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Mary Family Foundation at a glance

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Mary Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$69k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$119kArts & Culture$117kReligion$89kEducation$85kYouth Development$76kFood & Nutrition$37kHousing & Shelter$33kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $39k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIDGE HOUSE$14,000
Individual grant recipient$12,500
FRIENDS OF WWOZ$12,000
CENTER OF JESUS THE LORD$7,500
TARAHUEMERA CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$5,000
GRACE AT THE GREEN LIGHT$5,000
ST MARY'S ASSUMPTION CHURCH$5,000
BERTHOUD ARTS HUMMANITIES ASSOCIATI$5,000
MANRESA HOUSE OF RETREATS$2,000
LOUISIANA LANDMARK SOCIETY$1,000
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 (FY17–23, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%KIDS MEALS: $3k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE: $8k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 23%BOYS TOWN LOUISIANA: $1k → 23%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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$458k · 21 repeat orgs$198k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
41

Total granted

$458k
$172k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+42%

Still filing today

33%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • BH
    BRIDGE HOUSE CORPORATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $84k · revenue +9%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF WWOZ INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $59k · revenue +34%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS
    6× · 2017–2023 · $53k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LIFE GROUP LLC
    one grant, 2020 · $33k
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF HOLY CROSS COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
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
Northwest Louisiana Food Bank

Nw la food bank's mission is to be the primary resource for fighting hunger in northwest louisiana.

Food & Nutrition
2
Louisiana Alpha House Scholarship Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Laura Center for Creole Heritage
Arts & Culture
4
Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants
International
5
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
6
Louisiana Restaurant Association Inc

Hospitality industry trade association

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7
Kipp of New Orleans Inc

Kipp new orleans helps our students, their families, and our city build a brighter future by building academic powerhouses filled with caring and talented educators who unleash unlimited opportunities for students so that they are prepared…

Education
8
Lsu Health Foundation New Orleans

The mission of the foundation is to inspire donors to invest in the lsu health sciences center - new orleans ("hsc-no") and its future, to properly steward those contributions, and to help meet the ever evolving needs of the lsuhsc-no by…

Health
9
Foundation for Louisiana

Foundation for louisiana is the people's foundation. we expand opportunity and wellbeing across the state by investing in local leadership and community-driven solutions to strengthen the conditions that help every louisianan live a safe,…

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corp

Who we are: southeast louisiana legal services (slls) is the largest non-profit law firm in louisiana whose mission is to achieve justice through free civil legal aid to low-income people by direct case work, advocacy, and community…

Crime & Legal
11
Louisiana Alliance for Nonprofits

To strengthen, promote, and build the capacity of louisiana's nonprofit sector through education, advocacy, and member services.

Philanthropy
12
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

18 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. 18 of the 66 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE LIFE GROUP LLC: $32,854 · OtherTHE LIFE GROUP LLCLOYOLA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: $25,400 · OtherLOYOLA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOLOUR LADY OF HOLY CROSS COLLEGE: $25,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF HOLY CROSS COLLEGETARAHUEMERA CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $22,500 · OtherTARAHUEMERA CHILDRENS HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $20,472 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDE LA SALLE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $19,000 · OtherDE LA SALLE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONJESTERS CLUB: $17,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $12,500 · Other+45 more: $151,811 · Other+45 moreFRIENDS OF WWOZ INC: $58,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF WWOZ I…NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND FOUNDATION INC: $39,850 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS JAZZ …From The Heart Productions: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBRIDGE HOUSE CORPORATION: $83,500 · HealthBRIDGE HOUSE CO…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSP…+1 more: $2,000 · HealthCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $52,500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT …KIDS' MEALS INC: $3,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $34,000 · Food & NutritionGRACE AT THE GREEN LIGHT INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterHAITI MISSION INC: $5,000 · International
Other$342,037Arts & Culture$103,350Health$90,500Human Services$56,500Food & Nutrition$34,000Housing & Shelter$25,000International$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBRIDGE HOUSE CORPORATION: $83,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF WWOZ INC: $58,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $52,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND FOUNDATION INC: $39,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $34,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE AT THE GREEN LIGHT INC: $25,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAITI MISSION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCBIB INC: $1,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys Town Louisiana Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOLA MICRO SCHOOLS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLOUISIANA LANDMARKS SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE NEW ORLEANS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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 BRIDGE HOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WWOZ INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS ↗
  • Who funds NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA ↗
  • Who funds GRACE AT THE GREEN LIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds From The Heart Productions ↗
  • Who funds HAITI MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' MEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ↗

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.

Shell USA Company Fou…Goldring Family Found…The Greater New Orlea…Eugenie & Joseph Jone…Salutare Deum Foundat…Robert E Zetzmann Fam…The Helis FoundationGustaf Westfeldt McIl…Baptist Community Min…Textron Charitable Tr…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…
Shell USA Company FoundationTX22.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · Salutare Deum Foundation · Robert E Zetzmann Family Foundation · The Helis Foundation · Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda · Baptist Community Ministries · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Mary Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 66 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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