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MARS Foundation Jacqueline Risch Trustee at a glance

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MARS Foundation Jacqueline Risch Trustee

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.

$1k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$692
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$2kEducation$992Human Services$833International$606Philanthropy$525Animals$425Public Safety & Disaster$310Youth Development$302Other$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$310
Median grant
2
States reached
$59k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
harrys heroes$692
Individual grant recipient$310
project bread$71
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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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3k · 8 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
19

Total granted

$3k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-4%
+18%

Still filing today

63%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalHealthAnimalsCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • L
    life
    3× · 2023–2025 · $842
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    2× · 2022–2023 · $501 · revenue -21%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporation
    3× · 2023–2025 · $375 · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • CF
    Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser
    2× · 2024–2025 · $600
  • OS
    OUR SISTERS SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $518 · revenue +27%
  • B
    BIDMC
    one grant, 2021 · $350
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
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
2
Sesame Workshop

Sesame workshop's mission is to help kids grow smarter, stronger and kinder. (see schedule o)

Arts & Culture
3
Childfund International Usa

Childfund's mission is to help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children have the capacity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities, and to promote societies whose individuals…

International
4
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
5
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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7
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
8
United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc

To advance an economically just region where prosperity is shared across race and ethnicity.

Philanthropy
9
Our Children Oregon

Our children oregon's mission is to be a voice and force for the common good for all oregon children, ensuring all children have the resources and opportunities they need to reach their full potential. we elevate data and the voices of…

Philanthropy
10
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
11
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
12
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Children Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Theresa Street 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

13 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. 13 of the 29 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

life: $842 · OtherlifeCystic Fibrosis Fundraiser: $600 · OtherCystic Fibrosis Fundraiserunited way of GNB: $370 · Otherunited way of GNBBIDMC: $350 · OtherBIDMCIndividual grant recipient: $310 · OtherIndividual grant recipientsorgha every child fund: $182 · Other+15 more: $1,136 · Other+15 moreHARRY'S HEROES: $692 · Youth DevelopmentHARRY'S HERO…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $501 · InternationalUNITED STA…Save The Children Federation Inc: $105 · InternationalSave The C…OUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $518 · EducationOUR SISTER…RIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC: $75 · EducationRIVERVIEW …Children's Hospital Corporation: $375 · HealthTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $300 · AnimalsGOFUNDMEORG: $155 · Philanthropy
Other$3,790Youth Development$692International$606Education$593Health$375Animals$300Philanthropy$155

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 budgetHARRY'S HEROES: $692 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $501 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $375 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $155 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $96 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $52 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $25 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.

  • Who funds HARRY'S HEROES ↗
  • Who funds OUR SISTERS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds GOFUNDMEORG ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Theresa Street Inc ↗
  • Who funds BUZZARDS BAY COALITION ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization MARS Foundation Jacqueline Risch Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from MARS Foundation Jacqueline Risch Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Our Sisters School: 0% of income from government
  • Riverview School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–40%
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 29 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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