· Private foundation
The James & Mary Ellen Marpe 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k34 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE | $11,711 |
| ORCHESTRA LUMOS | $11,000 |
| GREENS FARMS CHURCH | $8,200 |
| COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE (BOTTOMS UP) | $5,000 |
| NEAR AND FAR AID ASSOCIATION | $4,500 |
| FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| WESTPORT PARKS & RECREATIONWAKEMAN TOWN FARM | $2,500 |
| WESTPORT ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION | $2,250 |
| WESTPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | $2,000 |
| OUR COMPANIONS ANIMAL RESCUE | $1,000 |
| CATCH-A-LIFT FUND | $699 |
| EARTHPLACE NATURE CENTER | $600 |
| CLASP HOMES | $600 |
| CT CHALLENGE | $525 |
| PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | $515 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
54 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $690 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OLORCHESTRA LUMOS INC7× · 2019–2025 · $50k · revenue +20%
- WLWESTPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC5× · 2021–2025 · $12k · revenue +19%
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY2× · 2019–2024 · $10k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- GFGREENS FARM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $7k
- NYNEW YORK BOARD OF RABBIS INCone grant, 2021 · $5k
- NFNEAR FAR AIDone grant, 2020 · $5k
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.
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.
The western connecticut area agency on aging, inc. (wcaaa) develops, manages and provides comprehensive services through person centered planning for seniors, caregivers and individuals with disabilities in order to maintain their…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
To provide funds to benefit families affected by cancer and to support cancer research and education.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…
Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…
The business council of westchester's mission is to work hard to grow the economy, create jobs and build a strong business community in westchester county.
The mission of the als united connecticut is to provide comprehensive support to improve quality of life for people with als and their families, while advocating for increased support and advancing innovative research for new treatments…
To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
Ccp organizes, inspires, and equips a community of funders to learn, collaborate, and lead together for sustained impact and social change in connecticut.
The association is the leader in providing services to and advocating for, the state's providers of long-term, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living care. additionally, the association serves as a clearing house for information…
How this is measured
66 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. 66 of the 119 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds ORCHESTRA LUMOS INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEAR AND FAR ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds WESTPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WESTPORT ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOMES WITH HOPE ↗
- Who funds CHRISTOPHER COFFLAND MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
- Who funds EARTHPLACE INC ↗
- Who funds Riedel and Cody Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds Fairfield University ↗
- Who funds OUR COMPANIONS DOMESTIC ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTPORT/WESTON CT INC ↗
- Who funds WESTPORT FARMERS MARKET INC ↗
- Who funds MOCA CT INC ↗
- Who funds A BETTER CHANCE OF WESTPORT INC ↗
- Who funds CLASP HOMES INC ↗
- Who funds STAPLES HIGH SCHOOL TUITION GRANTS COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
- Who funds WESTPORT UNIFORMED FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PIVOT MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds BUILDERS BEYOND BORDERS ↗
- Who funds Connecticut Challenge Inc DBA Mission Your Mission CT Challenge ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds WESTCHESTER GOLF ASSOCIATION CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S AID INC ↗
- Who funds UKRAINE AID INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · CORA Ventures Foundation aka CORA Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc · Smilow Foundation · The Stewart & Constance Greenfield Foundation · Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation · Howard & Katherine Aibel Foundation · The Gendell Family Foundation Inc · The Rhimes Foundation · The Driesman Charitable Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The James & Mary Ellen Marpe Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James & Mary Ellen Marpe Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Clasp Homes Inc: 91% of income from government
- Family and Children's Aid Inc: 36% of income from government
- Homes With Hope: 28% of income from government
- Wakeman Boys and Girls Club Corp: 11% of income from government
- Domestic Violence Crisis Center: 10% of income from government
- Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
- Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: 4% of income from government
- Westport Country Playhouse Inc: 2% of income from government
- Orchestra Lumos Inc: 1% of income from government
- Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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