· Private foundation
The Martin Family 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $145k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROOM TO READ | $30,000 |
| LUMINA | $25,000 |
| PERUVIAN HEARTS | $19,500 |
| TRUE FRIENDS | $15,000 |
| SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE | $15,000 |
| HOGAR INFANTILE LA GLORIA | $10,000 |
| THE GATHERING PLACE | $10,000 |
| MISSION WOLF | $10,000 |
| CHILD ADVOCATES OF PLACER COUNTY | $10,000 |
| CASA DE AMISTAD | $7,500 |
| MARY'S MEALS | $5,000 |
| RESILIENCE 1220 | $5,000 |
| CONNOR WEYRICH MEDICAL FUND | $2,500 |
| CAMP RECREATION | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $103k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 33% of The Martin Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 61% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 48%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 18 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, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RTROOM TO READ9× · 2017–2025 · $253k · revenue +37%
- MMMary's Meals USA Inc7× · 2018–2025 · $91k · revenue +340%
- PHPERUVIAN HEARTS5× · 2021–2025 · $91k · revenue +0%
Funded once
- MMAIAgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +44%
- SRST ROSE CATHOLIC SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $5k
- SOSTUDIOS ON THE PARK INCone grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue -44%
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.
The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…
The organization's mission is to promote the collective voice of a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals working to eliminate all forms of domestic violence. as an advocate for sociate change, we advance our mission by…
Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…
Casa is a refuge, providing protection and education for people caught in the cylces of domestic violence, sexual assault and child assault. Casa is a healing community where women and children can receive the nurturing and support…
Friends Peace Teams is a Spirit-led organization working around the world to develop long-term relationships with communities in conflict to create programs for peace building, healing & reconciliation based on extensive Quaker experience.
Earth care works to equip our youth and families with the tools we need to secure a healthy, just, and equitable future. we recruit and train grassroots leaders from the ground up we invest in the vision, voices, and power of our…
MiraVe Inc is a charitable organization with the mission of improving the quality of life of underprivileged groups in Peru. We aspire to empower younger generations and give them the tools to escape the cycle of poverty and abuse they may…
Health Poverty Action USA acts in solidarity with health workers, activists & communities worldwide to improve health & challenge the causes of poverty. We do this in 3 distinct ways: 1. We approach health as an issue of social justice. We…
La Casa de las Madres' mission is to respond to calls for help from DV victims, of all ages, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We give survivors the tools to transform their lives. We seek to prevent future violence by educating the…
The mission of Solar Cookers International is to improve human health, economic well-being, womens empowerment, and the environment by promoting climate-friendly solar cooking for vulnerable populations worldwide.
The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 35 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 ROOM TO READ ↗
- Who funds Amazon Watch Inc ↗
- Who funds Mary's Meals USA Inc ↗
- Who funds PERUVIAN HEARTS ↗
- Who funds CHANCES FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds JACKS HELPING HAND INC ↗
- Who funds CASA of Placer Yuba and Sutter ↗
- Who funds TRUE FRIENDS ↗
- Who funds RESILIENCE 1220 INC ↗
- Who funds CASA DE AMISTAD CENTRO DE ENSENANZA ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds SIERRA PREGNANCY & HEALTH ↗
- Who funds STAND UP PLACER INC ↗
- Who funds LUMINA ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds MAIA ↗
- Who funds MISSION WOLF ↗
- Who funds STUDIOS ON THE PARK 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 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.
How this is measured
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