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Marquez Foundation at a glance

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Marquez Foundation

TO SUPPORT WOMEN'S ISSUES, MINORITY YOUTH EDUCATION AND POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE.

$80k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$87kHuman Services$69kYouth Development$68kEducation$54kPhilanthropy$53kPublic Benefit$14kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kHealth$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $44k
$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEVOTION TO CHILDREN$12,500
VET VOICE FOUNDATION$11,500
BARTER THEATRE$10,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDON AND NORTHER FAQUIER COUNTIES$10,000
THE GUPTA FAMILY FOUNDATION$5,000
INVESTIGATIVE STUDIO INC$5,000
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY$3,500
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL$2,575
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$2,500
THE ORIGINS PROJECT$2,500
AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
ALL AGES READ TOGETHER$2,015
KNOT TODAY$1,510
NORTH AMERICAN RESCUE$1,500
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 (FY22–23, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BOYS TOWN: $500 → 12%AFGHAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: $5k → 6%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OR
IN
CA
NE
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
DC
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$293k · 17 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
24

Total granted

$293k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+4%

Still filing today

71%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterHuman 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

  • E
    EDU-FUTURO
    2× · 2022–2023 · $61k · revenue +32%
  • GM
    GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $33k · revenue +6%
  • WT
    WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    2× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • 1W
    100 WOMEN STRONG
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -40%
  • OS
    OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +78%
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
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
2
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
3
Virginia Tech Foundation Inc

Virginia tech foundation, inc. (vtf) is a virginia nonstock corporation established in 1948 for the sole purpose of managing virginia tech's endowment to advance virginia tech's mission and its strategic priorities.

Education
4
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
The Fund for American Studies

The fund for american studies (tfas) seeks to create a brighter, more prosperous future by preparing young people for leadership and teaching them the ideas of freedom and a free-market economy. founded in 1967, tfas organizes programs for…

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8
Center for Democracy and Technology

Advocating for public policies that advance democratic values in the digital age.

Civil Rights
9
University of Virginia Law School Foundation

The university of virginia law school foundation's primary purpose is to receive, manage and expend funds for the benefit of the university of virginia school of law.

Education
10
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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11
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
12
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gupta Family Foundation. 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

32 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. 32 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
17/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EDU-FUTURO: $61,000 · EducationEDU-FUTUROGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 · EducationGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION I…Investigative Studios Inc: $20,000 · EducationInvestigative Studios IncLATINO STUDENT FUND: $7,500 · EducationLATINO STUDENT FUNDAll Ages Read Together: $5,060 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDON AND NORTHER FAQUIER COUNTIES: $20,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDON …BARTER FOUNDATION INC STATE THEATRE OF VIRGINIA: $17,500 · OtherBARTER FOUNDATION INC STATE THEA…100 WOMEN STRONG: $10,000 · Other100 WOMEN STRONGTHE ORIGINS PROJECT: $7,500 · OtherTHE ORIGINS PROJECTBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL: $6,695 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA NATIONAL C…VIRGINA BEACH BOAT CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherCARON WASHINGTON DC RECOVER CENTER: $4,500 · OtherAFGHAN AMERICAN WOMEN ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Other+26 more: $37,228 · Other+26 moreDEVOTION TO CHILDREN INC: $53,235 · Youth DevelopmentDEVOTION TO CHIL…OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARS: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentOPPORTUNITY SCHO…WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWOLF TRAP …FORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFORD'S THE…+1 more: $1,200 · Arts & CultureGUPTA FAMILY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyGUPTA FAM…TIDES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOU…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMU…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 · InternationalVET VOICE FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $533 · Civil Rights
Education$126,060Other$113,423Youth Development$58,235Arts & Culture$36,200Philanthropy$32,500International$12,500Civil Rights$12,033

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 budgetEDU-FUTURO: $61,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetDEVOTION TO CHILDREN INC: $53,235 over 4y, 11% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUPTA FAMILY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 67% of budgetInvestigative Studios Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetBARTER FOUNDATION INC STATE THEATRE OF VIRGINIA: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVET VOICE FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLATINO STUDENT FUND: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAll Ages Read Together: $5,060 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOPPORTUNITY SCHOLARS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAFGHAN AMERICAN WOMEN ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONEVIRGINIA2021 FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKNOT TODAY INC: $1,510 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUDOUN FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION: $1,033 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL VIRGINIA REGIONAL RESCUE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $533 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIENNA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $200 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.

The Morris and Gwendo…Greater Washington Co…Community Foundation …Act for AlexandriaPhilip L Graham Fund …Max & Victoria Dreyfu…Verizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC15.4× affinity5 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 · Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties · Act for Alexandria · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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