Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation
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About Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation
The Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation appears to make very large, discretionary gifts rather than many small grants: its publicly reported giving in this dataset is a single $4,096,000 award described as "CHARITABLE PURPOSES - SEE ATTACHED." The lack of program detail or NTEE codes suggests the foundation makes flexible, possibly multi-purpose or restricted but donor-directed large grants rather than targeted, repeated funding to a specific program area. With only one listed grant, it's likely the foundation operates with a high degree of flexibility and prefers making occasional major commitments.
Focus Areas
General charitable purposes / flexible multi-purpose supportMajor one-time philanthropic commitments to single recipientsFamily foundation giving (discretionary endowment-style grants)
Who They Fund
young adults (including program alumni)mothers of young childrenK–12 students (including career academy/CTE students)aspiring entrepreneurs / small business ownersresidents of specific communities (e.g., Washington Highlands)
About Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation
A single $4,096,000 charitable-purpose grant anchors the Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation’s public record in this dataset, signaling a preference for large, discretionary commitments rather than small, narrowly defined awards. That approach fits the foundation’s broader profile: its reported grants are mostly mission-related operating support, with many recipients in Washington, DC and nearby Maryland. The foundation also supports education and human services through a regular grantmaking pattern, while maintaining separate scholarship activity for undergraduate education. In the recent-grants list, the Children’s Law Center received $171,435 that combined mission-related operations with support for the partnership with Mamatoto Village. Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc. received $150,000 for the Nurse Family Partnership home visiting program, and Martha’s Table received $98,652 for early childhood education. The foundation’s giving also reaches workforce and youth pathways, including support for Identity Inc’s workforce development programming and Urban Alliance Foundation’s alumni programming. Across the record, the foundation appears to use flexible grant structures to back institutions serving families, children, students, and young adults.
What Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation Funds
Education is one of the foundation’s clearest program areas. Kipp DC received $97,771 for the KIPP Forward program, while the University of Maryland College Park Foundation received $48,081 for the Do Good Movement Fellowship Fund supporting the graduate certificate in nonprofit leadership and management. Human services is the other major lane, with House of Ruth receiving $150,000 for the Kidspace Child and Family Development Center and The Family Place Inc. receiving $62,024 for mission-related operations. The foundation also backs early care and education infrastructure: Washington Area Womens Foundation received $70,000 for the Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative. Workforce and youth transition work appears as well, including $110,000 to Identity Inc for workforce development programming and $60,000 to Urban Alliance Foundation for programming to support Urban Alliance alumni.
How Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation Gives
The reported typical grant size is $4,096,000 at the p25, median, and p75 levels, reflecting a dataset dominated by a single very large award. In the recent-grants list, most awards are much smaller operating or program grants, many in the five-figure to low six-figure range. The foundation’s profile also indicates recurring annual grantmaking: roughly 150 grants a year across Education and Human Services, plus separate scholarship activity. It is classified as a regular funder rather than a DAF, and it funds individuals through scholarship support. The public grant record shows a mix of competitive program grants and board-directed legacy exceptions.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.3M
Total Assets
$68.3M
Total Revenue
$14.5M
Total Expenses
$6.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $4.1M and $4.1M, with a median of $4.1M.
25th Percentile
$4.1M
Median
$4.1M
75th Percentile
$4.1M
Geographic Reach
National12 states funded
About 19% of grants go to recipients in DC.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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