Delaware · Private foundation
Mars Snacking Foundation
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.
- $5.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,740,474
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 57
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $40M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Mars Snacking Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $962k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $3.2M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $3.0M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $3.4M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $2.3M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $5.1M | 58% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $3.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $5,810,474 | 4 | 0% |
| Pratham USA | $1,579,450 | 3 | 2% |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | $1,000,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chicago Community Foundation | $750,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Heartland Alliance Health | $481,242 | 3 | 1% |
| Myriad Community | $430,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Role Model Movement Inc (NFP) | $400,000 | 4 | 4% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $300,000 | 4 | 0% |
| After School Matters Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Chicago River | $215,000 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $5,810,474 | 4 | 0% |
| Pratham USA | $1,579,450 | 3 | 2% |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | $1,000,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chicago Community Foundation | $750,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Heartland Alliance Health | $481,242 | 3 | 1% |
| Myriad Community | $430,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Role Model Movement Inc (NFP) | $400,000 | 4 | 4% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $300,000 | 4 | 0% |
| After School Matters Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Chicago River | $215,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Chicago Dental Society Foundation | $200,000 | 4 | 12% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Breakfast Program at St Andrews | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Next Generation Men & Women Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Minds Matter of NYC Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Spirit Charities Inc dba Cheer NY | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Huddle Up Moms | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Casa Central Social Services Corporation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 65 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mars Snacking Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mars Snacking Foundation
- How much does Mars Snacking Foundation give?
- Mars Snacking Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $5,446,648 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 57 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Mars Snacking Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (46%), Philanthropy (16%), Health (7%).
- Who are Mars Snacking Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Save The Children Federation Inc ($5.8M), Pratham USA ($1.6M), Local Initiatives Support Corporation ($1.0M).
- Does Mars Snacking Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mars Snacking Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mars Snacking Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Mars Snacking Foundation based?
- Mars Snacking Foundation is based in DE.
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