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The Marion Park Foundation at a glance

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The Marion Park 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.

$67k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
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.

Human Services$282kHealth$143kFood & Nutrition$41kYouth Development$35kReligion$13kHousing & Shelter$11kPhilanthropy$10kCommunity Improvement$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$8,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WALK-IN COUNSELING CENTER$9,500
YOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE$9,500
MARTHA'S VILLAGE & KITCHEN$9,500
FAMILY MEANS$9,500
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$8,500
SMART BELLIES$5,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN MONTANA$5,000
BUILDING HOPE SUMMIT COUNTY$4,500
TAMARACK GRIEF RESOURCE CENTER$4,500
SAY DETROIT$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $188k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%FAMILY MEANS: $10k → 6%MARTHA'S VILLAGE & KITCHEN: $13k → 11%FREEDOM HOUSE DETROIT: $4k → 21%LOAVES & FISHES: $8k → 10%YOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE: $10k → 7%VALLEY OUTREACH: $10k → 6%MARTHA'S VILLAGE & KITCHEN: $10k → 11%FAMILY INTERCULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 9%YOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE: $10k → 7%FAMILY MEANS: $10k → 6%GOOD NEIGHBOR CENTER: $13k → 14%MARTHA'S VILLAGE & KITCHEN: $10k → 11%FAMILYMEANS: $9k → 6%GOOD NEIGHBOR CENTER: $11k → 14%MARTHA'S VILLAGE & KITCHEN: $9k → 11%YOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE: $7k → 7%FAMILYMEANS: $9k → 6%GOOD NEIGHBOR CENTER: $5k → 14%SUMMIT COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 9%YOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE: $5k → 7%VALLEY OUTREACH: $3k → 6%GOOD NEIGHBOR CENTER: $5k → 14%GOOD NEIGHBOR CENTER: $1k → 14%YOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE: $5k → 7%YWCA MISSOULA: $2k → 9%YMCA MISSOULA: $1k → 9%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

MT
MN
MI
NY
OR
NJ
CA
CO
MD
NC
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$456k · 20 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
20

Total granted

$456k
$92k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+57%

Still filing today

80%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsArts & 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

  • WC
    WALK-IN COUNSELING CENTER INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $53k · revenue +17%
  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    7× · 2017–2024 · $49k · revenue +578%
  • TG
    TAMARACK GRIEF RESOURCE CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $45k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • FH
    FAMILY HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue +736%
  • AH
    ARLINGTON HOUSE
    one grant, 2018 · $11k · revenue -100%
  • FT
    FACE TO FACE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SERVICE
    one grant, 2017 · $11k
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
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
2
Community Care

To provide quality community-based services that are timely and effective in promoting the health and well being of individuals and their families.

Human Services
3
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
4
Family Pathways

Family Pathways works alongside people to enhance lives through a continuum of essential services and, together with community, champions positive social change.

Human Services
5
Clackamas Service Center

Clackamas service center is an inclusive, "one-stop" community center for individuals and families seeking food relief and resources for improved health, dignity, and stability.

Human Services
6
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
7
Summitstone Health Partners

SummitStone provides comprehensive behavioral health services across all care levels: 24/7 crisis services, inpatient and outpatient treatment, housing, residential care, and peer support. We partner with law enforcement, schools, and…

Health
8
Urban Peak Denver

Urban peak helps youth experiencing homelessness and youth at risk of becoming homeless overcome real life challenges by providing essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-sufficient adults.

Housing & Shelter
9
North Valley Caring Services

To empower neighborhood residents to build a vision of their community's future and to actively engage in solving local problems.

Human Services
10
Community Human Services Corporation

Chs empowers individuals and families to live in stable housing, connect to community resources, build relationships and access quality food.

Human Services
11
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
12
The Family Place

Assisting families in shelters to gain more confidence in building future goals that will lead to success of the entire family.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca Missoula; the most unlike its peers is Reach Studio Art Center. 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 41 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WALK-IN COUNSELING CENTER INC: $52,600 · HealthWALK-IN COUNSELING CENTER INCTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $48,700 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSO…TAMARACK GRIEF RESOURCE CENTER INC: $44,700 · HealthTAMARACK GRIEF RESOURCE CENTER INCRonald McDonald House Charities of Western Montana: $25,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Charities of Wester…Building Hope Summit County: $15,900 · HealthBuilding Hope Summit CountyFAMILY HOUSE INC: $12,000 · HealthFAMILY HOUSE INC+2 more: $3,400 · HealthMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $41,500 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INCFAMILYMEANS: $37,500 · Human ServicesFAMILYMEANSYOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE INC: $36,500 · Human ServicesYOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE INCGOOD NEIGHBOR CENTER: $33,800 · Human ServicesGOOD NEIGHBOR CENTERValley Outreach: $12,500 · Human ServicesValley OutreachSUMMIT COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER DBA FAMILY & INTERCULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER: $11,400 · Human ServicesSUMMIT COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER DBA FAMI…Nourish Up: $8,000 · Human Services+2 more: $6,700 · Human ServicesFAMILY & INTERCULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER: $21,000 · OtherFAMILY & INTERCULTURAL…YOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICES: $15,800 · OtherYOUTH CONSULTATION SER…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE MONTANA: $11,300 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE …ARLINGTON HOUSE: $11,000 · OtherARLINGTON HOUSEFACE TO FACE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SERVICE: $10,500 · OtherFACE TO FACE MENTAL HE…LAPS: $10,000 · OtherLAPSCRANBROOK HORIZONS-UPWARD BOUND: $5,000 · OtherYOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE INC (YCS): $5,000 · Other+9 more: $21,129 · Other+9 moreSMART BELLIES: $19,500 · Food & NutritionCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $9,000 · Food & NutritionGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $2,000 · Food & NutritionSAY DETROIT: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY SHELTER PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL INC: $4,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyROOF ABOVE INC: $3,500 · Arts & Culture
Health$202,300Human Services$187,900Other$110,729Food & Nutrition$30,500Housing & Shelter$12,500Philanthropy$10,000Arts & Culture$3,500

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 budgetWALK-IN COUNSELING CENTER INC: $52,600 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $48,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTAMARACK GRIEF RESOURCE CENTER INC: $44,700 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $41,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILYMEANS: $37,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE INC: $36,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBOR CENTER: $33,800 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Western Montana: $25,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSMART BELLIES: $19,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetBuilding Hope Summit County: $15,900 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetValley Outreach: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY HOUSE INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUMMIT COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER DBA FAMILY & INTERCULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER: $11,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARLINGTON HOUSE: $11,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAY DETROIT: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNourish Up: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY SHELTER PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE DETROIT: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH ADVANTAGE INC: $3,400 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetYWCA MISSOULA: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReach Studio Art Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES: $1,000 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.

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 Minneapolis Found…American Gift FundOtto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…Xcel Energy FoundationMightycause Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN15.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · American Gift Fund · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Youth Consultation Service Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 41 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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