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The Mackowski Family Foundation at a glance

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The Mackowski 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.

$61k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$195kFood & Nutrition$101kEnvironment$44kInternational$41kEducation$41kPhilanthropy$11kRecreation & Sports$7kAnimals$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$6,700
Median grant
4
States reached
$485k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SOUND WALL MUSIC INITIATIVE$30,000
SAN FRANCISCO MUSIC ASSOCIATION$20,000
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL$6,700
CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN SECURITY$2,500
GARDEN CLUB OF JACKSONVILLE$1,500
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 (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER: $1k → 14%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

ID
NY
CA
KY
NC
DC
AL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$394k · 17 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
14

Total granted

$394k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+64%

Still filing today

82%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • SM
    SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $83k · revenue +74%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF EAST ALABAMA INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $65k · revenue +46%
  • DE
    DE ETTE HOLDEN CUMMER MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $50k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • AK
    AUBURN KNIGHTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +10%
  • WG
    WOMEN'S GIVING ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2022 · $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.

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
Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc

The mission of the Jacksonville Public Library Foundation is to provide private support and public visibility for the Jacksonville Public Library.

Education
2
Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc

To present artistically excellent classical and other orchestral performances for the enjoyment, education and enrichment of an ever-increasing diverse audience, while maintaining fiscal integrity.

Arts & Culture
3
Nashville Food Project Inc

The nashville food project brings people together to grow, cook, and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city.

Food & Nutrition
4
Grow Jackson

To empower the community through gardens, fresh food access, and eduction. instead of just growing food and giving it away, we also are teaching young people how to grow food, teaching them why fresh food is important for them and their…

Food & Nutrition
5
Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Inc

Feeding Northeast Florida works to permanently end hunger in Northeast Florida by providing nutritious foods and other essential goods to people facing hunger, by addressing food insecurity, poverty and poor health through education and…

Food & Nutrition
6
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
7
Community Greening Corp

Community greening envisions an engaged community creating sustainable green spaces and a vibrant tree canopy to equitably strengthen our environment, economy, society and health.community greening is a community-based organization that…

Environment
8
The James Beard Foundation Inc

The james beard foundation believes in a vibrant, equitable, and sustainable independent restaurant industry that stands as a cornerstone of american culture, community, and economy - and drives towards a better food system. the james…

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9
Jefferson National Parks Association

Jefferson national parks association provides quality educational products and related services that enhance public understanding and appreciation of america's national parks, public lands and historic places.

Arts & Culture
10
Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce

To improve the business climate, promote economic development, and enhance the quality of life in the jacksonville area. the jacksonville area chamber of commerce encourages businesses by building relationships to create a vibrant tomorrow.

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11
Florida State Parks Foundation Inc

Florida state parks foundation preserves, protects, sustains and grows florida state parks.

Recreation & Sports
12
Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens

The mission of the jenkins arboretum & gardens is to preserve natural, tranquil woodlands for community enjoyment, to showcase native plants and a world class collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, and to promote environmental…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Jim and Tabitha Furyk 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 34 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE: $82,500 · Arts & CultureSOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVEDE ETTE HOLDEN CUMMER MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $50,150 · Arts & CultureDE ETTE HOLDEN CUMMER MUSEUM FOUNDATIONCIVIC SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCIVIC SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCONATIONAL OLDTIME FIDDLERS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL OLDTIME FIDDLERS INC+1 more: $1,650 · Arts & CultureFOOD BANK OF EAST ALABAMA INC: $65,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF EAST ALABAMA INCWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL: $37,700 · OtherWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILSAN FRANCISCO MUSIC ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO MUSIC ASSOCIATION+12 more: $33,500 · Other+12 moreST JOHNS RIVERKEEPER INC: $20,200 · EnvironmentST JOHNS RI…THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $10,900 · EnvironmentTHE GARDEN …Garden Club of Jacksonville Inc: $6,800 · EnvironmentGarden Club…GREENSCAPE OF JACKSONVILLE INC: $6,000 · EnvironmentGREENSCAPE …+1 more: $500 · EnvironmentAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $36,750 · EducationAUBURN UN…+2 more: $1,250 · EducationMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionALABAMA SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE NETWORK: $5,000 · Food & NutritionTHE JIM AND TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATION: $5,300 · Philanthropy904WARD INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $500 · PhilanthropyCenter for a New American Security Inc: $2,500 · International
Arts & Culture$174,300Other$156,200Environment$44,400Education$38,000Food & Nutrition$25,000Philanthropy$8,800International$2,500

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 budgetSOUNDWALL MUSIC INITIATIVE: $82,500 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetFOOD BANK OF EAST ALABAMA INC: $65,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetDE ETTE HOLDEN CUMMER MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $50,150 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $36,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCIVIC SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $30,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetST JOHNS RIVERKEEPER INC: $20,200 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $10,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGarden Club of Jacksonville Inc: $6,800 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGREENSCAPE OF JACKSONVILLE INC: $6,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetTHE JIM AND TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATION: $5,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALABAMA SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFOOD RUNNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget904WARD INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for a New American Security Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCIVIC ORCHESTRA OF JACKSONVILLE INC: $1,650 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMEMORIAL PARK ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDBWPC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJacksonville University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFILTER OF HOPE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIMUCUAN PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREAD USA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeaches Emergency Assistance Ministry I Inc: $250 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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Jacksonville Jaguars …Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Pga Tour IncThe Haskell FoundationThe Maryellen S Willi…Southern Baptist Hosp…Csx Foundation IncTd Charitable Foundat…The Ayco Charitable F…The Bessemer Giving F…The Bank of America C…
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida IncFL27.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Pga Tour Inc · The Haskell Foundation · The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust · Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida Inc · Csx Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Mackowski Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mackowski Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Dbwpc Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Jacksonville University: 3% of income from government
  • Greenscape of Jacksonville Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Read Usa Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Garden Club of Jacksonville Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 34 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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