· Private foundation
The Marotta Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k13 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $56k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| REDEEMER ANGLICAN CHURCH | $55,840 |
| ELEVATION CHURCH RIVERWALK | $20,960 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $2,500 |
| HOOVER INSTITUTION | $2,000 |
| VIRGINIA FAMILY FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| VERITAS SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| MAXWELL SCHOOL SYRACUSE UNIV | $2,000 |
| ED CHOICE | $2,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | $2,000 |
| NEW CIVIL LIBERTIES ALLIANCE | $1,500 |
| FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES | $1,200 |
| GMU FNDN MERCATUS CENTER | $1,000 |
| GRACE REDEEMER CHURCH | $1,000 |
| PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY | $480 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 56% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $480 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE6× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +81%
- IFINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE6× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +57%
- NCNew Civil Liberties Alliance6× · 2020–2025 · $9k · revenue +127%
Funded once
- TCTRINITY CHURCH (BOZEMAN MT)one grant, 2023 · $8k
- CICATO INSTITUTEgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +113%
- TRTHE RUSSELL KIRK CENTERone grant, 2021 · $1k
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.
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.
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The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
The institute on religion and public life is an interreligious, nonpartisan research and educational 501(c)(3) organization. the institute's mission is to articulate a governing consensus that supports: (see schedule o)- a religiously…
The institute's mission is to conduct research on key issues facing society to help both the church and society deal thoughtfully with the major issues they face globally. the institute also sponsors and conducts research and scholarship…
Collegium Institute is a Catholic intellectual apostolate that fosters the Catholic intellectual tradition within the University of Pennsylvania community and within the greater region and secular academia. (Continued on Sch. O)
The International Catholic Jurists Forum (ICJF) was established to produce, compile, and share resources on fundamental human rights under attack in the regional and international human rights protection systems. It operates as a forum for…
As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…
The rodel institute is a nonpartisan center for leadership and intellectual growth. rodel helps america's most promising leaders reach their full potential as public servants, deepen their commitment to democracy and the rule of law,…
To prepare principled leaders for faith-informed public service.
Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…
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How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 32 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds New Civil Liberties Alliance ↗
- Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EdChoice Inc ↗
- Who funds LUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC ↗
- Who funds The Family Foundation of Virginia ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Pursuit Of Excellence ↗
- Who funds SOHO CENTER FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds ANGLICANS FOR LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY 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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Marotta Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Marotta Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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