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Thomas and Marina Purcell Family Foundation at a glance

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Thomas and Marina Purcell 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.

$716k
Granted FY2022
10
Grants FY2022
6
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Thomas and Marina Purcell Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Thomas and Marina Purcell Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $716k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

11
’19
16
’20
12
’21
7
’22
0
’23
1
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.8MEducation$1.4MYouth Development$839kRecreation & Sports$543kReligion$181kInternational$50kHealth$36kScience & Tech$31kOther$0
02FY2022 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $135k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$41M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DREAM$500,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$135,000
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL$20,000
TEACHING MATTERS$15,000
THE GREEN HOUSE VENTURE$10,000
POMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED$10,000
FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK$10,000
ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION$5,000
NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN$1,000
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 (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%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

NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
MO
VA
NM
DC
GA
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 16 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2022, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
10

Total granted

$2.3M
$699k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+13%

Still filing today

75%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’24
EducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyRecreation & SportsScience & TechOther
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

  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2019–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +35%
  • RH
    ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2021 · $375k · revenue +19%
  • NR
    NATIONAL ROWING FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $43k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • WP
    WEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue -43%
  • TS
    TRINITY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • DI
    DMF Internationl Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -95%
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
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
6
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
10
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
12
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Green House Venture. 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

23 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. 23 of the 31 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $3,404,017 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $375,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION+1 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropyDREAM: $500,000 · OtherDREAMWEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC: $500,000 · OtherWEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRU…DREAM (FKA HARLEM RBI): $275,000 · OtherDREAM (FKA HARLEM RBI)CONVENT OF SACRED HEART: $180,000 · OtherCONVENT OF SACRED HEARTTRINITY SCHOOL: $100,000 · OtherTRINITY SCHOOLHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL: $65,000 · Other+7 more: $138,500 · Other+7 moreGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,135,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSI…+4 more: $76,000 · Education+4 moreTHE DREAMYARD PROJECT INC: $47,000 · Arts & CultureFoundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ROWING FOUNDATION INC: $42,500 · Recreation & SportsCOLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY: $30,000 · Science & TechMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $10,000 · HealthDEGREGORIO FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · HealthThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $5,000 · HealthNATIONAL BLOOD CLOT ALLIANCE: $2,500 · HealthNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $1,000 · Health
Philanthropy$3,794,017Other$1,758,500Education$1,211,000Arts & Culture$67,000Recreation & Sports$42,500Science & Tech$30,000Health$26,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $3,404,017 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,135,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC: $500,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $375,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDMF Internationl Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTHE DREAMYARD PROJECT INC: $47,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ROWING FOUNDATION INC: $42,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUCKLEY SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEACHING MATTERS INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREEN HOUSE VENTURE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDEGREGORIO FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BLOOD CLOT ALLIANCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $1,000 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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Renaissance Charitabl…Jewish Communal FundSilicon Valley Commun…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Thomas and Marina Purcell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas and Marina Purcell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 31 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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