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Virginia Cretella Mars Foundation

Name: Virginia Cretella 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.

104
grants reported: $3.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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.

Everybody Matters3 grants · $150,000
French & Pickering Creek Conservation Trust3 grants · $150,000
Children'S Art Guild3 grants · $150,000
Mighty Writers3 grants · $150,000
Healthy Humor3 grants · $150,000
Neighborhood Garden Trust3 grants · $145,000
Reading Team3 grants · $140,000
Literacy Lab3 grants · $120,000
Institute for Local Self-Reliance3 grants · $120,000
Philadelphia Education Fund3 grants · $102,500

Giving over time

$955,000

2022

$975,000

2023

$1.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 104 grants.

$50,000
Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust · New London, NH · 2024
General support
$50,000
Children'S Art Guild · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
Everybody Matters · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
$50,000
French & Pickering Creek Conservation Trust · Phoenixville, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Healthy Humor · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Neighborhood Garden Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Reading Team · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation · New London, NH · 2023
General support
$50,000
Children'S Art Guild · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Everybody Matters · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$50,000
French & Pickering Creek Conservation Trust · Phoenixville, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Healthy Humor · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Neighborhood Garden Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Reading Team · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation · New London, NH · 2022
General support
$50,000
Children'S Art Guild · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$50,000
Everybody Matters · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General support
$50,000
French & Pickering Creek Conservation Trust · Phoenixville, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Healthy Humor · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$50,000
Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Natural Lands Trust · Media, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Spark the Journey · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$45,000
Neighborhood Garden Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$41,498
Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens · Devon, PA · 2024
General support
$40,000
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$40,000
Institute for Local Self-Reliance · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$40,000
Literacy Lab · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$40,000
Institute for Local Self-Reliance · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$40,000
Literacy Lab · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$40,000
Institute for Local Self-Reliance · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$40,000
Literacy Lab · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$40,000
Reading Team · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$37,500
Philadelphia Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$35,000
Building Bridges Across the River · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$35,000
Theatre Breaking Through Barriers · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$35,000
Philadelphia Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens · Devon, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Theatre Breaking Through Barriers · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$30,000
Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens · Devon, PA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Philadelphia Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Theatre Breaking Through Barriers · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$25,000
Behind the Book · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$25,000
National Aquarium · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General support
$25,000
Philadelphia Outward Bound School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Rosemount Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
Shout Mouse Press · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests · Concord, NH · 2024
General support
$25,000
Behind the Book · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
National Aquarium · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$25,000
Philadelphia Outward Bound School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests · Concord, NH · 2023
General support
$25,000
National Aquarium · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support
$25,000
Philadelphia Outward Bound School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Ansonia Music Outreach · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$20,000
Beacon House Community Ministry · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$20,000
Critical Exposure · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$20,000
Project Create · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$20,000
Tww · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
$20,000
Urban Dove · Long Island City, NY · 2024
General support
$20,000
Workshop Learning Dba Project Based Learning · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Ansonia Music Outreach · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$20,000
Beacon House · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Critical Exposure · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Project Create · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Shout Mouse Press · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$20,000
The Fells (at John Hay Estate) · Newbury, NH · 2023
General support
$20,000
Urban Dove · Long Island City, NY · 2023
General support
$20,000
Workshop Learning Dba Project Based Learning · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Ansonia Music Outreach · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$20,000
Beacon House · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$20,000
Behind the Book · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$20,000
Critical Exposure · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$20,000
Mural Arts Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Urban Dove · Long Island City, NY · 2022
General support
$15,000
Capital Fringe · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Fringearts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Naptown Philharmonic Orchestra Fka Londontowne Symphony Orchestra · Edgewater, MD · 2024
General support
$15,000
Capital Fringe · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$15,000
Londontowne Symphony Orchestra · Edgewater, MD · 2023
General support
$15,000
Tww · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$15,000
Capital Fringe · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Fringearts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Londontowne Symphony Orchestra · Edgewater, MD · 2022
General support
$15,000
Project Create · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Tww · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$12,500
Community College of Baltimore County Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General support
$10,000
Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Performance Garage · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Barn at Spring Brook Farm · West Chester, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Trellis for Tomorrow · Phoenixville, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Community College of Baltimore County Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$10,000
Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Performance Garage · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Rosemount Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support

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