· Private foundation
The Robin B 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $10
- $50k–250k7 grants · $1.1M
- $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MARCH OF DIMES | $400,000 |
| FOODS AND FRIENDS | $400,000 |
| HORTON'S KIDS | $300,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND | $220,000 |
| BESSEMER NATIONAL GIFT FUND FOR CATHERINE AND BRIAN MARTIN | $200,000 |
| CHRISTOPHER AND SARAH MARTIN FUND | $200,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $175,000 |
| CITYBRIDGE EDUCATION | $150,000 |
| BESSEMER NATIONAL GIFT FUND FOR CHRISTOPHER AND SARAH MARTIN | $100,000 |
| BESSEMER NATIONAL GIFT FUND FOR DANA AND SHANNON MARTIN | $100,000 |
| CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTIONS PAID THROUGH PARTNERSHIP | $10 |
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 (FY20–22, $165k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HKHORTON'S KIDS INC5× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +12%
- FFFOOD & FRIENDS INC5× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +86%
- TSThe Society of the Four Arts Inc4× · 2017–2020 · $445k · revenue +720%
Funded once
- BNBESSEMER NATIONAL GIFT FUND FOR DANA MARTINone grant, 2022 · $230k
- UVUPITT- VASCULAR MEDICAL INSTITUTE BST E1240one grant, 2021 · $150k
- MTMARTHA'S TABLE INCone grant, 2020 · $80k · revenue +8%
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.
We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals…
Moveable feast's mission is to improve the health of marylanders experiencing food insecurity and chronic illness by preparing and delivering medically tailored meals and providing nutrition education, thereby achieving racial, social, and…
We use food as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds, and build communities. dcck prepares people facing high barriers to employment for culinary careers, and creates jobs for our graduates through innovative programs that expand…
Freshfarm is a washington, dc-based nonprofit that builds a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient food system in the mid-atlantic region by producing innovative solutions in partnership with local communities and organizations. we…
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…
Meals on wheels of central maryland's charitable mission, to keep homebound people living safely and independently at home through the provision of nutritious meals, personal contact and support services, reduces hospitalization, and…
Manna uses nutrition to improve health for people with serious illnesses who need nourishment to heal. by providing medically tailored meals and nutrition education, we empower people to improve their health and quality of life.
Food bank for nyc has been the city's major hunger-relief organization driven by our mission to empower every new yorker to achieve food security for good. we harness the collective power of our network of food providers, partners, and…
To provide isolated homebound seniors in san francisco with nutritious meals, daily human contact, and supportive services to prevent their premature institutionalization.
Project bread integrates expertise earned through directly serving individuals, research, advocacy, and community engagement for a comprehensive approach that achieves large scale, sustainable impact to prevent hunger.
Foodwise grows thriving communities through the power and joy of local food. We envision a world that nourishes all people, local economies, and the living earth.
To provide dignified access to free groceries for qualified families in Arlington, VA and surrounding counties.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 28 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 MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds HORTON'S KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD & FRIENDS INC ↗
- Who funds THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND ↗
- Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds MIRIAM'S KITCHEN ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds Project Open Hand ↗
- Who funds BREAD FOR THE CITY INC ↗
- Who funds Dc Food Project ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Robin B Martin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robin B Martin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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