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Mkm 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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2023
79
Grants FY2023
—
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.3MHuman Services$920kCrime & Legal$795kFood & Nutrition$715kInternational$529kHealth$511kEducation$507kHousing & Shelter$415kOther$0
02FY2023 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 79 grants below total $1,751,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,000,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $249,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k13 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k55 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $630k
$15,000
Median grant
—
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY$80,000
CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC$75,000
PHILABUNDANCE$75,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC.$50,000
INIS NUA THEATRE COMPANY$50,000
PHILADELPHIA CORPORATION FOR AGING$50,000
FRIENDS OF COMPASS INC$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA$50,000
INTERACT INC$50,000
JUVENILE LAW CENTER$50,000
BETHESDA PROJECT$50,000
CIVIC SUDS CORPORATION$40,000
CIVIC SUDS CORPORATION$40,000
HISPANIC FEDERATION INC$40,000
CIVIC SUDS CORPORATION$40,000
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 (FY20–22, $956k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%IT TAKES PHILLY ENCOURAGING AND EMPOWERING OUR CHI: $7k → 7%ELDERNET OF LOWER MERION AND NARBERTH: $5k → 10%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $3k → 7%CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC: $30k → 12%SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY LEWISTON OF MAINE: $10k → 13%ELDERNET OF LOWER MERION AND NARBERTH: $5k → 10%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC: $25k → 12%SERVICE WOMENS ACTION NETWORK: $25k → 14%CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC: $25k → 12%SERVICE WOMENS ACTION NETWORK: $25k → 14%SERVICE WOMENS ACTION NETWORK: $25k → 14%CIVIC SUDS CORPORATION: $60k → 14%PHILADELPHIA CORPORATION FOR AGING: $70k → 22%PHILADELPHIA CORPORATION FOR AGING: $70k → 22%PHILADELPHIA CORPORATION FOR AGING: $70k → 22%PHILADELPHIA CORPORATION FOR AGING: $40k → 22%CIVIC SUDS CORPORATION: $60k → 14%PROJECT HOME: $30k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $30k → 22%NEW LEASH ON LIFE USA: $10k → 7%PROJECT HOME: $20k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $20k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $15k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $15k → 22%WOMENS MEDICAL FUND: $1k → 22%JUNTOS: $10k → 22%DAWNS PLACE: $10k → 22%GARCES FAMILY FOUNDATION: $20k → 22%GARCES FAMILY FOUNDATION: $20k → 22%GARCES FAMILY FOUNDATION: $20k → 22%WELCOMING CENTER FOR NEW PENNSYLVANIANS: $40k → 22%WELCOMING CENTER FOR NEW PENNSYLVANIANS: $40k → 22%ABORTION LIBERATION FUND OF PA: $35k → 22%ABORTION LIBERATION FUND OF PA: $35k → 22%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $10k → 22%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

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IL
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
KS
NC
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 16% of Mkm Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Mkm Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 81 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

81 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 81 since wound down; 69 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
30

Total granted

$5.5M
$497k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+28%

Still filing today

91%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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

  • Philabundance
    3× · 2020–2022 · $320k · revenue +0%
  • DIRECT RELIEF
    3× · 2020–2022 · $315k · revenue +20%
  • PC
    PHILADELPHIA CORPORATION FOR AGING
    3× · 2020–2022 · $250k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • Elon Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $120k · revenue +34%
  • FOOD BANK OF SOUTH JERSEY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue +19%
  • IM
    INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +8%
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.

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Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
2
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
3
Association for Public Art

The association for public art (apa, formerly the fairmount park art association) commissions, preserves, interprets and promotes public art in philadelphia. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that informs, engages and inspires…

Arts & Culture
4
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
5
Philadelphia Contemporary

We connect the people and places of philadelphia through art and partnership. the organization is a free-standing platform that endeavors to show forward-thinking, high-quality contemporary visual and performance art in the city. the…

Human Services
6
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
7
Artphilly

The mission of artphilly is to amplify philadelphia's arts and culture by commissioning, presenting, producing, and promoting art of all kinds for local audiences and the world. its vision is to spotlight(continued on schedule o)the city…

Arts & Culture
8
Public Trust

Public Trust is a non-profit organization on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania that fosters learning, creativity, and collaboration in support of justice and equality.

Arts & Culture
9
Philadelphia Theatre Company

Philadelphia theatre company is a vital civic institution dedicated to the creation of extraordinary theatrical experiences that reflect the essential issues and ideas of our time, and which foster connection, understanding, and…

Arts & Culture
10
The Public Interest Law Center

The Public Interest Law Center uses high-impact legal strategies to advance the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region facing discrimination, inequality, and poverty. We use litigation, community…

Crime & Legal
11
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation

The corporation's mission includes, but is not limited to, combatingcommunity deterioration within chinatown; preserving and developingthe chinatown community; leading the community in neighborhoodplanning, considering land use, and…

Community Improvement
12
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is Urban Archive Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

105 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. 105 of the 181 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)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
103/105
Grantees still filing
74/105
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $200,000 · OtherHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $143,000 · Other+112 more: $3,454,000 · Other+112 morePHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA O…INIS NUA THEATRE COMPANY: $130,000 · Arts & CultureINIS NUA THEAT…PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $125,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA M…PAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER INC: $90,000 · Arts & CulturePAINTED BRIDE …INTERACT INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureINTERACT INCTHEATRE PHILADELPHIA: $44,500 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+16 more: $323,500 · Arts & Culture+16 morePHILADELPHIA CORPORATION FOR AGING: $250,000 · Human ServicesPHILADELPHIA C…PROJECT HOME: $130,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOMECivic Suds Corporation: $120,000 · Human ServicesCivic Suds Cor…THE CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE CATHEDRAL …WELCOMING CENTER FOR NEW PENNSYLVANIANS: $80,000 · Human ServicesWELCOMING CENT…SERVICE WOMENS ACTION NETWORK: $75,000 · Human ServicesSERVICE WOMENS…ABORTION LIBERATION FUND OF PA: $71,000 · Human ServicesABORTION LIBER…GARCES FAMILY FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Human ServicesGARCES FAMILY …+10 more: $105,000 · Human Services+10 moreAchieve Now: $200,000 · EducationElon University: $120,000 · EducationTEAM UP PHILLY: $120,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $30,000 · EducationCODED BY: $30,000 · EducationSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · Education+3 more: $30,000 · EducationPhilabundance: $320,000 · Food & NutritionMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $120,000 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionCULTIVATING COMMUNITY: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition+3 more: $30,000 · Food & NutritionDIRECT RELIEF: $315,000 · InternationalFREE THE SLAVES: $90,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $30,000 · InternationalSURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 · International+1 more: $15,000 · InternationalPENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY: $240,000 · Crime & LegalJUVENILE LAW CENTER: $130,000 · Crime & LegalPHILADELPHIA LAWYERS FOR SOCIAL EQUITY: $50,000 · Crime & LegalPHILADELPHIA BAIL FUND INC: $25,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$3,797,000Arts & Culture$973,000Human Services$971,000Education$560,000Food & Nutrition$520,000International$475,000Crime & Legal$455,000

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 budgetPhilabundance: $320,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $315,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA CORPORATION FOR AGING: $250,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY: $240,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetAchieve Now: $200,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $200,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $143,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINIS NUA THEATRE COMPANY: $130,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetJUVENILE LAW CENTER: $130,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF COMPASS INC: $125,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetElon University: $120,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCivic Suds Corporation: $120,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetTEAM UP PHILLY: $120,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $120,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRODNEY STREET TENNIS AND TUTORING ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetCASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INC: $95,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetBETHESDA PROJECT: $90,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFREE THE SLAVES: $90,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA: $90,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER INC: $90,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetCENTURION MINISTRIES INC: $90,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC: $80,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWELCOMING CENTER FOR NEW PENNSYLVANIANS: $80,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetURBANPROMISE MINISTRIES: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJAZZ BRIDGE PROJECT INC: $75,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetNEW JERSEY TREE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetINTERACT INC: $75,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetSERVICE WOMENS ACTION NETWORK: $75,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetABORTION LIBERATION FUND OF PA: $71,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $65,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetJOSEPH'S HOUSE OF CAMDEN LLC: $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CAREER WARDROBE: $60,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGARCES FAMILY FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetACHIEVEABILITY: $55,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetPHILADELPHIA LAWYERS FOR SOCIAL EQUITY: $50,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetTHEATRE PHILADELPHIA: $44,500 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetWHYY INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF SOUTH JERSEY INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMPACT100 PHILADELPHIA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCODED BY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% 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 Philadelphia Foun…The William Penn Foun…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Independence Foundati…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…The Patricia Kind Fam…United Way of Greater…Connelly FoundationThe Barra Foundation …The Philadelphia Cult…Union Benevolent Asso…Henrietta Tower Wurts…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA63.5× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Independence Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Connelly Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Union Benevolent Association · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial 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 Mkm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mkm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • New Jersey Tree Foundation: 100% of income from government
  • Joseph's House of Camden Llc: 32% of income from government
  • Food Bank of South Jersey Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Ritz Theater Company Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Mkm Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mkm 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 181 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $2.0M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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