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The Mariposa Wish Foundation at a glance

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The Mariposa Wish 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.

$335k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$167kFood & Nutrition$150kEducation$142kHuman Services$128kArts & Culture$36kInternational$30kPublic Benefit$25kReligion$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $300k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$740k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE$150,000
CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK$150,000
WAYNE SENIOR CENTER$15,000
WAYNE ART CENTER$10,000
HORIZONS AT THE EPISCOPAL ACADEMY$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, 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.

area typical 10%THE DRUEDING CENTER: $7k → 22%THE DRUEDING CENTER: $5k → 22%THE DRUEDING CENTER: $5k → 22%THE DRUEDING CENTER: $3k → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 22%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.
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$502k · 13 repeat orgs$216k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +54% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$502k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+54%

Still filing today

85%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther
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

  • CV
    COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $167k · revenue +77%
  • EA
    Episcopal Academy
    6× · 2019–2024 · $58k · revenue +32%
  • WR
    WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY
    5× · 2019–2023 · $44k · revenue +112%

Funded once

  • V
    VOCATIO
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • GS
    GREENE STREET FRIENDS SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $16k
  • SE
    ST EDMONDS HOME FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Western Pennsylvania Montessori School

To provide a safe, secure, and nurturing atmosphere in which each child may develop and grow emotionally, socially, intellectually, and physically by receiving a well-rounded experience based on montessori philosophy.

Education
2
Children First Pa

Summary

Human Services
3
Trinity Nursery School for Tots

To provide an individualized, age-appropriate, creative learning environment for children 2 to 5 years of age, with a variety of learning and weekly music, gym, nature center and library classes, as well as optional enrichment programs.…

Education
4
Community Day School

At community day school, we are committed to raising proud jews, confident leaders, and accomplished learners who value excellence and prioritize community. as educators, administrators, and staff, we hold ourselves to the highest ethical…

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5
Philadelphia Performing Arts a String Theory Charter School

Charter school providing students a content rich, adademically rigerous core knowledge education with a well-defined, sequential curriculum in a safe, orderly disiplined and caring environment.

Education
6
The Montessori School

The Montessori School educates children from 18 months-6th grade. Our program is rooted in the educational philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori faithful to her method. In our caring environment, sustained by freedom peace, the school…

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7
Kennett Square Preschool Cooperative

Preschool education for 3, 4 and 5 year old children in the kennett square, pennsylvania area

Education
8
Drexel Neumann Academy Inc

Drexel neumann academy is committed to providing a catholic elementary school education in a multiculteral environment to the children of chester

Education
9
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia

With over 20 years of experience and over 30,000 scholarships awarded, csfp provides philadelphia children with eight-year, needs-based scholarships to attend safe, quality, k-8th grade schools. continued on schedule o.supporting…

Education
10
Elwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware

Elwyn makes life better for people with developmental and behavioral health challenges.

Human Services
11
Urban Pathways K-5 College Charter

A charter school for k-5 whose mission is to help every child find a pathway to a successful adult life in the city and beyond.

Education
12
The Caring Center

Early education and child care services

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cradles to Crayons Inc; the most unlike its peers is Drueding 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

17 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. 17 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VOCATIO CAREER PREP SCHOOL: $52,000 · OtherVOCATIO CAREER PREP SCHOOLWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY: $43,500 · OtherWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF TH…MAIN LINE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $37,000 · OtherMAIN LINE SENIOR SERVICES INCVOCATIO: $25,000 · OtherVOCATIOGREENE STREET FRIENDS SCHOOL: $16,000 · OtherGREENE STREET FRIENDS SCHOOLST EDMONDS HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 · OtherST EDMONDS HOME FOR CHILDREN+3 more: $3,750 · OtherCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $150,000 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANKPENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE SPARROW: $20,000 · Food & NutritionPENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE S…COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $167,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN ME…Episcopal Academy: $57,500 · EducationEpiscopal A…GIRLS FIRST: $6,100 · EducationGIRLS FIRSTCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationCRISTO REY …LA SALLE ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationLA SALLE AC…Wayne Art Center: $20,000 · Arts & CultureWILLOWS PARK PRESERVE: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureDRUEDING CENTER: $19,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $14,500 · Human ServicesUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $30,000 · InternationalCOMMISSION MINISTERS NETWORK: $20,000 · Religion
Other$187,250Food & Nutrition$170,000Health$167,000Education$73,600Arts & Culture$36,000Human Services$33,500International$30,000Religion$20,000

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 budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $167,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $150,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEpiscopal Academy: $57,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY: $43,500 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetMAIN LINE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $37,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWayne Art Center: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMISSION MINISTERS NETWORK: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE SPARROW: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDRUEDING CENTER: $19,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWILLOWS PARK PRESERVE: $15,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS FIRST: $6,100 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA SALLE ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRYN MAWR THEATRE FILM INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELEN L DILLER VACATION HOME FOR BLIND CHILDREN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Hamilton Family Found…The Philadelphia Foun…The Gordon Charter Fo…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Connelly FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…United Way of Greater…The William Penn Foun…Td Charitable Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…
Hamilton Family FoundationPA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hamilton Family Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Connelly Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The William Penn Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Mariposa Wish Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mariposa Wish Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Mariposa Wish Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Mariposa Wish Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 23 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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