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The Marsh Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$408k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 27
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$6.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The Marsh Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentFood & NutritionEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving26$408k23%
FY202427$270k22%
FY202325$280k20%
FY202221$207k10%
FY202120$238k30%
FY202020$170k25%
FY201919$210k32%
FY201819$201k11%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$715kHousing & Shelter$328kReligion$294kHealth$259kHuman Services$225kPhilanthropy$190kEnvironment$72kScience & Tech$60kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
IN
CA
VA
TN
NC
SC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Charlotte Country Day School$260,00040%
Roof Above Inc$225,00050%
Presbyterian Church USA$180,0003n/a
HopeWay Foundation$150,00031%
Crisis Assistance Ministry$127,50060%
Davidson College$124,00080%
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation$100,00021%
Discovery Place Inc$60,00020%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$52,5005n/a
Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency$40,00040%
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All grantees of The Marsh Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Charlotte Country Day School$260,00040%
Roof Above Inc$225,00050%
Presbyterian Church USA$180,0003n/a
HopeWay Foundation$150,00031%
Crisis Assistance Ministry$127,50060%
Davidson College$124,00080%
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation$100,00021%
Discovery Place Inc$60,00020%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$52,5005n/a
Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency$40,00040%
St Francis Center Inc$32,00080%
Teen Health Connection Inc$30,00011%
Feeding South Florida Inc$27,50090%
Family Center on Deafness Inc$27,00091%
TreesCharlotte$25,00021%
Charmeck Family Justice Center Inc co Safe Alliance$25,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte$25,00050%
Carolina Thread Trail$20,0002n/a
Port Royal Sound Foundation$17,00090%
Teach for America Inc$15,00030%
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc$10,50070%
Spring Island Trust$8,00080%
Union Presbyterian Seminary$8,0001n/a
Penland School Of Craft$7,50010%
The Galloway Schools Inc$6,00060%
Loaves and Fishes of Union County$5,00017%
Alexander Youth Network$5,00010%
Mitchell County Development Foundation$5,00012%
Dataw Island Conservancy Inc$4,50091%
Franciscan Center Tampa Florida Inc$4,0001n/a
TrustBridge Foundation Inc$3,00060%
Crossnore Communities for Children$2,50010%
Blue Ridge Guide Association$2,50017%
Fort Mill Church of God$2,5001n/a
Church of the Apostles Inc$2,0001n/a
Fordham University$1,50010%
Entryway$1,50010%
Greater Enrichment Program Inc$1,50010%
Hospice by the Sea Inc$1,50030%
Arts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg Inc$1,10020%
Low Country Institute Inc$1,00012%
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation$1,00020%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($501k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Marsh Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCharlotte Country Day School: $260,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRoof Above Inc: $225,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHopeWay Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $127,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDavidson College: $124,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCharlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDiscovery Place Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDilworth Center for Chemical Dependency: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSt Francis Center Inc: $32,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTeen Health Connection Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFeeding South Florida Inc: $27,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Center on Deafness Inc: $27,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetTreesCharlotte: $25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCharmeck Family Justice Center Inc co Safe Alliance: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPort Royal Sound Foundation: $17,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc: $10,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSpring Island Trust: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPenland School Of Craft: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Galloway Schools Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLoaves and Fishes of Union County: $5,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetAlexander Youth Network: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMitchell County Development Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetDataw Island Conservancy Inc: $4,500 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetTrustBridge Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCrossnore Communities for Children: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Ridge Guide Association: $2,500 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetFordham University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEntryway: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Enrichment Program Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHospice by the Sea Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLow Country Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBeaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

Foundation for the CarolinasNC27.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community · The Dickson Foundation Inc · Dowd Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Nucor Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · The Marc & Mattye Silverman Family Foundation · The Eleanor H Barnhardt Charitable Trust · Philip L Van Every Foundation

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.

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About The Marsh Foundation Inc

How much does The Marsh Foundation Inc give?
The Marsh Foundation Inc reported 26 grants totaling $408,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Marsh Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Housing & Shelter (14%), Religion (13%).
Who are The Marsh Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Charlotte Country Day School ($260k), Roof Above Inc ($225k), Presbyterian Church USA ($180k).
Does The Marsh Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Marsh Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Marsh Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, The Winston-Salem Foundation, Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community.
Where is The Marsh Foundation Inc based?
The Marsh Foundation Inc is based in NC.

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 58 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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