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The Martyn Family Foundation at a glance

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The Martyn 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.

$175k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Health$1.2MRecreation & Sports$161kEducation$118kInternational$40kReligion$20kEmployment$20kHousing & Shelter$9kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$45,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$896k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMPASS HEALTH$100,000
MENTAL HEALTH CORPORATION OF AMERICA INC$45,000
SEATTLE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB$20,000
RENTON REGIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE SOPHIA WAY: $4k → 9%BRIDGE RECEIVING CENTER: $1k → 9%BRIDGE RECEIVING CENTER: $1k → 9%MARYS PLACE SEATTLE: $3k → 9%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

WA
IL
RI
CA
VA
AZ
GA
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.
$1.6M · 10 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +105% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
14

Total granted

$1.6M
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+105%
+4%

Still filing today

90%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationInternationalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CH
    COMPASS HEALTH
    8× · 2017–2025 · $531k · revenue +105%
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $525k · revenue +24%
  • SR
    Seattle Rugby Football Club
    7× · 2017–2025 · $181k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • SM
    SOUND MENTAL HEALTH
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • RW
    RUGBY WORKS
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • SM
    ST MATTHEWS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services Inc

The organization operates primarily on the Southern Kenai Peninsula and its operations include the following:Community Mental Health - Counseling, evaluation, consultation and crisis mental health services for Adults and…

Health
2
Nami Southwest Washington

NAMI provides advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives. The three largest groups were WRAP, Family to Family and the Connections and Family…

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3
Columbia River Mental Health Services

Columbia river mental health services is a full service mental health agency offering a wide spectrum of behavioral health services to children and adults of clark county, washington.

Health
4
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) is organized to reflect and advocate for the collective interest of state mental health authorities and their directors at the national level. NASMHPD analyzes…

Health
5
Oregon Council for Behavioral Health

We provide a voice for an effective and accessible behavioral health system of care for Oregonians.

Community Improvement
6
Kitsap Mental Health Services

Offering hope and opportunity through comprehensive recovery-oriented behavioral health care.

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7
Nami Rhode Island

The mission of NAMI Rhode Island is to educate the public about mental illness; to offer resources and support to all whose lives are touched by mental illness; to advocate at every level to ensure the rights and dignity of those with…

Health
8
Nami Seattle

To address the unmet mental health needs within our community through support, referral, education, and outreach.

Health
9
Inseparable Inc

Inseparable Inc is focused on creating a world where mental health is treated as a critical and equal piece of overall health, and where systems are designed with their impact on mental health in mind. Inseparable, Inc. is a growing…

Health
10
Nami Washington

The mission of nami washington is to improve the quality of life for all those affected by mental health conditions in washington state through a program of education, support & recovery, and advocacy.

Human Services
11
Sea Mar Community Health Centers

Sea mar community health centers is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational, and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to latinos.

Health
12
New Narrative

From clinical care and peer support programs to housing, we provide resources so people seeking mental health care can develop the tools to thrive, not just survive.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Compass Health; the most unlike its peers is Bridge Receiving Center. 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

19 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. 19 of the 25 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMPASS HEALTH: $531,000 · OtherCOMPASS HEALTHMENTAL HEALTH CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA INC: $525,000 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA INC+9 more: $93,500 · Other+9 moreTHE PROVIDENCE CENTER INC: $163,500 · HealthTHE PROVIDENC…NAVOS: $25,000 · HealthNAVOSNAMI Eastside: $12,500 · HealthNAMI Eastside+3 more: $7,500 · HealthSeattle Rugby Football Club: $180,500 · Recreation & SportsSeattle Rug…Higher Ground A Resource Center: $110,000 · EducationDays For Girls International: $40,400 · InternationalRENTON REGIONAL COMMUNITY FNDN: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SOPHIA WAY: $3,500 · Human ServicesMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $2,500 · Human ServicesBRIDGE RECEIVING CENTER: $2,000 · Human ServicesGEORGIA ADVANCING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER INC: $3,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,149,500Health$208,500Recreation & Sports$180,500Education$110,000International$40,400Philanthropy$10,000Human Services$8,000Housing & Shelter$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMPASS HEALTH: $531,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA INC: $525,000 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetSeattle Rugby Football Club: $180,500 over 7y, 21% of budgetTHE PROVIDENCE CENTER INC: $163,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHigher Ground A Resource Center: $110,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetDays For Girls International: $40,400 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNAVOS: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUND: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI Eastside: $12,500 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetGREATER LAKES MENTAL HEALTHCARE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOPHIA WAY: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA ADVANCING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGE RECEIVING CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSEATTLE AGAINST SLAVERY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Martyn Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Martyn Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–15%
    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.

    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 25 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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