Funding search · EIN 161385716 · Buffalo, NY
The Marks Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 127
- grants reported
- $428,378
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $500
- 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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Top recipients
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- Feedmore Foundation of Wny3 grants · $60,600
- United Way of Buffalo and Erie County3 grants · $60,000
- Westminster Economic Development Initiative2 grants · $60,000
- Homespace Corporation3 grants · $30,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County3 grants · $22,500
- Family Promise of Wny3 grants · $21,500
- Buffalo String Works3 grants · $17,500
- Salvation Army3 grants · $15,000
- Dismas of Vermont3 grants · $13,100
- Mental Health Advocates of Wny1 grant · $10,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 127 grants.
- $40,000
Westminster Economic Development Initiative · Buffalo, NY · 2024
West side bazaar expansion project (3 and 4 of 5)
- $20,250
Feedmore Foundation of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Setting the table to fight food insecurity capital campaign
- $20,250
Feedmore Foundation of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Setting the table to fight food insecurity capital campaign
- $20,100
Feedmore Foundation of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Setting the table to fight food insecurity capital campaign
- $20,000
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Family stability initiative (year 4 of 5)
- $20,000
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Family stability initiative (year 3 of 5)
- $20,000
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Family stability initiative (year 2 of 5)
- $20,000
Westminster Economic Development Initiative · Buffalo, NY · 2022
West side bazaar expansion project (2 of 5)
- $10,000
Child and Family Services of Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Haven house domestic violence shelter children's program
- $10,000
Homespace Corporation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Nutritional & academic education for foster youth
- $10,000
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Young environmental leaders program
- $10,000
Homespace Corporation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Medical support specialist
- $10,000
Homespace Corporation · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Educational achievement for foster youth
- $10,000
Mental Health Advocates of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Casa volunteer recruiter
- $8,375
Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Town clubhouse teen center repairs
- $8,222
Buffalo Prep · Buffalo, NY · 2024
College prep
- $8,000
Family Promise of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Food programs
- $7,700
Dismas of Vermont · Hyde Park, VT · 2023
Charitable
- $7,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Mentoring program
- $7,500
Buffalo Arts and Technology Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Academic and social-emotional support
- $7,500
Buffalo String Works · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Niagara street after school program
- $7,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Mentoring program
- $7,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Mentoring program
- $7,500
Family Promise of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Summer camp for homeless kids
- $6,000
Family Promise of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Food programs
- $5,750
Canopy of Neighbors · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Subsidized membership program
- $5,200
Dismas of Vermont · Hyde Park, VT · 2024
Charitable
- $5,035
Prospect Park Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $5,000
Richardson Olmsted Campus · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Campus stabilization
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2024
2025 summer day camp in the city
- $5,000
Seneca Street Cdc · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Youth programs
- $5,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Williamsville, NY · 2024
No kid sleeps on the floor in our town! Ny-buffalo 2025
- $5,000
Assembly House 150 · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Model city builders project
- $5,000
Buffalo String Works · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Empowering student leaders program
- $5,000
Grassroots Garden Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2023
School garden program
- $5,000
National Federation for Just Communities of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Digging into diversity program
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2023
2024 summer day camp
- $5,000
Buffalo String Works · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Nativity miguel site collaboration
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2022
2023 summer day camp
- $5,000
Seneca Street Cdc · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Youth programs
- $1,962
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
- $1,750
The Lord'S Place · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Religious
- $1,202
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
- $1,000
Boston University Crew · Boston, MA · 2024
Educational
- $1,000
Syracuse University Rowing Women'S Head Coaches Fund · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Charitable
- $800
Boston University Crew · Boston, MA · 2023
Educational
- $800
Syracuse University Rowing Women'S Head Coaches Fund · Syracuse, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $800
Boston University Crew · Boston, MA · 2022
Educational
- $800
Syracuse University Rowing Women'S Head Coaches Fund · Syracuse, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $515
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $500
Clarina Howard Nichols Center · Morrisville, VT · 2024
Charitable
- $500
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Educational
- $500
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Charitable
- $500
Salvation Farms · Morrisville, VT · 2024
Charitable
- $500
Capstone Community Capital · Barre, VT · 2023
Charitable
- $500
Lamoille Community Food Share · Morrisville, VT · 2023
Charitable
- $500
Meals On Wheels of Lamoille County · Morrisville, VT · 2023
Charitable
- $500
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Educational
- $500
No Kid Hungry · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
- $500
Saturn Club Historic Preservation Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $500
Waterbury Food Shelf · Waterbury, VT · 2023
Charitable
- $500
Buffalo Prep · Buffalo, NY · 2022
High school prep
- $500
Capstone Community Capital · Barre, VT · 2022
Charitable
- $500
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Educational
- $451
Friends of William Alexander Middle School 51 · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $400
Meals On Wheels of Lamoille County · Morrisville, VT · 2022
Charitable
- $400
Waterbury Food Shelf · Waterbury, VT · 2022
Charitable
- $300
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
- $250
Buffalo Zoo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Charitable
- $250
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $250
Palm Beach Fellowship for Christians and Jews · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Religious
- $250
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
- $250
Bronx River Alliance · Bronx, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $250
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $250
Buffalo Zoo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $250
Meals On Wheels Foundation of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $216
Wildlife Conservancy · Bronx, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $200
Brooklyn College Academy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $200
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $200
Clarina Howard Nichols Center · Morrisville, VT · 2023
Charitable
- $200
Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $200
Moma · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $200
Skidmore College Annual Fund · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Educational
- $200
Tang Museum of Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $200
Adirondack Foundation · Lake Placid, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $200
Brooklyn College Academy · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $200
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $200
Clarina Howard Nichols Center · Morrisville, VT · 2022
Charitable
- $200
Dismas of Vermont · Hyde Park, VT · 2022
Charitable
- $200
Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $200
Friends of Night People · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $200
Ps172 Beacon School of Excellence · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Educational
- $200
Skidmore College Annual Fund · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Educational
- $200
Tang Museum of Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $179
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $150
Have Justice Will Travel · Vershire, VT · 2024
Charitable
- $150
Lamoille Family Center · Morrisville, VT · 2024
Charitable
- $150
Cerf · Brattleboro, VT · 2023
Charitable
- $150
Have Justice Will Travel · Vershire, VT · 2023
Charitable
- $150
Lamoille Family Center · Morrisville, VT · 2023
Charitable
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