· Private foundation
The March Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k22 grants · $82k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $90k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $56k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY | $55,524 |
| CREATE YOUR DREAM | $20,000 |
| H KAY JARVIS ALZ RESEARCH ENDOWMENT | $15,500 |
| TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY | $13,333 |
| Individual grant recipient | $11,000 |
| THE FIRST TEE OF ATLANTA | $10,500 |
| HAMPTON UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| HOWARD UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| ROSS PEROT STEM PROGRAM | $7,500 |
| BILL DICKEY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOC INC | $6,250 |
| MOREHOUSE COLLEGE | $5,300 |
| CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| SHAW UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS | $5,000 |
| GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $5,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% 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.
26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ECELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY2× · 2023–2024 · $156k
- 1A100 ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE INC5× · 2017–2022 · $92k · revenue -44%
- CYCreate Your Dreams Inc7× · 2017–2024 · $89k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- PQPaul Quinn Collegeone grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +11%
- NCN CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVone grant, 2020 · $14k
- BUBRENAU UNIVERSITY INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $14k · revenue +61%
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.
Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…
Wilberforce university is a historically black college and university and the primary mission is to engage, support, and assist students in identifying and preparing for their respective purposes in life as social change agents, social…
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Building on a rich Presbyterian heritage and a pioneering spirit, Tusculum University provides an active and experiential education within a caring Christian environment to inspire civic engagement, enrich personal lives, and equip…
Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…
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…
Howard payne university is a christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to god and humanity.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 55 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 100 ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE INC ↗
- Who funds Create Your Dreams Inc ↗
- Who funds Good Golfers Better People of Metro Atlanta Inc ↗
- Who funds THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Paul Quinn College ↗
- Who funds BILL DICKEY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds MINNIES FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds BRENAU UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Spelman College ↗
- Who funds MOREHOUSE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WHY WE CAN T WAIT ↗
- Who funds Clark Atlanta University Inc ↗
- Who funds THE SHAW UNIVERSITY ↗
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: H Kay Jarvis and Kenneth B Jarvis Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The March Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The March Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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