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The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C

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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2023
69
Grants FY2023
62
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
59 to 62
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
16
Total assets, FY2023
$429k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $112k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthReligionCivil RightsOther
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
FY202362$883k15%
FY202261$877k20%
FY202159$1.0Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$625kCivil Rights$588kHealth$410kPhilanthropy$303kEducation$255kCommunity Improvement$177kEnvironment$172kCrime & Legal$124kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
SD
IN
OH
PA
CA
MO
VA
TN
NC
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 76 grantees
All grantees of The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Deeply Rooted Productions Inc$120,00033%
Ndn Collective Inc$107,25030%
Musica Franklin Inc$100,000222%
Park Nicollet Foundation$99,00031%
Crossroads Fund Inc$84,00031%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$80,00030%
Actblue Charities Inc$78,00020%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$75,00030%
Action Center on Race and the Economy$73,00039%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$73,00030%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$73,00030%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law$73,00031%
Wallin Education Partners$65,00030%
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago$65,00031%
Achieve Twin Cities$60,00030%
Groundswell Fund$51,00030%
Multi-Arts Inc$50,000141%
Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project Ico Justice Now$49,3331n/a
Missouri Jobs With Justice$45,00031%
Columbia College Chicago$45,00010%
University of Minnesota Foundation$40,00030%
Sistersong Inc$40,00020%
Abortion Care Network$40,00020%
Urban Growers Collective Inc$35,00030%
Links Hall Inc$35,00033%
Refugeeone$34,00020%
Merit School of Music$30,00030%
Museum of Contemporary Art$30,00030%
University of Chicago$30,00030%
Earlham College Inc$30,00030%
National Wildlife Federation$30,00030%
High Concept Laboratories$30,00037%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$30,00020%
Bikes Not Bombs Inc$30,00030%
Voices for Racial Justice$30,00031%
Center on Halsted$30,00020%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$30,00030%
Freisinger Chamber Orchestra$30,0003n/a
Oberlin College$30,00030%
Outfront Minnesota Community Services$30,00031%
Southerners on New Ground Inc$30,00030%
United for A Fair Economy Inc$27,00031%
Thousand Currents$27,00020%
Climate Generation$26,50031%
Church World Service Inc$26,00010%
Green Card Voices$25,00034%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$21,00010%
Appalachian Community Fund$20,00021%
Polar Bears International$20,00020%
The Rebuild Foundation Nfp$20,00020%
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy$20,00020%
Elevate Energy$20,00020%
Ten Thousand Things Theater$15,00031%
Ujamaa Place$15,00030%
Rush University Medical Center$15,00030%
Reclaim$15,00031%
Project STEP Inc$15,00031%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$15,00030%
Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota$15,00030%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$15,00030%
The Seldoms$15,000213%
Chicago Freedom School$15,00011%
Brave Space Alliance$15,00011%
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center$10,00022%
Southeast Environmental Task Force$10,00011%
Resource Generation Inc$10,00020%
Audience Architects NFP dba See Chicago Dance$10,00015%
Lucky Plush Productions$10,00014%
Khecari$10,00016%
Trillium Arts Inc$10,000111%
Latin United Community Housing Assn$10,00011%
Neighborspace$10,00010%
BIG NFP DBA Blacks in Green$10,00010%
Women to Women International$10,0001n/a
Puerto Rican Cultural Center$7,50010%
Jobs With Justice Inc$5,00012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($94k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 73 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDeeply Rooted Productions Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetNdn Collective Inc: $107,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMusica Franklin Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetPark Nicollet Foundation: $99,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCrossroads Fund Inc: $84,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetActblue Charities Inc: $78,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAction Center on Race and the Economy: $73,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $73,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $73,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShriver Center on Poverty Law: $73,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWallin Education Partners: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHubbard Street Dance Chicago: $65,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAchieve Twin Cities: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGroundswell Fund: $51,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMulti-Arts Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetMissouri Jobs With Justice: $45,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetColumbia College Chicago: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSistersong Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAbortion Care Network: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUrban Growers Collective Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLinks Hall Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetRefugeeone: $34,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMerit School of Music: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEarlham College Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Concept Laboratories: $30,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetHighlander Research & Education Center Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBikes Not Bombs Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVoices for Racial Justice: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOberlin College: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOutfront Minnesota Community Services: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSoutherners on New Ground Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUnited for A Fair Economy Inc: $27,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetThousand Currents: $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetClimate Generation: $26,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetChurch World Service Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Card Voices: $25,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetLambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc: $21,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAppalachian Community Fund: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPolar Bears International: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Rebuild Foundation Nfp: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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 73.

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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.

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley FoundationIL29.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Marbrook Foundation · Mortenson Family 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 Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C

How much does The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C give?
The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C reported 69 grants totaling $1,000,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 62 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (15%), Civil Rights (14%), Health (10%).
Who are The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: Deeply Rooted Productions Inc ($120k), Ndn Collective Inc ($107k), Musica Franklin Inc ($100k).
Does The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
Where is The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C based?
The Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C is based in NJ.

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 87 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 (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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