Nancy and Edwin Marks Family Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-3385770. Reported 151 grants totalling $6,715,438 to 76 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Nancy and Edwin Marks Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Shore Child & Family Guidance | Roslyn Heights, NY | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samaritan Daytop Foundation | Briarwood, NY | $490,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bard College | Annandale on Hudson, NY | $475,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | New York, NY | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Riverkeeper | Ossining, NY | $371,188 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| States United Democracy Center | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Comunity Center of Bensonhurst | Brooklyn, NY | $282,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| One Ocean Media Foundation | Stone Ridge, NY | $262,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice | New York, NY | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Justice Innovation | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Day One Early Learning | Poughkeepsie, NY | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ndh Foundation | Rhinebeck, NY | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Juilliard School | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chances for Children - Ny | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Forestdale Inc | Forest Hills, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hunts Point Alliance for Children | Bronx, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northern Dutchess Hospital | Rhinebeck, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vassar Brothers Medical Center | Poughkeepsie, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nyu School of Medicine | New York, NY | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Upstate Films | Rhinebeck, NY | $83,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Work Institute | Kingston, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Church of the Messiah | Rhinebeck, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Marshall Project | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University Settlement | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tom Coughlin Jay Fund | Jacksonville Beach, FL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hetrick-Martin Institute | New York, NY | $42,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heart of the Hamptons | Southampton, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sanctuary for Families | New York, NY | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Animal Kind | Hudson, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Charter Oak Foundation | Westport, CT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| East Side Settlement House | Bronx, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Door-a Center for Alternatives | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Association to Benefit Children | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charter Oak Challenge Foundation | Westport, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simply Put | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Skinner Leadership Institute | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spread the Vote | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voteriders | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ballet Hispanico | New York, NY | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| African Communities Together | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City Harvest | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coalition for the Homeless | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dutchess County SPCA | Hyde Park, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hampton Community Outreach | Bridgehampton, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Institute for Nonprofit News | Beverly Hills, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hot Bread Kitchen | New York, NY | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Photography at Woodstock | Woodstock, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Drive Change | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food Bank for Nyc | Bronx, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harlem Childrens Zone | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hudson Valley Pilot | Rhinebeck, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| KIPP Nyc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Nick's Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Take Root Justice | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| J Kirby Simon Foreign Service | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Zero to Three | Irvington, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westside Center for Community Life | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hip Hop Public Health | New York, NY | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Gender Specific Medicine | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wmht | Troy, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Public Concern Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scenic Hudson | Beacon, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Academy of the City | Woodside, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jean Baptiste Parochial High School | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jamie Kibel Scholarship Fund | Rhinebeck, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Osborne Association | Bronx, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| People for the American Way | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
39 of 76 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 69%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Justice Innovation
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What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | $1,485,750 | $48,125 |
| 2022 | 30 | $1,331,500 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 47 | $1,885,188 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 48 | $2,013,000 | $25,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
83% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Nancy and Edwin Marks Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 900 Third Avenue - 14TH Floor, New York, NY, 10022. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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