· Private foundation
Martha Mertz Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k7 grants · $225k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $223k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES | $105,000 |
| PROVIDENCE HOUSE | $66,000 |
| WOMEN IN NEED INC | $52,000 |
| HOMEWARD NYC | $43,000 |
| GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT | $42,000 |
| FORESTDALE INC | $41,000 |
| RESTORE INC | $34,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NYC | $19,000 |
| WOMEN'S PRISON ASSOCIATION | $16,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES6× · 2020–2025 · $657k · revenue +5%- PHPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC6× · 2020–2025 · $390k · revenue +90%
WOMEN IN NEED INC6× · 2020–2025 · $253k · revenue +66%
Funded once
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.
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.
Since 1972, under 21, d.b.a. covenant house new york (chny) has been working with one of new york city's most vulnerable populations - youth experiencing homelessness, age 16-24, and their dependent children. chny provides young people…
To provide the basic human services necessary for families and individuals to obtain self-proficiency, through dignity in their struggle to participate as the functioning and valuable citizens they inherently are.
Pibly's mission embraces the belief that the needs of its consumers can be met and their goals can be achieved. pibly strives to expand opportunities for people living with mental health challenges by delivering person centered services…
Ywca is dedicated to empowering women and promoting peace, health, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
We offer affordable housing and support programs for homeless and vulnerable new yorkers.
The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
To make a life-altering difference with children, youth and families who are overcoming some of life's most difficult challenges and obstacles, by helping to build a strong foundation for life: a safe, loving, permanent family and the…
163rd street improvement council runs 5 housing programs that addresses housing and homelessness. headquarters has begun a community garden, and a community health fair engaging all the programs and partners.
Catholic charities neighborhood services, inc. (ccns) is a not-for-profit corporation that provides a variety of social services throughout the boroughs of brooklyn and queens. ccns currently offers 160-plus programs and services for…
Cases' mission is to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, promote recovery and rehabilitation, and create opportunities for success in the community. we believe…
diaspora community services is a social support service agency that empowers low income families and individuals to maximize their abilities to overcome obstacles to their well-being and self-sufficiency.
In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN IN NEED INC ↗
- Who funds WEST END RESIDENCES HDFC INC DBA HOMEWARD NYC ↗
- Who funds FORESTDALE INC ↗
- Who funds GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC GUARDIAN SERVICES ↗
- Who funds PREGNANCY HELP INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S PRISON ASSOCIATION AND HOME ↗
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: Robin Hood Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Dammann Fund Inc · Pinkerton Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Enterprise Community Partners Inc · American Express Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Martha Mertz Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Martha Mertz Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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