Funding search · EIN 363620787 · Evanston, IL

Ira and Janina Marks Charitable Trust

Name: Ira and Janina Marks Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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.

What they fund

pupose

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

70 grants matching “puposes” · $58,760

$10,000
Cnpa Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$5,000
Bounce Childrens Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$3,650
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$3,500
Roaring Fork Conservancy · Basalt, CO · 2022
General charitable pupose
$3,100
Field Museum Womens Board · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$2,500
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable pupose
$2,500
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$2,500
Youth Job Center · Evanston, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$2,000
McCormick Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$2,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable pupose
$2,000
Teencancer · Los Angeles, CA · 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
Balzekas Museum · 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
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
General charitable pupose
$1,000
United Help Ukraine · Gaithersburg, MD · 2022
General charitable pupose
$1,000
Chicago Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$600
Gary Sinise Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
General charitable pupose
$500
Oriental Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$500
Cure Alzheimers Fund · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022
General charitable pupose
$500
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable pupose
$500
American Parkinson Disease Assoc · Staten Island, NY · 2022
General charitable pupose
$500
McCormick Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$500
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$500
The Parkinsons Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable pupose
$500
Sacred Heart - Tanzania · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$500
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General charitable pupose
$500
Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$410
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$400
Birthright Israel · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable pupose
$400
Bhutan Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable pupose
$300
Heritage Russian Jewish Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$250
The Field Musuem · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$250
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable pupose
$250
Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$250
Metrosquash · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$250
Kenilworth Union Church · Kenilworth, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$200
Facets Multimedia · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$200
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2022
General charitable pupose
$200
Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$200
Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$200
Student Conservation Association · Charlestown, NH · 2022
General charitable pupose
$200
The Archeological Conservancy · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General charitable pupose
$200
Canal Shores · Evanston, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$200
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General charitable pupose
$200
Wttw Channel 11 · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$200
Artists Book House · Evanston, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$165
Kohls Childrens Museum · Glenview, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$150
Cspi · Boone, IA · 2022
General charitable pupose
$150
Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable pupose
$100
Americans United for Separation of Church and State · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable pupose
$100
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General charitable pupose
$100
National Audubon Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable pupose
$100
Chicago Audubon Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$100
International Crane Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General charitable pupose
$80
Tiger Haven · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General charitable pupose
$75
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Boone, IA · 2022
General charitable pupose
$55
Great Lakes Coalition · Saugatuck, MI · 2022
General charitable pupose
$50
Oxfam · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable pupose
$50
Baby Rhino Rescue · Pueblo, CO · 2022
General charitable pupose
$50
Puppy Jake Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General charitable pupose
$50
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$50
Yosemite Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable pupose
$50
Center for Lincoln Studies · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable pupose
$50
Project Hope · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General charitable pupose
$50
American Technion Society · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable pupose
$50
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
General charitable pupose
$25
Save the Redwoods · San Francsico, CA · 2022
General charitable pupose

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

$59,560

2022

$69,220

2023

$62,390

2024

$70,300

2025

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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