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The Martin Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$515k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$7.1MReligion$4.1MHuman Services$2.9MHealth$1.7MCivil Rights$895kInternational$854kHousing & Shelter$674kYouth Development$408kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $498k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+1 grant · $515k
$25,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTERAL DENVER CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL$515,000
SEEDS OF HOPE$200,000
ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION$150,000
OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL$130,000
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC$115,000
NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS$100,000
WYOMING CATHOLIC COLLEGE$100,000
CHRIST IN THE CITY$95,000
CAPUCHIN PROVINCE OF MID-AMERICA$75,000
WYOMING RESCUE MISSION$55,000
DENVER DREAM CENTER$50,000
LIVE ACTION$50,000
ESCUELA DE GUADALUPE$50,000
EMMAUS CATHOLIC HOSPICE$50,000
SBA PRO-LIFE AMERICA$50,000
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 (FY17–24, $485k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEW HOPE PREGNANCY CLINIC: $13k → 16%CHILD BRIDGE: $30k → 18%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $3k → 5%LEARNING ALLY: $15k → 11%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $5k → 13%COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC: $115k → 9%CHILD BRIDGE: $30k → 18%GODSPEED PROJECT: $5k → 11%CHILD BRIDGE: $25k → 18%CHILD BRIDGE: $5k → 18%HUMANALITY: $5k → 17%NOTMYKID INC: $10k → 11%NOTMYKID INC: $10k → 11%NOTMYKID INC: $10k → 11%MARRIAGE MISSIONARIES: $18k → 3%NOTMYKID INC: $10k → 11%MARRIAGE MISSIONARIES: $5k → 3%NOTMYKID INC: $10k → 11%NOTMYKID INC: $5k → 11%FAMILIES OF CHARACTER: $25k → 8%FAMILIES OF CHARACTER: $5k → 8%KENZI'S CAUSES: $10k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $35k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $33k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $25k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $25k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
NY
NV
WY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
AZ
KS
NC
DC
HI
LA
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 82 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

82 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 46 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

82
64

Total granted

$19M
$871k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+22%

Still filing today

56%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k 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
Human ServicesEducationReligionHealthCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +194%
  • WR
    Wyoming Rescue Mission
    8× · 2017–2024 · $569k · revenue +27%
  • BN
    BELLA NATURAL WOMEN'S CARE
    7× · 2017–2024 · $489k · revenue +411%

Funded once

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
    one grant, 2018 · $105k
  • Augustine Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +167%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES-MARISOL HOMES
    one grant, 2017 · $56k
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
Wichita Adore Ministries

Bringing souls face to face with the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Christ and forming missionaries of the New Evangelization. The organization has realized this mission by providing music and production services for worship events.

Religion
2
Vocation Ministry

Vocation Ministry's mission is to equip the Church once again to awaken the call of a vocation within the human heart by creating an environment that encourages men and women to say "Yes" to God's call in their lives to the priesthood,…

Education
3
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
4
Priests for Life
Youth Development
5
L I F E Ministries Inc Community Pregnancy Center

Our mission is to affirm life through evangelism, education, counseling and practical assistance.

Health
6
Real Life Ministries

Real Life Ministries invites couples to take the next step in their relationship with God, themselves and others. This is done through individual and couples counseling as well as life coaching. Real Life offers teaching and training…

Human Services
7
The Human Choice of Iowa

Mission is to provide women facing an unplanned pregnancy with truthful medical information and education. we are faith-based with a mission to encourage, through education and outreach, the recognition of human life from the moment of…

Human Services
8
Living His Life Abundantly International

To inform, instruct and inspire people through the media about the sacred scriptures and teachings of the roman catholic church

Religion
9
Ave Maria Communications

Ave Maria Communications (AMC)employs radio, internet and other media to offer news, analysis, teaching, devotion and music to demonstrate Catholic values.

Religion
10
A Door of Hope Pregnancy Center

A door of hope pregnancy center is a christ-centered organization that empowers people to make life-affirming and healthy decisions, particularly about sex, pregnancy and relationships.

Health
11
Catholic Social Services of Montana

Based on our commitment to catholic social teaching, catholic social services of montana provides for works of advocacy, compassion, pastoral outreach, education and social justice.

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12
Catholics for Choice

Catholics for Choice - which serves the pro-choice Catholic majority - encounters, educates, and emboldens people of faith who support reproductive freedom. Catholics for Choice believes healthcare is a human right and that includes access…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fidelis Center for Law & Policy; the most unlike its peers is The Vine Foundation. 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

91 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. 91 of the 161 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/91
Grantees still filing
65/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL DENVER CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL: $2,022,500 · OtherCENTRAL DENVER CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOLSEEDS OF HOPE: $1,855,000 · OtherSEEDS OF HOPEHAITI OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $843,750 · OtherHAITI OUTREACH MINISTRIESOUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $840,250 · OtherOUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOLCAPUCHIN PROVINCE OF MID-AMERICA: $821,500 · OtherCAPUCHIN PROVINCE OF MID-AMERICAARRUPE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $584,000 · OtherESCUELA DE GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $507,575 · OtherBELLA NATURAL WOMEN'S CARE: $488,750 · Other+89 more: $4,632,675 · Other+89 moreALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $1,180,000 · EducationALLIANCE FOR C…ARMA DEI ACADEMY INC: $325,000 · EducationARMA DEI ACADE…BILLINGS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $239,500 · EducationBILLINGS CATHO…CARROLL COLLEGE: $216,000 · EducationCARROLL COLLEG…GRACE MONTESSORI ACADEMY INC: $180,000 · EducationGRACE MONTESSO…Wyoming Catholic College: $150,000 · EducationWyoming Cathol…Augustine Institute Inc: $100,000 · Education+8 more: $100,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC: $357,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE: $312,000 · Human ServicesLIFE PERSPECTIVES: $210,000 · Human ServicesMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $117,500 · Human ServicesCHILD BRIDGE INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesNOTMYKID: $55,000 · Human Services+10 more: $117,500 · Human ServicesTHE VINE FOUNDATION: $355,000 · ReligionChrist in the City: $327,500 · ReligionCamp Wojtyla Inc: $165,000 · ReligionSOPHIA INSTITUTE: $140,780 · ReligionRoad to Purity Inc: $63,000 · ReligionINTERCESSORS OF THE TRINITY: $50,000 · Religion+8 more: $117,500 · ReligionLIVE ACTION: $405,000 · Civil RightsFIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW & POLICY: $160,000 · Civil RightsStudents for Life of America Inc: $155,000 · Civil RightsAmericans United for Life Inc: $100,000 · Civil Rights+2 more: $20,000 · Civil RightsDOMINICAN HOME HEALTH AGENCY INC: $255,000 · HealthCHASTITY PROJECT: $185,000 · HealthAlternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $135,600 · Health+7 more: $59,000 · HealthWyoming Rescue Mission: $569,150 · Housing & ShelterUNACCOMPANIED STUDENTS INITIATIVE: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterMOVEMENT 5280: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$12,596,000Education$2,490,500Human Services$1,284,000Religion$1,218,780Civil Rights$840,000Health$634,600Housing & Shelter$624,150

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $1,180,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetWyoming Rescue Mission: $569,150 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetBELLA NATURAL WOMEN'S CARE: $488,750 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetLIVE ACTION: $405,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC: $357,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetTHE VINE FOUNDATION: $355,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetChrist in the City: $327,500 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetARMA DEI ACADEMY INC: $325,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE: $312,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetDOMINICAN HOME HEALTH AGENCY INC: $255,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetBILLINGS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $239,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetCARROLL COLLEGE: $216,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE PERSPECTIVES: $210,000 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS INC: $200,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetCHASTITY PROJECT: $185,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF YELLOWSTONE COUNTY: $180,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetGRACE MONTESSORI ACADEMY INC: $180,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetHAVEN OF HOPE: $175,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetCapitol Hill Community Services: $173,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetCamp Wojtyla Inc: $165,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetFIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW & POLICY: $160,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $155,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWyoming Catholic College: $150,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSOPHIA INSTITUTE: $140,780 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAlternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $135,600 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetHighlight Catholic Ministries: $130,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $117,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCHILD BRIDGE INC: $115,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetAmericans United for Life Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetAugustine Institute Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWitness To Love Marriage Prep Renewal Ministry: $95,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetRoad to Purity Inc: $63,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetNOTMYKID: $55,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetJM EDUCATIONAL GROUP: $52,500 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetMONTANA RESCUE MISSION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINTERCESSORS OF THE TRINITY: $50,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF WYOMING INC: $49,250 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetLIFE TEEN INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNACCOMPANIED STUDENTS INITIATIVE: $30,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetDISMAS MINISTRY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetFAMILIES OF CHARACTER: $30,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetD & J SOLUTIONS DBA COLORADO CATHOLIC RETREATS: $27,500 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetENDOW: $27,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetYELLOWSTONE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOUSE OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCENTRAL WYOMING HOSPICE & TRANSITIONS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOVEMENT 5280: $25,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGOLD CROWN FOUNDATION: $25,000 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.

  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds Wyoming Rescue Mission ↗
  • Who funds BELLA NATURAL WOMEN'S CARE ↗
  • Who funds LIVE ACTION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Christ in the City ↗
  • Who funds ARMA DEI ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds DOMINICAN HOME HEALTH AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds BILLINGS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CARROLL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LIFE PERSPECTIVES ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHASTITY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF YELLOWSTONE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds GRACE MONTESSORI ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Capitol Hill Community Services ↗
  • Who funds Camp Wojtyla Inc ↗
  • Who funds FIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW & POLICY ↗
  • Who funds Students for Life of America Inc ↗
  • Who funds Wyoming Catholic College ↗
  • Who funds SOPHIA INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Alternatives Pregnancy Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Highlight Catholic Ministries ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH MINISTRIES ↗

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.

The Catholic Foundati…Daniels FundColorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationZtyl FoundationFirst Interstate Banc…Heider Family Foundat…Saeman Family Foundat…Pema Foundation IncMontana Community Fou…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…The Anschutz Foundati…
The Catholic Foundation No ColoradoCO69.5× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Catholic Foundation No Colorado · Daniels Fund · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Ztyl Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Heider Family Foundation Co Susan H Coleman · Saeman Family Foundation a Charitable Trust · Pema Foundation Inc · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · The Anschutz 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 · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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

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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 161 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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