Skip to content

Illinois · Private foundation

Mary Palmer Family 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.

$83k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
38%
First-time grantees FY2024
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2025
$200
Largest grant, FY2025
$61,978
Organizations funded a year
9 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving22$83k23%
FY202424$109k38%
FY202321$89k33%
FY202216$193k56%
FY202112$71k17%
FY20209$56k11%
FY201916$54k31%
FY201826$53k42%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$630kEducation$114kReligion$14kHousing & Shelter$7kAnimals$5kHealth$1kHuman Services$540Community Improvement$500Other$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
PA
CA
CO
MD
SC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Arts of Central Florida Inc$437,45081%
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc$120,23571%
A Gift for Teaching Inc$73,45080%
Opera Orlando Inc$16,71881%
Central Florida Community Arts Inc$11,00040%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$8,17030%
David T Howard Middle School Foundation$5,25023%
Orlando Ballet Inc$3,60020%
Atlantic Center for the Arts Inc$3,07530%
Center for Puppetry Artsinc$2,50010%
The Florida Music Education Association Inc$1,95040%
Creative City Project Inc$1,50010%
Mad Cow Theatre Inc$1,35010%
Renaissance Theatre Company Inc$1,15030%
The Foundation for Osceola Education Inc$1,00020%
Mental Health Association of Central Florida Inc$52530%
Celebration Foundation Inc$50020%
Orlando Sings Inc$50030%
Orlando Family Stage Inc$40020%
Crealde Arts Inc$40020%
Orlando Museum of Art Inc$36530%
The Jobs Partnership of Florida Inc$35020%
Timucua Arts Foundation$25010%
The Children's Home Society of Florida$25010%
Community Communications Inc$25020%
Garden Theatre Inc$25010%
The Easter Bunny Inc$25010%
The Benji Watson Cancer Foundation Inc$20011%
Head & Neck Cancer Alliance Inc$17520%
Michelee Puppets Inc$15010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc$15010%
Florida Leadership Venture$15020%
Grace Medical Home Inc$15010%
Music Theater Bavaria Inc$15010%
The Florida State University Foundation Inc$15010%
Interlochen Center for the Arts$10010%
The Central Florida Hillel Inc$10010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
Shepherd's Hope Inc$5010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$5010%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$401n/a
AARP Foundation$4010%
Compassion & Choices$3510%
Smithsonian Institution$3010%
Earthjustice$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($79k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Arts of Central Florida Inc: $437,450 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetOrlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc: $120,235 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetA Gift for Teaching Inc: $73,450 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetOpera Orlando Inc: $16,718 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCentral Florida Community Arts Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe University of Florida Foundation Inc: $8,170 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDavid T Howard Middle School Foundation: $5,250 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetOrlando Ballet Inc: $3,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAtlantic Center for the Arts Inc: $3,075 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Puppetry Artsinc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Florida Music Education Association Inc: $1,950 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCreative City Project Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMad Cow Theatre Inc: $1,350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRenaissance Theatre Company Inc: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for Osceola Education Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Association of Central Florida Inc: $525 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCelebration Foundation Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOrlando Sings Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOrlando Family Stage Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCrealde Arts Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOrlando Museum of Art Inc: $365 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jobs Partnership of Florida Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTimucua Arts Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Home Society of Florida: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Communications Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGarden Theatre Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Easter Bunny Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Benji Watson Cancer Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHead & Neck Cancer Alliance Inc: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMichelee Puppets Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Leadership Venture: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Medical Home Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Theater Bavaria Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Florida State University Foundation Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterlochen Center for the Arts: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Central Florida Hillel Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShepherd's Hope Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP Foundation: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 44.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

The Dr P Phillips FoundationFL36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dr P Phillips Foundation · United Arts of Central Florida Inc · Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · Central Florida Foundation · Orlando Health Inc · Magruder Chesley G Fdn Im · The David and Lyn Berelsman Family Charitable Foundation Trust · The Lee Foundation · Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation · Ginsburg Family Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Anderson-Devitt Foundation 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.

Compare Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc with peer funders

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc 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.

About Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc

How much does Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc give?
Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $83,060 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (81%), Education (15%), Religion (2%).
Who are Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Arts of Central Florida Inc ($437k), Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc ($120k), A Gift for Teaching Inc ($73k).
Does Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc 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 Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dr P Phillips Foundation, United Arts of Central Florida Inc, Universal Orlando Foundation Inc.
Where is Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc based?
Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc is based in IL.

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 76 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Mary Palmer Family’s filings →

More from the funding graph