New Jersey · Private foundation
The Mario Family 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.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $98,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations The Mario Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $2.0M | 19% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $1.8M | 7% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $2.5M | 18% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $2.0M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $1.6M | 26% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $1.1M | 12% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $1.5M | 33% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $1.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers University Foundation | $2,503,695 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of the Lawrenceville School | $1,359,541 | 8 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Network | $1,190,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Open Table Ministry Inc | $785,000 | 8 | 34% |
| US Naval Academy Foundation Inc | $640,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill Inc | $530,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Trinity College | $511,638 | 3 | 0% |
| The Naval Institute Foundation Inc | $451,120 | 4 | 2% |
| Institute for Justice | $450,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Patricks Episcopal Church | $313,100 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Mario Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About The Mario Family Foundation
- How much does The Mario Family Foundation give?
- The Mario Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $2,099,024 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Mario Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (64%), Health (15%), Housing & Shelter (6%).
- Who are The Mario Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rutgers University Foundation ($2.5M), Trustees of the Lawrenceville School ($1.4M), Cristo Rey Network ($1.2M).
- Does The Mario Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mario Family Foundation 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 Mario Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The US Charitable Gift Trust.
- Where is The Mario Family Foundation based?
- The Mario Family Foundation is based in NJ.
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