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Mars Foundation

Name: Mars Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

329
grants reported: $5.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Capital Area Food Bank3 grants · $900,000
Elon University3 grants · $150,000
Capital Caring3 grants · $119,000
Pretend City Children'S Museum2 grants · $119,000
Pretend City the Children'S Museum of Orange County2 grants · $110,000
Claremont McKenna College1 grant · $100,000
Pretend City Children'S Museum (Jbmaba)1 grant · $100,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation3 grants · $93,000
Amazon Biodiversity Center2 grants · $69,000
Washington National Opera3 grants · $63,000

Giving over time

$1.7M

2022

$1.9M

2023

$1.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 329 grants.

$300,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$300,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$300,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$110,000
Pretend City Children'S Museum · Irvine, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Pretend City the Children'S Museum of Orange County · Irvine, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Pretend City Children'S Museum (Jbmaba) · Irvine, CA · 2022
General support
$60,000
Amazon Biodiversity Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$60,000
Capital Caring · Falls Church, VA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Elon University · Elon, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Elon University · Elon, DC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Hyacinth'S Place · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Amazon Biodiversity Center (Marijke) · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$50,000
Capital Caring · Falls Church, VA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Elon University · Elon, NC · 2022
General support
$50,000
Hyacinth'S Place (Institute of Urban Living) · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$40,000
McLean Central Park Playground · Fairfax, VA · 2023
General support
$40,000
Wolf Trap Foundation · Vienna, VA · 2023
General support
$31,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General support
$31,000
The Student Conservation Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$31,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General support
$31,000
Student Conservation Association · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$31,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2022
General support
$31,000
Student Conservation Association · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Boys & Girls Club of Fauquier · Warrenton, VA · 2023
General support
$25,000
McLean Project for the Arts · McLean, VA · 2024
General support
$21,000
Arcs Foundation - Metro Washington Chapter · Potomac, MD · 2024
General support
$21,000
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges · Richmond, VA · 2024
General support
$21,000
Washington National Opera · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$21,000
Arcs Foundation - Metro Washington Chapter · Potomac, MD · 2023
General support
$21,000
Virginia Fdn for Independent Colleges · Richmond, VA · 2023
General support
$21,000
Washington National Opera · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$21,000
Arcs Foundation - Metro Washington Chapter · Potomac, MD · 2022
General support
$21,000
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges · Richmond, VA · 2022
General support
$21,000
Washington National Opera · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$20,000
Boys and Girls Club of Fauquier · Warrenton, VA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Earth Force · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$20,000
St Mary'S Health Wagon · Wise, VA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Hancock Shaker Village · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
General support
$20,000
The Health Wagon · Wise, VA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Boys and Girls Club of Fauquier · Warrenton, VA · 2022
General support
$20,000
The Health Wagon · Wise, VA · 2022
General support
$16,000
American National Red Cross · Fairfax, VA · 2024
General support
$16,000
Commonwealth Alliance for Rural Colleges · Richmond, VA · 2024
General support
$16,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts · Vienna, VA · 2024
General support
$16,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washinton, DC · 2024
General support
$16,000
American National Red Cross · Fairfax, VA · 2023
General support
$16,000
Commonwealth Alliance for Rural Colleges (Fka Virginia College Fund) · Richmond, VA · 2023
General support
$16,000
International Bird Rescue · Fairfield, CA · 2023
General support
$16,000
Wolf Trap Foundation · Vienna, VA · 2023
General support
$16,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$16,000
American Red Cross National Capital and Greater Chesapeake Region · Fairfax, VA · 2022
General support
$16,000
International Bird Rescue · Fairfield, CA · 2022
General support
$16,000
The Virginia College Fund · Richmond, VA · 2022
General support
$16,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts · Vienna, VA · 2022
General support
$16,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$11,000
Black Student Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$11,000
Colonial Williamsburg · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
General support
$11,000
Equine Land Conservation Resource · Lexington, KY · 2024
General support
$11,000
Friends of Conservation · Plainfield, IL · 2024
General support
$11,000
Friends of the Blue Ridge · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General support
$11,000
Galapagos Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$11,000
Higher Achievement Program · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$11,000
Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation · Jamestown, VA · 2024
General support
$11,000
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union Burke & Herbert Bk & Tr Co C · Vernon, VA · 2024
General support
$11,000
Phillips Collection · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$11,000
Rebuilding Together Alexandria · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$11,000
The Brinton Museum · Big Horn, WY · 2024
General support
$11,000
The Choral Arts Society of Washington · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$11,000
The Corporation for Jefferson'S Poplar Forest · Waterford, VA · 2024
General support
$11,000
The Montpelier Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$11,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$11,000
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc Development Truist Bank Checking Acct # 8 · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General support
$11,000
Trustees of Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2024
General support
$11,000
Virginia Hunters Who Care · Big Island, VA · 2024
General support
$11,000
Wildlife Center of Virginia · Waynesboro, VA · 2024
General support
$11,000
African Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$11,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$11,000
Black Student Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$11,000
Brinton Museum · Big Horn, WY · 2023
General support
$11,000
Coal River Mountain Watch · Naoma, WV · 2023
General support
$11,000
Colonial Williamsburg · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Ecohealth Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$11,000
Equine Land Conservation Resource · Lexington, KY · 2023
General support
$11,000
Folger Shakespeare Library · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$11,000
Friendly Water for the World · Olympia, WA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Friends of Conservation · Plainfield, IL · 2023
General support
$11,000
Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Galapagos Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$11,000
Higher Achievement · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$11,000
Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation · Jamestown, VA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Montpelier Foundation · Orange, VA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association · Mount Vernon, VA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Phillips Collection · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$11,000
Rebuilding Together Dc Alexandria · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$11,000
The Choral Arts Society of Washington · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$11,000
The Nature Conservancy Va · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Thomas Jefferson Foundation - Monticello · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Thomas Jefferson'S Poplar Forest · Forest, VA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Virginia Hunters Who Care · Big Island, VA · 2023
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.