Arizona · Private foundation
The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn
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.
- $11M
- Granted FY2023
- 94
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 86
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $8.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $762,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 60 to 86
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $250M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 86 | $8.6M | 53% |
| FY2021 | 72 | $6.2M | 35% |
| FY2020 | 60 | $6.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arizona Foundation | $2,262,521 | 3 | 0% |
| Honorhealth Foundation | $1,119,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Barrow Neurological Foundation | $1,006,565 | 2 | 2% |
| Greathearts Arizona | $900,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Arizona Agricultural Education FFA Foundation | $750,000 | 3 | 39% |
| Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association | $600,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Central Arizona Shelter Services Inc | $570,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc | $530,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Umom New Day Centers Inc | $520,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Translational Genomics Research Institute Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 114 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 109 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Thunderbirds Charities · John F Long Foundation Inc · BHHS Legacy Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Burton Family Foundation · William & Ruth Pendleton Memorial Fund US Bank National Association · American Express Foundation · Margaret T Morris Foundation
How this is measured
About The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn
- How much does The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn give?
- The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn reported 94 itemized grants totaling $8,595,313, out of $10,963,174 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 86 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (8%), Health (5%), Education (4%).
- Who are The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: University of Arizona Foundation ($2.3M), Honorhealth Foundation ($1.1M), Barrow Neurological Foundation ($1.0M).
- Does The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust, Thunderbirds Charities.
- Where is The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn based?
- The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn is based in AZ.
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