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R W Marshall Foundation Inc at a glance

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R W Marshall Foundation Inc

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.

$206k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$502kAnimals$355kEducation$151kHuman Services$26kRecreation & Sports$23kCrime & Legal$20kPublic Benefit$10kArts & Culture$1k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $190k
$11,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOUISVILLE ZOO FOUNDATION$100,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC$90,000
FRIENDS OF THE LOUISVILLE ZOO$11,000
WHAS CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN INC$2,500
KENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC$1,000
ANIMAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION INC$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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TURNING POINT USA: $10k → 11%PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $35k → 14%OUR LADY OF PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL: $50k → 10%PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $10k → 4%FRIENDS OF THE LOUISVILLE ZOO: $25k → 15%PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $28k → 14%CENTER FOR LAY MINISTRIES: $15k → 10%PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $10k → 4%FRIENDS OF THE LOUISVILLE ZOO: $18k → 15%PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%SACRED HEART CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $8k → 10%FRIENDS OF THE LOUISVILLE ZOO: $11k → 15%LIFESPRING FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $115k → 15%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $90k → 15%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $90k → 15%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $90k → 15%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $90k → 15%NORTON HOSPITALS INC: $15k → 15%WHAS CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN INC: $5k → 15%WHAS CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN INC: $3k → 15%WHAS CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN INC: $2k → 15%WHAS CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN INC: $2k → 15%KENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC: $1k → 15%BACKSIDE LEARNING CENTER INC: $18k → 15%NORTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%KIDS CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC THERAPIES: $3k → 15%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$952k · 7 repeat orgs$135k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$952k
$133k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+59%

Still filing today

86%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsEducationCrime & LegalFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $475k · revenue +46%
  • LZ
    LOUISVILLE ZOO FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $300k · revenue +21%
  • PU
    PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $88k · revenue +112%

Funded once

  • OL
    OUR LADY OF PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • TB
    THE BACKSIDE LEARNING CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $18k · revenue +121%
  • NH
    Norton Hospitals Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +59%
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
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
2
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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3
Nashville Zoo Inc

In fulfillment of our mission to inspire a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation and leadership, our goal is to build a first class zoo for middle tennessee and to develop a facility…

Animals
4
The Saint Louis Zoo Association

The saint louis zoo association was established to support and enhance the saint louis zoo by providing facilities, funds, and advice. the association provides direct financial support to the zoo for renovations, new facilities, programs,…

Animals
5
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

—
7
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
8
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
9
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
10
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
11
Friends of the Zoo Inc

Support operations of a zoo for the education and enjoyment of individuals living in and visiting chattanooga, tennessee.

Animals
12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Whas Crusade for Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Animals Protection 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

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 18 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
13/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $474,700 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC+3 more: $27,501 · Health+3 moreLOUISVILLE ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · AnimalsLOUISVILLE ZOO FOUNDATION INCFRIENDS OF THE LOUISVILLE ZOO INC: $53,500 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE LOUISVILLE ZOO INC+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsOUR LADY OF PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF…THE BACKSIDE LEARNING CENTER INC: $17,500 · OtherTHE BACKSID…THE WHAS CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,500 · OtherTHE WHAS CR…TURNING POINT USA INC: $10,000 · OtherTURNING POI…DONATIONS: $8,000 · OtherDONATIONSGreater Clark County Schools: $5,500 · OtherLIFESPRING FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $87,500 · EducationPRAGER UN…PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $20,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR LAY MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionKENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC DBA LOUISVILLE BALLET: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$502,201Animals$354,500Other$106,500Education$87,500Crime & Legal$20,000Food & Nutrition$15,000Arts & Culture$1,000

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 budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $474,700 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetLOUISVILLE ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $87,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOUISVILLE ZOO INC: $53,500 over 3y, 10% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BACKSIDE LEARNING CENTER INC: $17,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNorton Hospitals Inc: $15,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR LAY MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE WHAS CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCerebral Palsy KIDS Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC DBA LOUISVILLE BALLET: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMALS PROTECTION ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

LG&E and Ku Foundatio…Baird Foundation IncThe Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Republic Bank Foundat…The Community Foundat…Mightycause Charitabl…Community Foundation …The Gheens Foundation…The Whas Crusade for …Julia & Isadore Klein…Norton Healthcare Inc
LG&E and Ku Foundation IncKY19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Southern Indiana Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · Julia & Isadore Klein Family Foundation Inc · Norton Healthcare 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 R W Marshall Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from R W Marshall Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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 18 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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