → 10%AMERICA SCORES - MILWAUKEE: $25k → 17%CAMP HOMETOWN HEROES: $3k → 6%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3k → 10%CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA: $3k → 10%AMERICA SCORES - MILWAUKEE: $4k → 17%CAMP HOMETOWN HEROES: $3k → 6%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3k → 10%CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA: $3k → 10%AMERICA SCORES - MILWAUKEE: $4k → 17%THE CHARLES E KUBLY FOUNDATION: $60k → 6%DISCOVERY WORLD: $25k → 17%STARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT: $3k → 6%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF METRO MILWAUKEE INC: $10k → 17%STARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT: $3k → 6%DISCOVERY WORLD: $3k → 17%DISCOVERY WORLD: $3k → 17%MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $3k → 17%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF METRO MILWAUKEE INC: $2k → 17%ST FRANCIS CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 17%FRIENDS OF SCHLITZ AUDUBON NATURE CENTER: $10k → 17%NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION: $4k → 17%NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION: $4k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $25k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $5k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $5k → 17%URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER: $60k → 17%LITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $10k → 17%CITY YEAR MILWAUKEE: $10k → 17%THE SALVATION ARMY: $25k → 17%PARTNERS ADVANCING VALUES IN EDUCATION: $3k → 17%MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN: $10k → 17%PARTNERS ADVANCING VALUES IN EDUCATION: $3k → 17%THE SALVATION ARMY: $5k → 17%CITY YEAR MILWAUKEE: $3k → 17%THE SALVATION ARMY: $5k → 17%CITY YEAR MILWAUKEE: $3k → 17%MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN: $3k → 17%MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN: $3k → 17%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE: $25k → 17%CITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE: $20k → 17%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE: $5k → 17%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE: $5k → 17%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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$592k · 16 repeat orgs$253k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
1

Total granted

$592k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+59%

Still filing today

75%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $35k · revenue +20%
  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $35k · revenue +21%
  • CITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $26k · revenue +383%

Funded once

  • MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERINGgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +59%
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
Natural Resources Foundation of

To protect wisconsin's lands, waters, and wildlife by providing funding, leading partnerships, and connecting all people with nature.

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2
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
3
Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc

Engage our community in supporting milwaukee county parks to collectively steward a thriving park system.

Environment
4
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
5
Landmark Conservancy Inc

Landmark conservancy is a nationally accredited, nonprofit conservation organization serving 20 counties across northwest wisconsin. their mission is to conserve wisconsin's natural legacy for everyone...forever.

Environment
6
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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7
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
8
Milwaukee Water Commons Inc

Milwaukee water commons is helping catalyze milwaukee as a true model water city-a place where we all have a stake in the health of our waters and all share in their stewardship and benefits. we are advancing our community envisioned water…

Environment
9
The University School of Milwaukee Corporation

University school of milwaukee cultivates excellence in learning, leadership, and citizenship for prekindergarten through 12th grade students. students are engaged, known, and valued within our passionate independent school community…

Education
10
Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association Inc

To protect, conserve, and enhance wisconsin's natural resources by advocating for and supporting county conservation efforts, for current and future generations.

Environment
11
Water Council Inc

To align the regional fresh water research community and water-related industries to establish the milwaukee 7 region as the global capital for fresh water research and education, through the advancement of scientific collaboration on…

Science & Tech
12
Central Conservation Inc

To empower a constellation of environmental organizations working to care for our earth.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is City Forward Collective Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stars and Stripes Honor Flight 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $256,000 · OtherCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INCTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $65,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYTHE SALVATION ARMY: $35,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYAMERICA SCORES - MILWAUKEE: $33,000 · OtherAMERICA SCORES - MILWAUKEECAMP HOMETOWN HEROES: $15,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INC: $15,000 · Other+2 more: $25,000 · Other+2 moreRESTORING LANDS INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentRESTORING LANDS INCURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INCRIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentRIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER I…FRIENDS OF SCHLITZ AUDUBON NATURE CENTER INC: $12,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF SCHLITZ AUDUBO…DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentDISCOVERY WORLD LTD: $31,000 · EducationDISCOVERY …CITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE INC: $26,000 · EducationCITY FORWA…THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $15,000 · EducationTHE MEDICA…LITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $12,000 · EducationLITERACY S…+1 more: $2,500 · EducationTHE CHARLES E KUBLY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · HealthMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $34,500 · Youth DevelopmentNEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 · Recreation & SportsSTARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT INC: $15,000 · Public Benefit
Other$444,000Environment$202,000Education$86,500Health$60,000Arts & Culture$35,000Youth Development$34,500Recreation & Sports$32,000Public Benefit$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $256,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRESTORING LANDS INC: $60,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE CHARLES E KUBLY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER INC: $60,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $34,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDISCOVERY WORLD LTD: $31,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE INC: $26,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF METRO MILWAUKEE: $13,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF SCHLITZ AUDUBON NATURE CENTER INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetDOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $2,500 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.

Baird Foundation IncGreater Milwaukee Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Telly Foundation LtdDudley and Constance …Ralph Evinrude Founda…Zurn Foundation Inc (…Milwaukee Jewish Fede…United Way of Greater…Herbert H Kohl Charit…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Baird Foundation IncWI22.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Telly Foundation Ltd · Dudley and Constance Godfrey Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Zurn Foundation Inc (Fka Rexnord Foundation Inc) · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Marlo Foundation Ltd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marlo Foundation Ltd. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Marlo Foundation Ltd?

Find your warmest path to Marlo Foundation Ltd 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 23 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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