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Stephen a Marks Foundation at a glance

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Stephen a Marks Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$50k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$72kEducation$69kHuman Services$67kHealth$22kArts & Culture$20k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$420k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK$25,000
YWCA OF ANNAPOLIS & ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY$25,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 42% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 13%AUTISM SPEAKS INC: $20k → 14%MAB FOUNDATION: $8k → 9%CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST MICHIGAN: $20k → 16%MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY PRE-K: $12k → 16%THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND (TULANE UNIVERSITY): $10k → 23%YWCA OF ANNAPOLIS & ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY: $25k → 6%MAB FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%ALPENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%MONTCLAIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CORPORATION: $12k → 16%YWCA OF ANNAPOLIS & ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MARYLAND INC: $22k → 6%MY BROTHER'S PANTRY INC: $7k → 6%ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $7k → 6%HARBOUR SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK: $25k → 6%ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK: $20k → 6%ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK: $20k → 6%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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$146k · 4 repeat orgs$104k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
8

Total granted

$146k
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-1%
+26%

Still filing today

75%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’21’23’24’25
EducationFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • AA
    ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $65k · revenue +12%
  • YO
    YWCA of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Maryland Inc
    2× · 2023–2025 · $47k · revenue -33%
  • ME
    MONTCLAIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CORP MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY PRE-K
    2× · 2023–2024 · $24k · revenue -1%

Funded once

  • MA
    MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +26%
  • AS
    AUTISM SPEAKS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -21%
  • NM
    NORTHEAST MICHIGAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +31%
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
Arundel Community Development Services Inc

See schedule oprovide a vehicle to develop programs, implement strategies and complete projects which further housing and community development goals and advance the common good and general welfare of communities and residents,…

Housing & Shelter
2
Ann Arbor Academy Inc

To provide a program for middle and high school students with learning disabilities that works with each student to achieve the highest academic success.

Education
3
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation

The ann arbor area community foundation enriches the quality of life in our region through its knowledgeable leadership, engaged grantmaking, and creative partnerships with donors to make philanthropic investments and build endowment.

Philanthropy
4
Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation

Anne arundel workforce development corporation (aawdc) is a nonprofit organization that enhances the economic vitality of anne arundel county by developing and implementing workforce solutions. we build and maintain a pipeline of skilled…

Employment
5
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
6
Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce

To provide strong advocacy for businesses, vibrant networking that helps businesses expand their customer base, and unparalleled access to resources important for businesses to grow and succeed throughout anne arundel co

Community Improvement
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
Alfond Scholarship Foundation

The ASF mission is to provide incentive scholarship grants to Maine children for their higher education and to support Maine's children's aspirations and access to, and preparation for, higher education.

Education
9
Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County

Teachers association of anne arundel county supports, organizes, and empowers members to improve their professional lives in order to provide, protect, and promote quality public education for every student.

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10
American University of Armenia Corporation

Support of the educational and research activities of the american university of armenia (aua).

Education
11
Alfred University

Alfred University's mission is helping students realize their purpose. People living a life of purpose enjoy longer and happier lives. Alfred University promotes its mission through three core strengths - Intersections, Mentorship, and…

Education
12
Alamance Community College Foundation

The Alamance Community College Foundation exists to aid students with a demonstrated financial need in reaching their educational goals, while supporting the mission of ACC.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Anne Arundel Community College Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is My Brothers Pantry 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

11 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. 11 of the 12 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONTCLAIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CORP MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY PRE-K: $24,012 · EducationMONTCLAIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CORP MONTC…MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationMICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS…ALPENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationALPENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $10,000 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDU…Harbour School Foundation Inc: $10,000 · EducationHarbour School Foundation IncANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $7,050 · EducationANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUND…YWCA of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Maryland Inc: $47,100 · OtherYWCA of Annapolis & Anne Arundel C…NORTHEAST MICHIGAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $20,000 · OtherNORTHEAST MICHIGAN FAMILY RESOURCE…MAB FOUNDATION: $9,500 · OtherMAB FOUNDATIONANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $65,000 · Food & NutritionANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK IN…MY BROTHERS PANTRY INC: $7,050 · Food & NutritionMY BROTHERS PANTRY INCAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $20,000 · HealthAUTISM SP…
Education$81,062Other$76,600Food & Nutrition$72,050Health$20,000

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 budgetANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetYWCA of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Maryland Inc: $47,100 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMONTCLAIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CORP MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY PRE-K: $24,012 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEAST MICHIGAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetALPENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarbour School Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $7,050 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

T Rowe Price Program …The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMD12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Stephen a Marks Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stephen a Marks Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%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
    3get 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 12 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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