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Marpat Foundation Incorporated at a glance

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Marpat Foundation Incorporated

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.9M
Granted FY2017
51
Grants FY2017
7
States reached
$752k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $575k
  • $50k–250k25 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.3M
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Prince Foundation$752,086
Maryland Historical Trust$300,000
Land Trust Alliance$250,000
Washington Area Women's Foundation$175,000
National Park Foundation$150,000
Signature Theatre Inc$120,000
Historical Society of Washington DC$110,000
La Clinica del Pueblo$110,000
Friends of the National Arboretum$100,000
Fishing School$100,000
Mary's Ctr for Maternal & Child Care Inc$100,000
Homeless Children's Playtime Project$90,000
Fair Chance$80,000
Urban Ed Inc$80,000
DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy$80,000
02The need
02

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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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $445k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Homeless Children's Playtime Project: $90k → 14%Fishing School: $100k → 14%Washington Area Women's Foundation: $175k → 14%Fair Chance: $80k → 14%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 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
Washington Performing Arts Society

Washington performing arts champions the arts as a unifying force. through collaborations with artists, educators, community leaders, and institutional partners, we bring wide-ranging artistic programs to stages, schools, and neighborhoods…

Arts & Culture
2
Dc Policy Center

The mission of the d.c. policy center is to arm decision makers with fact-based, unbiased, and reliable research and analyses to help create a vibrant local economy that can maximize opportunities for residents, workers, and businesses in…

Public Benefit
3
District of Columbia Arts Center

The District of Columbia Arts Center serves the Washington DC area by presenting high caliber and challenging works. It encourages professionalism among artists by providing a forum for educational and cultural exchange. DCAC was founded…

Arts & Culture
4
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
5
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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6
The Potomac Conservancy Inc

Potomac conservancy safeguards the land and waters of the potomac river and its tributaries and connects people to this national treasure.

Environment
7
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
8
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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9
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
10
Center Stage Associates Inc

See schedule o.inspired by our home city, baltimore center stage acts as a cultural catalyst for all communities to access theater in every form and engage in compelling conversations. programming: capture the collective imagination and…

Arts & Culture
11
The Washington Conservatory of Music

The washington conservatory of music provides exceptional musical learning & listening experiences for students and the community. its vision is a community inspired and informed by the experience of music.

Arts & Culture
12
Federal City Council

The mission of the federal city council is to focus the creativity, talent and resources of washington dc's business and civic leaders on washington, dc's biggest challenges and opportunities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban Ed Inc; the most unlike its peers is Prince Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 51 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
30/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PRINCE FOUNDATION: $752,086 · OtherPRINCE FOUNDATIONMaryland Historical Trust: $300,000 · OtherMaryland Historical TrustNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONHistorical Society of Washington DC dba DC History Center: $110,000 · OtherMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc: $100,000 · OtherDC CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY: $80,000 · Other+21 more: $645,000 · Other+21 moreSIGNATURE THEATRE INC: $120,000 · Arts & CultureSIGNATURE THEAT…LIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES: $60,000 · Arts & CultureLIFE PIECES TO …KARUNA CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureKARUNA CENTER F…Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWoolly Mammoth …DANCE PLACE: $45,000 · Arts & CultureDANCE PLACEUNITED STATES NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE INTL COUNCIL ON MONUM & SITES: $40,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED STATES N…FRIENDS OF PEIRCE MILL INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF PEIR…OLD SALEM INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureOLD SALEM INCPOST CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE INC: $30,000 · Arts & CulturePOST CLASSICAL …ROUND HOUSE THEATRE INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureROUND HOUSE THE…THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $250,000 · EnvironmentLAND TRUST ALLI…Friends of the National Arboretum: $100,000 · EnvironmentFriends of the …C&O CANAL TRUST INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentC&O CANAL TRUST…WEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentWEST VIRGINIA R…ANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentANACOSTIA WATER…Rock Creek Conservancy Inc: $20,000 · EnvironmentWASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $175,000 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON AR…The Fishing School Inc: $100,000 · Human ServicesThe Fishing S…HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $90,000 · Human ServicesHOMELESS CHIL…FAIR CHANCE: $80,000 · Human ServicesFAIR CHANCELA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC: $110,000 · HealthURBAN ED INC: $80,000 · EmploymentDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $60,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,137,086Arts & Culture$525,000Environment$520,000Human Services$445,000Health$110,000Employment$80,000Crime & Legal$60,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPRINCE FOUNDATION: $752,086 over 1y, 27% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $250,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSIGNATURE THEATRE INC: $120,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO INC: $110,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFriends of the National Arboretum: $100,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetThe Fishing School Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetURBAN ED INC: $80,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetDC CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY: $80,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetFAIR CHANCE: $80,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $60,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $60,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetLIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES: $60,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetSOME INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT CREATE: $50,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetC&O CANAL TRUST INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDANCE PLACE: $45,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUNITED STATES NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE INTL COUNCIL ON MONUM & SITES: $40,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOLD SALEM INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPOST CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetROUND HOUSE THEATRE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRock Creek Conservancy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FATHER MCKENNA CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

The Morris and Gwendo…Greater Washington Co…Clark-Winchcole Found…Philip L Graham Fund …United Way of the Nat…Nora Roberts Foundati…World Bank Community …Venable Foundation IncNancy Peery Marriott …Dimick Foundation Joh…Eugene & Agnes E Meye…Frederick Henry Princ…
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC46× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · United Way of the National Capital Area · Nora Roberts Foundation · World Bank Community Connections Fund · Venable Foundation Inc · Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation Inc · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust

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 Marpat Foundation Incorporated funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marpat Foundation Incorporated. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Chesapeake Bay Trust: 100% of income from government
  • Rock Creek Conservancy Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Anacostia Watershed Society Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Round House Theatre Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 51 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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