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The Brian R Marlowe Foundation at a glance

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The Brian R Marlowe 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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$57kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kArts & Culture$6kHealth$5kPhilanthropy$4kEducation$4kPublic Benefit$3kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
3
States reached
$60k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION EMANUEL$2,150
YI OF FORT LEE$1,500
SHARRON MILLER ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$250
ALPINE LEARNING CENTER$250
CAMP HASC$180
THE BLUE CARD$180
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MUSEUM$150
MOMA$100
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LARGER THAN LIFE: $180 → 13%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $25 → 14%MISASKIM: $720 → 20%THE BLUE CARD: $360 → 17%MISASKIM: $360 → 20%THE BLUE CARD: $180 → 17%THE BLUE CARD: $180 → 17%THE BLUE CARD: $100 → 17%TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $280 → 7%MET COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $252 → 17%MET COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $100 → 17%PROJECT EZRA: $36 → 17%MET COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $180 → 17%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

NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
CA
DC
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$89k · 29 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
25

Total granted

$89k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+36%

Still filing today

48%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyEducationReligionOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $4k · revenue +39%
  • NY
    NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +131%
  • SHARRON MILLER'S ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $2k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • NH
    NYS HONORARY CHIEFS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • J
    JADD
    one grant, 2020 · $610
  • JG
    JGPA-JUNIOR GOLF PERFORMANCE ACADEMY
    one grant, 2017 · $500
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
Sherit Isroel
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2
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
3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
5
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
6
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
7
Zichron Chaim Meir Foundation
Philanthropy
8
The Etz Chaim Charitable Trust
Philanthropy
9
Yeshiva University High Schools

The yeshiva university high schools has as its educational mission to teach and perpetuate the values of torah and secular studies. see schedule o.

Education
10
The Chasdei Shimon Foundation
Religion
11
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust; the most unlike its peers is North Bennet Street School. 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

27 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. 27 of the 58 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)
27/27
Grantees still filing
22/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION EMANUEL: $31,140 · OtherCONGREGATION EMANUELYI OF FORT LEE: $18,560 · OtherYI OF FORT LEENYS HONORARY FIRE CHIEFS ASSOC: $8,750 · OtherNYS HONORARY FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCKEREN CHASDEI YISROEL: $4,356 · OtherKEREN CHASDEI YISROEL+30 more: $17,421 · Other+30 moreUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $4,300 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $360 · PhilanthropyCHASDEI YISROEL INC: $180 · Philanthropy+1 more: $136 · PhilanthropySHARRON MILLER'S ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $1,750 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,480 · EducationNorth Bennet Street School: $250 · EducationMISASKIM CORP: $1,080 · Human ServicesTHE BLUE CARD INC: $820 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $532 · Human ServicesTOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $280 · Human ServicesLARGER THAN LIFE USA INC: $180 · Human Services+2 more: $61 · Human ServicesSt Charles Foundation Inc: $1,700 · HealthVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $288 · HealthSharsheret Inc: $200 · HealthCHAI LIFELINE INC: $154 · HealthMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $1,180 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $400 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $250 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $150 · Arts & CultureCAMP HASC INC: $1,180 · ReligionAREYVUT INC: $50 · Religion
Other$80,227Philanthropy$4,976Education$3,480Human Services$2,953Health$2,342Arts & Culture$1,980Religion$1,230

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 budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $4,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC: $2,560 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHARRON MILLER'S ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $1,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSt Charles Foundation Inc: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,480 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP HASC INC: $1,180 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $1,180 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMISASKIM CORP: $1,080 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLUE CARD INC: $820 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES: $551 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $532 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $288 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY: $280 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Bennet Street School: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSharsheret Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHASDEI YISROEL INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLARGER THAN LIFE USA INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $154 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KOBY MANDELL FOUNDATION INC: $136 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAREYVUT INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Ezra: $36 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $36 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25 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.

  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARRON MILLER'S ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds St Charles Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds CAMP HASC INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST ↗
  • Who funds MISASKIM CORP ↗
  • Who funds THE BLUE CARD INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds TOMCHEI SHABBOS OF BERGEN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds North Bennet Street School ↗
  • Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundFjcThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY18.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 The Brian R Marlowe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brian R Marlowe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Sharron Miller's Academy for the Performing Arts Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 58 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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