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The Mark & Mary Freitas Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Mark & Mary Freitas Foundation Inc

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.

$50k
Granted FY2023
12
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$236kHealth$81kArts & Culture$70kYouth Development$58kPublic Safety & Disaster$54kInternational$51kPhilanthropy$46kScience & Tech$36kOther$0
02FY2023 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$14k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PALM BEACH POLICE & FIRE FOUNDATION$7,500
BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL INC$7,500
THE BOYS & GIRL'S CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$6,250
PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH$6,000
PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY$5,000
SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER & AQUARIUM$5,000
CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION$5,000
NAT KING COLE GENERATION OF HOPE$3,338
ROBERT F KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS$3,000
TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY$640
GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL PTA$500
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION$250
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 (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 20% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $25k → 10%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY: $5k → 17%SUSAN G KOMEN FOR THE CURE: $10k → 14%ROSARIAN ACADEMY: $51k → 11%BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%UCONN FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $25k → 10%HOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%ROBERT F KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS: $10k → 14%ROSARIAN ACADEMY: $50k → 11%BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%UCONN FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%ROBERT F KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS: $10k → 14%ROSARIAN ACADEMY: $23k → 11%BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $25k → 15%ROBERT F KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS: $10k → 14%ROSARIAN ACADEMY: $10k → 11%BEST BUDDIES INT'L: $10k → 15%ROSARIAN ACADEMY: $10k → 11%BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $8k → 15%THE RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $10k → 11%BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $8k → 15%KRAVIS CENTER: $10k → 11%ROSARIAN ACADEMY: $7k → 11%THE BOYS & GIRL'S CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $17k → 11%THE BOYS & GIRL'S CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $10k → 11%THE BOYS & GIRL'S CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $10k → 11%THE BOYS & GIRL'S CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $9k → 11%THE BOYS & GIRL'S CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $6k → 11%THE BOYS & GIRL'S CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $6k → 11%PALM BEACH POLICE FOUNDATION: $24k → 11%PALM BEACH POLICE FOUNDATION: $23k → 11%TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY: $15k → 11%ST EDWARDS CHURCH: $10k → 11%PALM BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $10k → 11%TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY: $10k → 11%ST EDWARD CHURCH: $10k → 11%TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY: $10k → 11%TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY: $10k → 11%PALM BEACH POLICE & FIRE FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%PALM BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $8k → 11%PALM BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $8k → 11%PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PB: $7k → 11%PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PB: $7k → 11%PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH: $6k → 11%SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER AND AQUARIUM: $8k → 11%SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER & AQUARIUM: $7k → 11%SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER & AQUARIUM: $6k → 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

NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
RI
MD
DC
TX
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$658k · 21 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +104% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
17

Total granted

$658k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+104%
+20%

Still filing today

71%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $58k · revenue +165%
  • TP
    The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc
    3× · 2017–2023 · $54k · revenue +496%
  • Best Buddies International Inc
    5× · 2017–2023 · $51k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • SE
    ST EDWARDS CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • SE
    ST EDWARD CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • HF
    HOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -60%
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
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
2
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
3
Education Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc

The foundation is the nexus of palm beach county's public schools, the private sector, and the community. it facilitates student achievement by supporting high quality public education through partnership, grants, events and public…

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4
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
5
Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc

The mission of the florida atlantic university foundation inc. is to encourage, promote, and provide funds and other resources for the benefit of florida atlantic university (a part of the florida state university system) in furtherance of…

Education
6
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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7
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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8
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
9
The Florida State University Foundation Inc

The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…

Education
10
Florida Polytechnic University Foundation Inc

Established to help sustain the mission of florida polytechnic university to educate students emphasizing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (stem) in an innovative, technology-rich, and interdisciplinary learning environment.

Education
11
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc

Boca raton regional hospital foundation, inc. supports the hospital's mission of providing superior, compassionate health care through the cultivation and stewardship of philanthropic gifts and raising the public awareness of the hospital…

Community Improvement
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Club of Pbc; the most unlike its peers is Center for Creative Education. 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

23 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. 23 of the 43 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
20/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROSARIAN ACADEMY: $155,337 · OtherROSARIAN ACADEMYROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $33,000 · OtherROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTSBAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherBAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATIONSUSAN G KOMEN FOR THE CURE: $19,470 · OtherSUSAN G KOMEN FOR THE CUREPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $34,400 · OtherPalm Beach Civic Association Inc+23 more: $92,016 · Other+23 moreCox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: $36,000 · Arts & CultureCox Science Ce…The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $25,400 · Arts & CultureThe Preservati…RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $19,900 · Arts & CultureRAYMOND F KRAV…SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $8,500 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLORIDA …CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationVILLANOVA …THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $12,800 · EducationTHE UNIVER…PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 · EducationPALM BEACH…+1 more: $250 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $57,750 · Youth DevelopmentBest Buddies International Inc: $51,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 · InternationalThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $53,616 · Crime & LegalTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $46,390 · PhilanthropyTHE HYANNISPORT CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $3,334 · Philanthropy
Other$354,223Arts & Culture$94,800Education$68,050Youth Development$57,750International$56,000Crime & Legal$53,616Philanthropy$49,724

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $57,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $53,616 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $51,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $46,390 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: $36,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $34,400 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $33,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $25,400 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $19,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $12,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMORSELIFE HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDCARE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $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.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Foundcare Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Center for Creative Education: 2% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get 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
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 43 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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