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Maurice and Paul Marciano Art 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.

$100
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50
Largest
01What it fundsRead
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$124kArts & Culture$109kHealth$34kHuman Services$14kInternational$2kCivil Rights$500
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50
Median grant
2
States reached
$50M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF ROBINSON GARDENS$50
THE CHINATI FOUNDATION$50
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 88% of grant dollars ($250k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 12% that went abroad ($33k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.

area typical 12%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $250 → 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.

Beyond the US: 12% of all-years giving ($33k)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
France$29k · 1 grant
Germany$5k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its 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.

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California Institute of Contemporary Art
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Museum Associates

To serve the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition and interpretation of significant works of art from a broad range of cultures and historical periods, and through translation of these collections into meaningful…

Arts & Culture
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The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
4
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
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Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
6
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
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Berggruen Institute
Education
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San Diego Museum of Art

To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.

Arts & Culture
9
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
10
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
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Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
12
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Women's Center for Creative Work; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION: $122,500 · EducationGENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION+1 more: $1,000 · EducationARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND…TRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATIONNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $25,000 · Arts & CultureNew Museum of Contemporary Art+2 more: $2,550 · Arts & CulturePARIS MUSEES MUSEE D'ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS: $28,775 · OtherPARIS MUSEES MUSEE D'ART MODER…LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $28,374 · OtherLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTERREACH LA INC: $13,743 · OtherREACH LA INCLITTLE SUN FOUNDATION EV: $4,582 · OtherLITTLE SUN FOUNDATION EV+2 more: $300 · OtherRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST: $2,500 · PhilanthropyInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,269 · InternationalEAST LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S CENTER: $888 · HealthWOMEN'S CENTER FOR CREATIVE WORK: $500 · Civil Rights
Education$123,500Arts & Culture$77,550Other$75,774Philanthropy$2,500International$2,269Health$888Civil Rights$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 budgetGENESIS THE SCHLESINGER ACADEMY FOR INNOVATION: $122,500 over 2y, 16% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $28,374 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRIPLE AUGHT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,269 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA'S BEST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S CENTER: $888 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER FOR CREATIVE WORK: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ROBINSON GARDENS INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHINATI FOUNDATION: $50 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.

The Annenberg Foundat…California Community …Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Annenberg FoundationPA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Annenberg Foundation · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
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    How do I get to Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Maurice and Paul Marciano Art 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 17 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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