Funding search · EIN 363620787 · Evanston, IL
Ira and Janina Marks Charitable Trust
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 304
- grants reported
- $261,470
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $250
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Cnpa Foundation4 grants · $45,000
- Bounce Childrens Foundation4 grants · $25,000
- Chicago Sinai Congregation4 grants · $15,175
- Cnpa1 grant · $10,000
- Youth Job Center5 grants · $8,500
- Lighthouse Preservation Fund3 grants · $6,500
- Evanston Art Center3 grants · $6,500
- John O'Brien Family Foundation1 grant · $6,000
- Field Museum Womens Board2 grants · $5,350
- McCormick Foundation3 grants · $5,250
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 304 grants.
- $15,000
Cnpa Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $10,000
Cnpa · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $10,000
Cnpa Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $10,000
Cnpa Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $10,000
Cnpa Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $7,550
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $7,500
Bounce Childrens Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $7,500
Bounce Childrens Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $6,000
John O'Brien Family Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $5,000
Bounce Childrens Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $5,000
Bounce Childrens Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $4,070
Chicago Sinai · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $4,000
Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Assoc · Evanston, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $3,875
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $3,650
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $3,500
Roaring Fork Conservancy · Basalt, CO · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $3,100
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $3,100
Field Museum Womens Board · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $3,000
Evanston Art Center · Evanston, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $3,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $2,750
McCormick Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $2,600
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $2,500
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $2,500
Lighthouse Preservation Fund · Evanston, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $2,500
Youth Job Center · Evanston, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $2,500
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $2,500
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $2,500
Youth Job Center · Evanston, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $2,265
Mara Elephant Project · Peublo, CO · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $2,250
Field Museum Womens Board · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $2,000
Evanston Art Center · Evanston, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $2,000
Lighthouse Preservation Fund · Evanston, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $2,000
McCormick Foundation Communities Match · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $2,000
National Jewish Health · Aspen, CO · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $2,000
Trees That Feed Foundation · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $2,000
Lighthouse Preservation Fund · Evanston, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $2,000
McCormick Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $2,000
Teencancer · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $2,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $1,550
Ippl · Summerville, SC · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $1,500
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $1,500
Evanston Art Center · Evanston, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $1,500
Youth Job Center · Evanston, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $1,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $1,250
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Earthwatch Institute · Newton, MA · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Guitars Over Guns · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Jewelers for Children · New York, NY · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Parkinsons Foundation · Miami, FL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Youth Job Center · Evanston, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Earthwatch Institute · Newton, MA · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Guitars Over Guns · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Jewelers for Children · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Jewish United Fund of Metro Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Juvenile Protective Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Sacred Heart - Tanzania Coce · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Youth Job Center · Evanston, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Aspen Film · Aspen, CO · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Jewelers for Children · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Parkinsons Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
Teencancer America · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $1,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $1,000
Balzekas Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $1,000
Chicago Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $1,000
Earthwatch Institute · Newton, MA · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $1,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $1,000
Jewelers for Children · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $1,000
Juvenile Protective Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $1,000
United Help Ukraine · Gaithersburg, MD · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $800
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $800
United Help Ukraine · Gaithersburg, MD · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $750
McCormick Foundation Communities Match · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $750
Parkinsons Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $750
Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $750
Cure Alzheimers · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $750
Isac · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $700
Parkinsons Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $700
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $600
Lahaina Restoration Foundation · Lahaina, HI · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $600
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $600
Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purpose
- $600
Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purpose
- $600
Gary Sinise Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
General charitable pupose
- $500
Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $500
Bhutan Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $500
Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $500
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $500
Impact Culinary Training · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $500
Margarets Village · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $500
Pacific Marine Mammal Center · Laguna Beach, CA · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $500
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $500
Sacred Heart - Tanzania Coce · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $500
Skokie Country Club Educational Foundation · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $500
United Help Ukraine · Fairfax, VA · 2025
General charitable purpose
- $500
Wayside Cross Ministries · Aurora, IL · 2025
General charitable purpose
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