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The Mario Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$500k
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 2024.

Education$9.5MHealth$2.3MHousing & Shelter$888kRecreation & Sports$805kScience & Tech$451kCrime & Legal$450kArts & Culture$410kReligion$90kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $92k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$98,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$500,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH$220,000
NORTH CAROLINA SUBMARINE MUSEUM$175,000
NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION$151,120
OPEN TABLE MINISTRY$150,000
CRISTO REY NETWORK$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION$100,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOC$100,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY PEDIATRICS$98,000
OPEN TABLE MINISTRY$85,000
THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL$77,500
CENTER FOR CHRISTIANITY & SCHOLARSHIP$50,000
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL EDUC$50,000
THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL$27,404
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 61% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100k → 22%TRINITY COLLEGE: $252k → 11%DUKE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOC: $300k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION: $100k → 7%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $503k → 8%THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $351k → 11%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL EDUC: $135k → 7%US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $250k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100k → 22%TRINITY COLLEGE: $250k → 11%DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $220k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND-COLLEGE OF PHARMACY: $100k → 7%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $500k → 8%THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $250k → 11%NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $151k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100k → 22%DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $220k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND - COLLEGE OF PHARMACY: $100k → 7%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $500k → 8%THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $125k → 11%NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100k → 6%TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100k → 22%J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $100k → 10%DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $220k → 11%CRISTO REY NETWORK: $215k → 14%RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: $500k → 8%THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $105k → 11%NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100k → 6%DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $152k → 11%CRISTO REY NETWORK: $215k → 14%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $500k → 8%DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $152k → 11%CRISTO REY NETWORK: $150k → 14%RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PHARMACY: $251k → 8%ST PATRICKS EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL: $108k → 14%DUKE UNIVERSITY PEDIATRICS: $111k → 11%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $251k → 8%US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $115k → 6%DUKE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOC: $100k → 11%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $250k → 8%INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $150k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $150k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $150k → 7%OPEN TABLE MINISTRY: $150k → 11%OPEN TABLE MINISTRY: $105k → 11%TRINITY SCHOOL OF DURHAM & CHAPEL HILL: $200k → 11%NORTH CAROLINA SUBMARINE MUSEUM: $175k → 11%TRINITY SCHOOL OF DURHAM & CHAPEL HILL: $175k → 11%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
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
HI
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 29 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
12

Total granted

$13M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+41%

Still filing today

55%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $325k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterAnimalsCivil RightsOther
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

  • CR
    CRISTO REY NETWORK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +211%
  • Open Table Ministry Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $785k · revenue +444% · 34% of their budget
  • UN
    US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $640k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • RB
    RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • RS
    RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
    one grant, 2020 · $251k
  • TJ
    THE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +41%
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
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
2
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
3
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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4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
7
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
8
Lehigh University

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…

Education
9
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
10
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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11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Us Naval Academy Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Palo Alto Historical Association. 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

27 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. 27 of the 45 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,503,695 · EducationRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $1,359,541 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOLCRISTO REY NETWORK: $1,190,000 · EducationCRISTO REY NETWORKUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $640,000 · EducationUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INCTRINITY SCHOOL OF DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL INC: $530,000 · EducationTRINITY SCHOOL OF DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL INCTRINITY COLLEGE: $511,638 · EducationTRINITY COLLEGETRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $510,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIADUKE UNIVERSITY: $260,011 · Education+4 more: $275,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $1,206,060 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTHDUKE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOC: $800,449 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCRUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: $500,000 · OtherRUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCESTHE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $451,120 · OtherTHE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INCDUKE UNIVERSITY PEDIATRICS: $404,000 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITY PEDIATRICSAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL EDUC: $385,000 · OtherAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL EDU…ST PATRICKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $313,100 · OtherST PATRICKS EPISCOPAL CHURCHRUTGERS SCHOOL OF PHARMACY: $250,991 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND-COLLEGE OF PHARMACY: $205,000 · Other+16 more: $1,062,000 · Other+16 moreOpen Table Ministry Inc: $785,000 · Food & NutritionINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $450,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $150,000 · HealthTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $100,000 · Health+2 more: $7,500 · HealthNHA PROPERTIES INC: $102,500 · Housing & ShelterCENTER FOR CHRISTIANITY AND SCHOLARSHIP: $50,000 · Religion
Education$7,779,885Other$5,577,720Food & Nutrition$785,000Civil Rights$450,000Health$257,500Housing & Shelter$102,500Religion$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,503,695 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $1,359,541 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCRISTO REY NETWORK: $1,190,000 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetOpen Table Ministry Inc: $785,000 over 8y, 34% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $640,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTRINITY SCHOOL OF DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL INC: $530,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $511,638 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $510,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $451,120 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $450,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $260,011 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetNHA PROPERTIES INC: $102,500 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPALO ALTO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $80,000 over 4y, 37% of budgetSPECTRUM FOR LIVING CORPORATION: $80,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDE LA SALLE ACADEMY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CHRISTIANITY AND SCHOLARSHIP: $50,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO JUNIOR MUSEUM & ZOO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBay Area Womens Sports Initiative: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PKU ALLIANCE INC: $2,500 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 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CRISTO REY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Open Table Ministry Inc ↗
  • Who funds US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY SCHOOL OF DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds THE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NHA PROPERTIES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT ↗
  • Who funds THE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES ↗
  • Who funds PALO ALTO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SPECTRUM FOR LIVING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WOFFORD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DE LA SALLE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CHRISTIANITY AND SCHOLARSHIP ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO JUNIOR MUSEUM & ZOO ↗
  • Who funds WILLS EYE FOUNDATION 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.

Renaissance Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…The US Charitable Gif…The Pfizer Foundation…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Baird Foundation IncVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Charities Aid Foundat…
Renaissance Charitable Foundation IncIN13.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Trinity College: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 45 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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