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Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation

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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$545,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 41
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$25M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $355k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentAnimalsEducationOther
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 arriving45$1.1M22%
FY202441$1.1M32%
FY202332$1.3M22%
FY202229$855k31%
FY202137$782k30%
FY202035$841k23%
FY201935$985k40%
FY201827$592kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Philanthropy$4.2MHealth$2.1MHuman Services$1.1MEducation$1.1MEnvironment$920kHousing & Shelter$480kFood & Nutrition$382kReligion$335kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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WI
MI
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WY
IA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
TX
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 78 grantees
All grantees of Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kids Kicking Cancer Inc$420,00039%
Uc San Diego Foundation$300,00030%
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History$250,00012%
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$225,00043%
Blaine County School District No 61 Education Foundation Inc$222,125334%
Mater Dei School Inc$189,50051%
Grace Centers of Hope$180,00080%
South Oakland Shelter$170,00071%
Cots$165,00080%
Oakland Family Services$165,00080%
Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit$140,00080%
Rose Hill Center Inc$135,00070%
Sun Valley Community School Inc$135,00040%
Lena Pope Home Inc$110,00050%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan$105,00051%
Alliance for the Great Lakes$105,00071%
American Warrior Association$100,00012%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$100,00012%
Texas A&M Foundation$100,00010%
The Surfrider Foundation$100,00011%
Six Rivers Land Conservancy Fka Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy$95,00082%
Judson Center Inc$95,00040%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin Inc$80,00040%
Flourish Foundation Inc$80,00039%
Streams & Valleys Inc$80,000310%
The Institute for Ethnomedicine Inc Dba Brain Chemistry Labs$75,00022%
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$70,0004n/a
Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc$70,00050%
Hospice of Michigan Inc$70,00040%
Trout Unlimited Michigan Council$70,00085%
Michigan United Conservation Clubs$70,00081%
Blaine County Seniors Council Inc the Senior Connection$65,00022%
Como Lions Heart$60,000514%
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries$60,00040%
Safehaven of Tarrant County$60,00040%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$55,00030%
Friends of Macc$50,00047%
Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley Inc$40,00041%
Book Em$37,48032%
Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation Inc$36,00011%
Rotarun Ski Club$35,00015%
Fort Worth Report$35,00031%
Hemingway Parents Auxiliary$30,0002n/a
Feeding America$30,00010%
Child Mind Institute Inc$25,00010%
Sawtooth Society Inc$25,00025%
Friends of the Oudolf Garden$25,000115%
Michigan Colleges Alliance$25,00010%
Center for Transforming Lives$25,00010%
Youth Job Center Inc$25,00021%
Kathy's House Inc$20,00021%
Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate$20,00020%
Camp Fire First Texas$20,00020%
For Love of Water$20,00022%
Cristo Rey$15,0002n/a
Share Our Strength$10,00010%
Tarrant Area Food Bank$10,00010%
Word of Honor Fund$10,00022%
Camp Rainbow Gold Inc$10,00011%
The Parenting Center$10,0001n/a
Cancer Care Services$10,00010%
Lighthouse of Oakland County$10,00010%
Lungevity Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley Dba Mountain Humane$10,00020%
Catholic Charities Inc$10,00010%
University of Michigan$10,00012%
Vision to Learn$10,00010%
Swiftsure Ranch Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc$10,00012%
North Side High Legacy Foundation$10,00026%
Little Red Foundation % Alisse Thomas$10,000114%
Girls on the Run of Southern Idaho Inc$10,00026%
Sierra Club Foundation$10,00010%
Rescue Chicago Inc$5,2001n/a
Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors$5,00011%
Rosies Farm Sanctuary Inc$5,00012%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate$5,00010%
A Rejoyceful Animal Rescue$5,0001n/a
Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful$5,00014%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKids Kicking Cancer Inc: $420,000 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetUc San Diego Foundation: $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFort Worth Museum of Science and History: $250,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetThe Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: $225,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetBlaine County School District No 61 Education Foundation Inc: $222,125 over 3y, 34% of budgetMater Dei School Inc: $189,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGrace Centers of Hope: $180,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSouth Oakland Shelter: $170,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCots: $165,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetOakland Family Services: $165,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Greater Detroit: $140,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRose Hill Center Inc: $135,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSun Valley Community School Inc: $135,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLena Pope Home Inc: $110,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan: $105,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAlliance for the Great Lakes: $105,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Warrior Association: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSix Rivers Land Conservancy Fka Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy: $95,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetJudson Center Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFlourish Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetStreams & Valleys Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetThe Institute for Ethnomedicine Inc Dba Brain Chemistry Labs: $75,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBotanical Research Institute of Texas Inc: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrout Unlimited Michigan Council: $70,000 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetMichigan United Conservation Clubs: $70,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetBlaine County Seniors Council Inc the Senior Connection: $65,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetComo Lions Heart: $60,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSafehaven of Tarrant County: $60,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetForgotten Harvest Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Macc: $50,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetHospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBook Em: $37,480 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSun Valley Ski Education Foundation Inc: $36,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRotarun Ski Club: $35,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetFort Worth Report: $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFeeding America: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChild Mind Institute Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSawtooth Society Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetFriends of the Oudolf Garden: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetMichigan Colleges Alliance: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Transforming Lives: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Job Center Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budget

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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 72.

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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.

Boswell Family FoundationID30.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 3 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boswell Family Foundation · Spur Community Foundation Inc · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Leo Potishman Foundation Xxxxx3002 · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund · The Morris Foundation · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Amon G Carter Foundation · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Rainwater Charitable 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.

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About Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation

How much does Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation give?
Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $1,640,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (35%), Health (18%), Human Services (9%).
Who are Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Kids Kicking Cancer Inc ($420k), Uc San Diego Foundation ($300k), Fort Worth Museum of Science and History ($250k).
Does Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation 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 Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boswell Family Foundation, Spur Community Foundation Inc, Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc.
Where is Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation based?
Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation is based in TX.

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 101 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.

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