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The Martin Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$83k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$492kAnimals$338kEducation$258kFood & Nutrition$70kHuman Services$49kYouth Development$43kCrime & Legal$20kArts & Culture$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $33k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$22,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$50,000
JACKSON ACADEMY$22,500
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CSRA$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 (FY17–20, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%AMERICAN LUNCH: $50k → 17%AMERICAN LUNCH: $20k → 17%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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$798k · 9 repeat orgs$521k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
18

Total granted

$798k
$449k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+12%

Still filing today

78%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentHealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • TB
    THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2023 · $90k · revenue +11%
  • AW
    ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $40k · revenue +69%
  • LL
    LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC
    3× · 2018–2022 · $29k · revenue +772%

Funded once

  • AH
    ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $225k · revenue +64%
  • TL
    THE LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB OF NEW YORK INC
    one grant, 2019 · $43k · revenue +15%
  • CO
    CITY OF FAIRHOPE
    one grant, 2017 · $35k
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
Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils

Coordinate rc&d activity in alabama

Environment
2
Wild South

We inspire people to enjoy, value and protect the wild character and natural legacy of the South.

Environment
3
Conservation Al Foundation Inc

To build the ability of Alabama citizens and organizations to promote conservation through government and civic action.

Education
4
Alabama Forestry Foundation

The alabama forestry association works to promote good stewardship of our renewable forest resources for the benefit of society, our members, and the forest products industry.

Environment
5
Alabama Rivers Alliance Inc

Alabama Rivers Alliance is a statewide network of groups working to protect and restore all of Alabama's water resources through building partnerships, empowering citizens, and advocating for sound water policy and its enforcement.

Environment
6
South Alabama Land Trust Inc

The South Alabama Land Trust protects land and promotes environmental education in coastal Alabama so current and future residents can enjoy clean water and the seafood, wildlife, and outdoor recreation that define our area.

Environment
7
Alabama Association of Conservation Districts Inc

The alabama association of conservation districts (aacd) is the unified voice of alabama's 67 conservation districts. organized as a 501(c)3, aacd works in cooperation with the alabama soil & water conservation committee, federal, state,…

Environment
8
Alabama Audubon

Alabama audubon's mission is to promote conservation and a greater knowledge of birds, their habitats, and the natural world.

Environment
9
Alabama Forest Land Trust Inc

The Organization focuses on providing services via conservation easements, administration of various grants, educational outreach and planning.

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10
Alabama Forest Owners Association Inc

The business and purpose of this corporation shall be to promote, protect, and represent the interest of owners of forest lands in the state of Alabama; to make Alabama Forest Owners Association members the most knowledgeable forest…

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11
Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust

Acquire, preserve, protect, restore, manage & improve alabama lands & water of ecological, scientific, scenic, wildlife or recreational significance. conduct, sponsor, and encourage, engage in ecological study & research. support…

Environment
12
Alabama State Parks Foundation

The alabama state parks foundation was formed in 2018 to raise dollars to supplement state funding of the alabama state parks. the foundation is led by a board of directors who seek to mobilize a statewide network of citizen…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alabama Wildlife Federation; the most unlike its peers is Low Country Game Bird Foundation Inc. 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

20 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. 20 of the 30 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRIANGLE CONSERVANCY: $373,000 · OtherTRIANGLE CONSERVANCYQUALITY DEER MGMT ASSOCIATION: $140,000 · OtherQUALITY DEER MGMT ASSOCIATIONIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCITY OF FAIRHOPE: $35,000 · Other+13 more: $121,000 · Other+13 moreALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE FOUNDATION: $225,000 · EducationALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL O…JACKSON ACADEMY INC: $22,500 · EducationJACKSON ACADEMY INCTHE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 · AnimalsTHE BILLFISH F…ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $40,000 · AnimalsALABAMA WILDLI…LOW COUNTRY GAME BIRD FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · AnimalsLOW COUNTRY GA…PILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $18,000 · AnimalsPILOTS TO THE …AMERICAN LUNCH INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $29,000 · EnvironmentSOUTH AL BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $20,000 · EnvironmentMobile Baykeeper Inc: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB OF NEW YORK INC: $43,135 · Youth DevelopmentBALDWIN COUNTY DRUG COURT FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthAUTISM SUPPORT OF ALABAMA INC: $2,000 · Health
Other$719,000Education$247,500Animals$173,000Human Services$70,000Environment$54,000Youth Development$43,135Health$22,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetTHE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetAMERICAN LUNCH INC: $70,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetTHE LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB OF NEW YORK INC: $43,135 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $29,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLOW COUNTRY GAME BIRD FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetJACKSON ACADEMY INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALDWIN COUNTY DRUG COURT FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 72% of budgetPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFAIRHOPE FILM FESTIVAL INC: $17,500 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetFLORIDA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM AND WHISKEY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetMobile Baykeeper Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPILOTS FOR CHRIST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALABAMA CONSERVATION ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAUTISM SUPPORT OF ALABAMA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Mw Smith Jr FoundationThe Sybil and White S…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Mw Smith Jr FoundationAL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mw Smith Jr Foundation · The Sybil and White Smith Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Martin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Martin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Martin Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Martin Family 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 30 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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