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The Joseph and Carolyn Demarco Foundation Inc

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.

$123k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 46% of THE JOSEPH AND CAROLYN DEMARCO FOUNDATION INC’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $118k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT MATTHIAS CHURCH$27,500
URBAN PROMISE MINISTRIES$25,000
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$15,000
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY$15,000
NEIGHBORHOOD GARDENS TRUST$15,000
COLLEGE SETTLEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA$10,000
MADISON SQUARE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOUNDATION$10,000
OUR MOTHER OF CONSOLATION CYO$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%MOTHER'S HOME: $4k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$786k · 13 repeat orgs$236k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +3% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
15

Total granted

$786k
$193k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+3%

Still filing today

62%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentHealthEnvironmentHousing & ShelterInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UM
    URBANPROMISE MINISTRIES
    7× · 2019–2025 · $154k · revenue +2%
  • MS
    Madison Square Boys and Girls Club Foundation Inc
    3× · 2022–2025 · $135k · revenue +183%
  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $88k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -8%
  • AH
    ALS Hope Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +121%
  • NF
    NORWOOD FONTBONNE ACADEMY
    one grant, 2021 · $20k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

2
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

3
The Public School of Germantown

Germantown academy inspires students to be independent in thought; confident in expression; compassionate in spirit; collaborative in action; and honorable in deed. germantown academy is a private school educating students from pre-k…

Education
4
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
5
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

6
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Arch Street Preschool

To create educational opportunities for young children. arch street preschool is a joyful and open christian learning community where gifts are celebrated through diversity, discovery and play.

Education
9
University of New Haven

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…

Education
10
The Seed Public Charter School of Washington Dc

The seed public charter school of washington, dc is a public college-preparatory boarding school whose primary mission is to provide an outstanding intensive educational program that prepares children, both academically and socially, for…

Education
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
Pg Chambers School

The organization's mission is to be a leader in the education and development of children with disabilities increasing the children's confidence in their individual abilities, preparing them to engage in the community, and expanding their…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Russell Byers Charter School and the most unlike its peers is Als Hope Foundation. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

URBANPROMISE MINISTRIES — $153,500 · OtherURBANPROMISE MINISTRIESTEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY — $67,500 · OtherTEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRYST MATTHIAS CHURCH — $55,000 · OtherST MATTHIAS CHURCHOUR MOTHER OF CONSOLATION CYO — $46,500 · OtherOUR MOTHER OF CONSOLATION CYONEIGHBORHOOD GARDENS TRUST — $30,000 · OtherNEIGHBORHOOD GARDENS TRUSTSAINT MATTHIAS CHURCH — $27,500 · OtherSAINT MATTHIAS CHURCHNORWOOD FONTBONNE ACADEMY — $20,000 · OtherCOME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION — $20,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY NJ — $20,000 · Other+7 more — $49,100 · Other+7 moreVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $87,500 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITYMARINA ORTH FOUNDATION — $62,000 · EducationMARINA ORTH FOUNDATIO…Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $15,000 · EducationTemple University - O…RUSSELL BYERS CHARTER SCHOOL — $15,000 · EducationRUSSELL BYERS CHARTER…GIRLS FIRST — $10,000 · EducationMadison Square Boys and Girls Club Foundation Inc — $135,000 · Youth DevelopmentMadison Square Boys…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY INC — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB O…PETER'S PLACE — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentPETER'S PLACETHE PARKESBURG POINT — $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentNatural Lands Trust Inc — $75,000 · EnvironmentCarson Valley Children's Aid — $35,000 · HealthALS Hope Foundation — $25,000 · HealthTHE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA — $20,000 · Recreation & SportsStarfinder Foundation — $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$489,100Education$189,500Youth Development$177,500Environment$75,000Health$60,000Recreation & Sports$20,000Philanthropy$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetURBANPROMISE MINISTRIES — $153,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMadison Square Boys and Girls Club Foundation Inc — $135,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $87,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Lands Trust Inc — $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMARINA ORTH FOUNDATION — $62,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetCarson Valley Children's Aid — $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetALS Hope Foundation — $25,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTHE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA — $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUSSELL BYERS CHARTER SCHOOL — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS FIRST — $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetStarfinder Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdoption Center — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE PARKESBURG POINT — $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GOD'S CHILD PROJECT — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOTHERS' HOME — $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Philadelphia FoundationPA20.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Td Charitable Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Rite Aid Healthy Futures · Investors Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Joseph and Carolyn Demarco Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Joseph and Carolyn Demarco Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Joseph and Carolyn Demarco Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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