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The Marcotte Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Marcotte Family 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.

$362k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.3MArts & Culture$225kFood & Nutrition$221kHealth$205kEmployment$155kEnvironment$123kPublic Benefit$100kEducation$98kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $52k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $281k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$6.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEMOCRACY FORWARD$100,000
LASSONDE ART TRAIL FOUNDATION$90,832
FOOD CONNECTIONS INC$90,000
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$20,000
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL$12,009
BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC RADIO (NPR)$10,000
MANNA FOOD BANK$10,000
NC MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC$6,000
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA$5,350
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CONSERVATION TRUST OF NORTH CAROLINA$5,000
PARTNERS IN ART$3,150
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 (FY17–22, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $3k → 19%CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS: $275 → 10%THE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $2k → 11%SECOND STORY: $250 → 6%INTERFAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $1k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $1k → 8%INTERFAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $1k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $10k → 8%READ & FEED: $1k → 8%GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $1k → 8%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
VA
NC
DC
TX
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 33 repeat orgs$675k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +100% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
45

Total granted

$2.0M
$481k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+100%
+48%

Still filing today

48%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $194k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionHealthEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • FC
    FOOD CONNECTION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $170k · revenue +150%
  • ALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $146k · revenue +75%
  • OD
    Open Doors of Asheville Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $75k · revenue +137%

Funded once

  • YO
    YWCA OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
  • GV
    GWYNN VALLEY CAMPERSHIP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • MJ
    MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
NourishNC Inc

NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community

Food & Nutrition
2
North Carolina Conservation Network

The north carolina conservation network supports, trains, and coordinates diverse groups and directly advocates to achieve equitable and sustainable solutions for our environment.

Environment
3
Research Triangle Regional Partnership

The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…

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4
CleanAIRE Nc

To advocate for the health of all North Carolinians by pursuing equitable and collaborative solutions that address climate change and air pollution.

Environment
5
Wnc Health Network Inc

WNC Health Network, Inc supports people and organizations to improve community health and wellbeing across Western North Carolina.

Health
6
The Resiliency Collaborative Inc

Trc partners with bipoc youth and their ecosystems to strengthen their sense of identity, belonging, and purpose so they can create a healthier, more equitable wake county.

Education
7
Raleigh County Community Action Association Inc

Raleigh county community action association, inc. empowers individuals and families to reach their highest levels of social and economical self-sufficiency, while identifying and eliminating causes of poverty. rccaa provides direct…

Human Services
8
Nc Warn Inc

To tackle the accelerating crisis of climate change by working to transition nc to clean, efficient energy & by watch-dogging utility practices. we pursue this work through grassroots activism, technical analysis, legal challenges and…

Environment
9
Disability Rights North Carolina

Disability rights north carolina is a legal advocacy organization that advances and defends the rights of people with all types of disabilities, of all ages, throughout north carolina.

—
10
North Carolina Business Leaders for Educ

The mission of north carolina business leaders for education (dba best nc) is to unite an engaged and informed business perspective to dramatically transform and improve north carolina's education system. our goal is for every student to…

Education
11
Three Rivers Land Trust Inc

Protect and conserve land, natural areas, rural landscapes, family farms and historic places within north carolina's heartland

Environment
12
Nc Budget & Tax Center

As a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, we work to document and analyze fiscal and economic conditions in partnership with community leaders and north carolinians with lived experience of poverty to advance systemic solutions through…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Read and Feed; the most unlike its peers is Nueva Generacion. 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

41 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. 41 of the 83 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
32/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA: $550,000 · OtherYMCAYMCA SER CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: $300,000 · OtherYMCA SER CAPITAL CAMPAIGNYWCA OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $250,000 · OtherYWCA OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINAYMCA WE BUILD PEOPLE: $195,000 · OtherYMCA WE BUILD PEOPLEW4H WORKING WHEELS OF ASHEVILLE: $140,000 · OtherW4H WORKING WHEELS OF ASHEVILLEDEMOCRACY FORWARD: $100,000 · OtherLASSONDE ART TRAIL FOUNDATION: $90,832 · Other+57 more: $431,518 · Other+57 moreFOOD CONNECTION INC: $170,350 · Food & NutritionFOOD CONN…FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK…MANNA FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOO…ALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $145,500 · HealthDown Syndrome Association of Minnesota: $21,866 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthOpen Doors of Asheville Inc: $75,000 · Education+2 more: $1,500 · EducationSouthern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy: $25,080 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION TRUST FOR NORTH CAROLINA: $21,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $12,066 · Arts & CultureAsheville Art Museum Association Inc: $11,500 · Arts & CultureARTSPACE INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureASHEVILLE WATCHDOG: $2,500 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,057,350Food & Nutrition$215,350Health$168,366Education$76,500Environment$47,080Recreation & Sports$35,000Arts & Culture$33,816

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 budgetFOOD CONNECTION INC: $170,350 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $145,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetOpen Doors of Asheville Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $64,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSouthern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy: $25,080 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDown Syndrome Association of Minnesota: $21,866 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCONSERVATION TRUST FOR NORTH CAROLINA: $21,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE APPALACHIA: $15,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $12,066 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAsheville Art Museum Association Inc: $11,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN CAROLINA RESCUE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNUEVA GENERACION: $9,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetARTSPACE INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $3,030 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Arts Foundation: $2,540 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSoutheast Texas Food Bank Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMINOS DE AGUA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRiverLink Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHEVILLE WATCHDOG: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEEP NORTH CAROLINA BEAUTIFUL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT GLOBAL HEALTH ALLIANCE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS INC: $275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY ASSOCIATES INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABUSED AND HOMELESS CHILDREN'S REFUGE 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.

  • Who funds FOOD CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds DEMOCRACY FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds Open Doors of Asheville Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION TRUST FOR NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE APPALACHIA ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Asheville Art Museum Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN CAROLINA RESCUE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) ↗
  • Who funds NUEVA GENERACION ↗
  • Who funds ARTSPACE 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.

The Community Foundat…Triangle Community Fo…Duke Energy FoundationNorth Carolina Commun…The Frances & William…Richard Eckerd Founda…Aj Fletcher FoundationUnited Way of the Gre…Foundation for the Ca…Truist Foundation IncLonnie & Carol Poole …John Rex Endowment
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC24.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Frances & William H Beattie Fdn · Richard Eckerd Foundation Inc · Aj Fletcher Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Truist Foundation Inc · Lonnie & Carol Poole Family Foundation · John Rex Endowment

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 83 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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