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Marshall Family 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.

$21k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$62kYouth Development$20kRecreation & Sports$17kPhilanthropy$9kFood & Nutrition$4kEmployment$3kHuman Services$2kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$307k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORE Butte Charter School$5,000
Norwalk Stamford Grassroots Tennis & Edu$5,000
Chico Community Scholarship Assoc$3,500
Pleasant Valley High School Boosters$2,500
Village of Hope Maui$1,250
Project 150 Reno$1,000
Darien Library Inc$1,000
Boise St Food Pantry for Students$500
American Red Cross$500
Valley Isle Fellowship$250
Paia Youth and Cultural Center$250
New Hope Maui Church$250
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 (FY23–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%American Red Cross: $500 → 14%American Red Cross: $500 → 14%Project 150 Reno: $1k → 10%American Red Cross: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MN
WI
MA
NV
CT
CA
TN
DC
HI
TX
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$73k · 8 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
20

Total granted

$73k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
0%

Still filing today

88%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $28k · revenue +43%
  • DL
    DARIEN LIBRARY INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $11k · revenue +16%
  • YF
    Youth for Change
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • PT
    PERSON TO PERSON INC
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +17%
  • NS
    North State Composite Mountain Bike Team
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • SC
    SHASTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -12408%
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
10000 Degrees

10,000 degrees is a leading college success nonprofit in the san francisco bay area. we help students from low-income backgrounds gain access to and complete higher education to positively impact their communities and the world.…

Education
2
Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley

To inspire and empower all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring adults.

Youth Development
3
Sierra Harvest

Founded in 2007, sierra harvest is building a community that values and eats an abundance of fresh, local, seasonal food; training successful local farmers that are increasing sustainable food production; and creating equitable access to…

Food & Nutrition
4
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.

Education
5
Northern Illinois University Foundation

The niu foundation's mission is to energize and connect the private sector with the niu community to secure and steward resources that support the future and growth of niu.

Education
6
Sierra Commons

To educate and support underserved and economically distressed entrepreneurs through new entrepreneur training, incubation, and technical assistance, with a sector focus on food and forest enterprises.

Community Improvement
7
Northland College

Northland college's mission is to integrate undergraduate liberal arts studies with an environmental emphasis, enabling those it serves to address the challenges of the future.

Education
8
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
9
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
10
Fresno Pacific University

The university is the central valley's only accredited christian university, offering leading academic programs and ethical and spiritual development through traditional bachelor's degree, adult degree completion, master's, certificate,…

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11
United Way of North Central New Mexico

Uwncnm's mission is to connect people to opportunities and services to equitably improve lives and strengthen communities. that is done through direct service programs, community investment (grant making), community outreach (convening and…

Philanthropy
12
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Valley Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Grace Church. 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

22 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. 22 of the 37 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
10/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $28,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONCHICO COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION: $12,242 · EducationCHICO COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATIONDARIEN LIBRARY INC: $11,000 · EducationDARIEN LIBRARY INCCORE BUTTE INC: $5,000 · EducationCORE BUTTE INCSHASTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $3,000 · EducationBUTTE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION INC: $2,584 · Education+2 more: $3,000 · EducationPleasant Valley High School Boosters: $8,000 · OtherPleasant Valley High…Durham 4H: $2,500 · OtherDurham 4HDurham Swim Assoc: $2,500 · OtherDurham Swim AssocGirl Scouts of Northern CA: $2,500 · OtherGirl Scouts of North…GRACE CHURCH: $1,500 · OtherGRACE CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · Other+10 more: $3,950 · Other+10 moreNORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsNORWALKSTA…GIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE NORTH STATE: $3,600 · Recreation & SportsGIRLS ON T…North State Composite Mountain Bike Team: $3,200 · Recreation & SportsNorth Stat…Youth for Change: $6,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 · Human ServicesVILLAGE OF HOPE MAUI INC: $1,250 · Human ServicesPROJECT 150: $1,000 · Human ServicesNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyPERSON TO PERSON INC: $4,242 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE NORTH VALLEY: $1,742 · Youth DevelopmentOCEANA INC: $500 · EnvironmentFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $500 · Food & Nutrition
Education$67,826Other$21,950Recreation & Sports$11,800Human Services$9,750Philanthropy$9,242Youth Development$1,742Environment$500Food & Nutrition$500

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHICO COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION: $12,242 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetDARIEN LIBRARY INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYouth for Change: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORE BUTTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC: $4,242 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE NORTH STATE: $3,600 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUTTE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION INC: $2,584 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE NORTH VALLEY: $1,742 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENESYS WORKS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE CHURCH: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT 150: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $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.

North Valley Communit…Virginia L Jones Foun…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
North Valley Community FoundationCA17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Valley Community Foundation · Virginia L Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Marshall Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marshall Family Foundation. 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Person to Person Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 Marshall Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Marshall Family Foundation 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 37 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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