Mark Family Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-7052586. Reported 104 grants totalling $11.5M to 53 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Mark Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations Mark Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 8 grants totalling $395,000 to them. That is 5% of the $8,282,100 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of | federated giving programme | New York | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Robin Hood Foundation | federated giving programme | New York | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $110,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $1,250,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyu Langone Health System | New York City, NY | $4,025,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nyu Langone Health | New York, NY | $1,500,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $1,437,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Uja Federation of New York | New York, NY | $656,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Park Avenue Synagogue | New York, NY | $568,060 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Weill Medical School | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $475,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Morselife Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $420,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Horace Mann School | Bronx, NY | $308,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the University of Penn | Philadelphia, PA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | New York, NY | $215,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Guild Hall of East Hampton Inc | East Hampton, NY | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc | Southampton, NY | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Weill Cornell Medical Center Fund Inc | New York, NY | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ica Visibility Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $62,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Greater East Hampton Education Foundation Inc | East Hampton, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Society of the Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Robin Hood Foundation | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Atlantic Golf Club Educational Fund Inc | Bridgehampton, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Synagogue | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $10,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bruce and Marsha Moskowitz Foundation Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwell Health Foundation | New Hyde Park, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Presbyterian Fund | New York, NY | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Selfhelp Community Services | New York, NY | $6,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Theatre Club | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Foundation for Education in Honduras | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mount Sinai Health System | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seriousfun Children's Network | Norwalk, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The 92ND Street Y | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Child Mind Institute | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Public Art Fund Inc | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Center of the Hamptons | East Hampton, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, NY | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Citizens Committee for Children of New York Inc | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medstar Georgetown University Hospital | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Citizens' Committee for Children of Ny | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
24 of 53 (45%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 54%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Nyu Langone Health System
TO FURTHER THAT TAX EXEMPT MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION - Nyu Langone Health
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRECISION MEDICINE DIVISION OF THE NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 80 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 21 | $3,174,800 | $30,000 |
| 2021 | 17 | $1,848,560 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $2,499,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 20 | $1,961,150 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $2,044,500 | $8,300 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Mark Family Foundation has 1 of them, worth $4,000,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Nyu Langone Health | New York, NY | $4,000,000 |
Where its money goes
87% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mark Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 667 Madison Avenue 9TH Floor, New York, NY, 10021. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 13-7052586 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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