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The Marbill 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.

$87k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$187kCivil Rights$45kReligion$36kPublic Benefit$21kSocial Science$10kArts & Culture$3kAnimals$1kRecreation & Sports$750Other$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$802k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUSAN B ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA EU$50,000
THE INSTITUE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC$15,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATIO$10,000
THE SERRA PRESCHOOL$3,225
SAINT MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH PARKCI$3,000
LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST PILIPINAS INC$2,880
EGYPTIAN THEATRE$1,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW HAMPSHIRE$1,000
MIGHTYCAUSE$1,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATIO: $10k → 15%Abigal Adams Institute: $13k → 8%Regnum Christi Missions: $10k → 7%LC Pastoral Services: $9k → 8%Napa Institute: $6k → 9%CBC Network: $16k → 9%Catholic Culture: $300 → 10%Joseph James Morelli: $1k → 10%CatholicCultureorg: $300 → 12%THE INSTITUE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC: $15k → 17%Judicial Watch: $900 → 14%Legion of Christ College: $5k → 12%Nuzzles Co: $1k → 5%Father David Steffy: $2k → 4%LC Pastoral Services Inc: $17k → 13%Word on Fire: $500 → 14%MIGHTYCAUSE: $1k → 6%SBA Education Fund: $60k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Law School: $1k → 8%Center for Bioethics: $15k → 9%Mission Dolores Academy: $5k → 10%First Things: $10k → 17%Special Olympics: $500 → 14%Wasatch Mountain Inst: $250 → 5%Legion of Christ: $3k → 13%MIGHTYCAUSE: $1k → 6%SUSAN B ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA EU: $50k → 7%UVA Lawschool: $1k → 8%Bioethics and Culture: $15k → 9%THE SERRA PRESCHOOL: $3k → 10%The Institute on Religion andPublic: $5k → 17%EPPCOrg: $23k → 14%SAINT MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH PARKCI: $3k → 5%Charlotte Lozier Institute: $25k → 7%University of Virginia Law: $1k → 8%St Dominic's CathOLIC CHURCH SF: $2k → 10%The New Criterion: $2k → 17%ETHICS PUBLIC POLICY CENTER: $20k → 14%SAINT MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH PARKCI: $3k → 5%SUSAN B ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA ED: $20k → 7%Catholic Culture: $275 → 10%Egyptian Theatre: $3k → 5%St Mary of the Assumption: $3k → 10%St Marys of the Assumption Catholic: $1k → 5%EGYPTIAN THEATRE: $1k → 5%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

IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
UT
VA
NC
DC
GA
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.

3%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12k · 4 repeat orgs$379k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
34

Total granted

$12k
$296k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+23%

Still filing today

25%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’22’23’24’25
EducationPublic BenefitReligionRecreation & SportsCivil RightsArts & CultureOther
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
    SAINT MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH PARKCI
    2× · 2024–2025 · $6k
  • PC
    Park City Performances
    2× · 2024–2025 · $4k · revenue +11%
  • M
    MIGHTYCAUSE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k

Funded once

  • SE
    SBA Education Fund
    one grant, 2022 · $60k
  • SB
    Susan B Anthony List Education Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +70%
  • E
    EPPCOrg
    one grant, 2023 · $23k
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
3
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
4
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…

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5
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
6
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
7
The Institute of World Politics

The institute of world politics is a graduate school of national security and international affairs, dedicated to developing leaders with a sound understanding of international realities and the ethical conduct of statecraft, based on…

International
8
The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies

The institute's mission is to conduct research on key issues facing society to help both the church and society deal thoughtfully with the major issues they face globally. the institute also sponsors and conducts research and scholarship…

Religion
9
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
10
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Serra Preschool. 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

14 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. 14 of the 44 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SBA Education Fund: $60,000 · OtherSBA Education FundSUSAN B ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA EU: $50,000 · OtherSUSAN B ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA EUEPPCOrg: $22,500 · OtherEPPCOrgSUSAN B ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA ED: $20,000 · OtherSUSAN B ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA EDL C PASTORAL SERVICES INC: $16,932 · OtherL C PASTORAL SERVICES INCIndividual grant recipient: $16,077 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherCenter for Bioethics: $15,000 · OtherTHE INSTITUE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC: $15,000 · Other+23 more: $76,678 · Other+23 moreThe Abigail Adams Institute Inc: $13,364 · EducationUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $10,000 · EducationTHE SERRA PRESCHOOL: $3,225 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationSusan B Anthony List Education Fund: $25,000 · Civil RightsETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $900 · Public BenefitTHE NAPA INSTITUTE: $5,600 · ReligionWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES: $500 · ReligionPark City Performances: $3,500 · Arts & CultureSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$307,187Education$27,839Civil Rights$25,000Public Benefit$20,900Religion$6,100Arts & Culture$3,500Recreation & Sports$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 budgetSusan B Anthony List Education Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Abigail Adams Institute Inc: $13,364 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NAPA INSTITUTE: $5,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPark City Performances: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASATCH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Susan B Anthony List Education Fund ↗
  • Who funds ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Abigail Adams Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NAPA INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Park City Performances ↗
  • Who funds THE SERRA PRESCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW HAMPSHIRE INC ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH 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.

Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund IncCT13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · 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 Marbill Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Marbill Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Marbill Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Marbill Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 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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