Funding search · EIN 581815651 · Atlanta, GA

The Marcus Foundation

Name: The Marcus Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

850
grants reported: $816.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $250,000
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.

What they fund

recipient receipient cancerous cells organizationn removal research technology

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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.

Where the money goes

Atlanta medical institutions: Shepherd Center, Emory, Children's Healthcare
Jewish identity, campus Hillel, Israel travel and education
Neurodevelopmental and autism services (Avalon Network, Marcus JCC)
Veterans and military service organizations
Cancer research and clinical centers (MD Anderson, City of Hope, Jefferson)
Conservative civic and policy organizations (FDD, PragerU, Freedom Foundation)

Typical grant

Median grant is $250,000, with the middle half between $75,000 and about $833,000. The eight-figure checks go to a small set of Atlanta anchor institutions Bernie Marcus built relationships with over decades, Shepherd Center, Emory, Avalon Network, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, plus national Jewish infrastructure like Hillel. Giving repeats heavily year over year: 850 grants went to only 313 recipients across three years, so most money flows through renewals rather than new names.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“TO SUPPORT THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION”
“TO SUPPORT RESEARCH FOR TECHNOLOGY USED IN REMOVAL OF CANCEROUS CELLS”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor to an Atlanta institution they already fund, Emory, Georgia Tech, Shepherd, Children's Healthcare, rather than approaching alone.
Frame biomedical work as translational device or technology, echoing the Exvade Bioscience cancer removal grant language.
Ask $250,000 to $1 million for a first relationship; eight-figure gifts follow years of history.
Emphasize direct patient or veteran benefit and named capability, not open-ended academic inquiry.

Worth knowing: This is relationship-driven giving concentrated in metro Atlanta (343 of 850 grants) and in Jewish and Israel-focused organizations nationally; the foundation does not run an open process and rarely writes descriptive purpose language beyond boilerplate. Recent years show a visible tilt toward Israel advocacy, campus Jewish life, and conservative policy groups alongside the long-standing medical giving.

4 grants matching “peoplehood” · $1.0M

$250,000
Enter the Jewish Peoplehood Alliance · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$250,000
Enter the Jewish Peoplehood Alliance · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$250,000
Enter the Jewish Peoplehood Alliance · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$250,000
Enter the Jewish Peoplehood Alliance · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Jewish Education Project4 grants · $51.0M
Emory University4 grants · $47.8M
Shepherd Center Foundation3 grants · $43.4M
Avalon Network3 grants · $38.1M
Hillel Fdn for Jewish Campus3 grants · $30.3M
Children'S Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation4 grants · $30.0M
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital4 grants · $23.9M
Foundation for Defense of Democracies4 grants · $22.0M
Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta4 grants · $18.1M
Nefesh B'Nefesh4 grants · $17.6M

Giving over time

$169.7M

2022

$192.1M

2023

$454.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 850 grants.

$25.2M
Jewish Education Project · New York, NY · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$17.6M
Shepherd Center Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$17.6M
Shepherd Center Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$15.7M
Jewish Education Project · New York, NY · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$14.2M
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$14.2M
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$13.4M
Avalon Network · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$13.4M
Avalon Network · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$11.3M
Avalon Network · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$10.6M
Hillel Fdn for Jewish Campus · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$10.6M
Hillel Fdn for Jewish Campus · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$10.4M
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$9.4M
Children'S Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation · Brookhaven, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$9.4M
Children'S Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation · Brookhaven, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$9.2M
Hillel Fdn for Jewish Campus · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$9.1M
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$8.9M
Hillel International Charles and Lynn Schusterman · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$8.2M
Shepherd Center Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$7.6M
Boulder Crest · Bluemont, VA · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$7.1M
Weber School the · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$7.1M
Weber School the · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$6.8M
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$6.8M
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$6.7M
Children'S Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation · Brookhaven, GA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$6.2M
University of Tx Md Anderson Cancer · Houston, TX · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the receipient organization
$6.2M
University of Tx Md Anderson Cancer · Houston, TX · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the receipient organization
$6.1M
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$6.1M
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$6.1M
Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta · Dunwoody, GA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$6.0M
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.9M
Nefesh B'Nefesh · Paramus, NJ · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.9M
Nefesh B'Nefesh · Paramus, NJ · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.8M
Foundation for Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.8M
Foundation for Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.7M
Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta · Dunwoody, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.7M
Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta · Dunwoody, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.7M
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.3M
Foundation for Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.3M
Foundation for Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.3M
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.1M
Jewish Education Project · New York, NY · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.1M
Jewish Education Project · New York, NY · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$5.0M
Piedmont Healthcare Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$4.7M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$4.5M
Children'S Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation · Brookhaven, GA · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$4.0M
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$4.0M
Secure Community Network · New York, NY · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.8M
Idi Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.8M
Idi Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.8M
Nefesh B'Nefesh · Paramus, NJ · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.7M
Hillels of Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.5M
Tapestry Public Charter School · Doraville, GA · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.5M
Emory Medical Care Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the receipient organization
$3.5M
Emory Medical Care Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the receipient organization
$3.4M
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.3M
Foundation for Jewish Camp · New York, NY · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.2M
Icenter the · Northbrook, IL · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.1M
Foundation for Jewish Camp · New York, NY · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.1M
Foundation for Jewish Camp · New York, NY · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.0M
Mission Roll Call · Clover, SC · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the receipient organization
$3.0M
Mission Roll Call · Clover, SC · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the receipient organization
$3.0M
Prageru · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.0M
Prageru · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.0M
Passages America Israel · Allen, TX · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.0M
Prageru · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.0M
Passages America Israel · Allen, TX · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$3.0M
Prageru · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.9M
Weber School the · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.9M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.8M
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.8M
Icenter the · Northbrook, IL · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.8M
Icenter the · Northbrook, IL · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.7M
Israel On Campus Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.6M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the receipient organization
$2.6M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the receipient organization
$2.6M
Icenter the · Northbrook, IL · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.5M
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.5M
Florida Education Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.5M
Florida Education Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.5M
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.5M
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.3M
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.3M
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.3M
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.3M
Florida Education Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.2M
Israel On Campus Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.2M
Israel On Campus Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.1M
Foundation for Jewish Camp · New York, NY · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.1M
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.1M
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.0M
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.0M
Itrek · New York, NY · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.0M
Itrek · New York, NY · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.0M
Spirit of America Worldwide · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.0M
Spirit of America Worldwide · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.0M
Gary Sinise Charitable Foundation · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.0M
Spirit of America Worldwide · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.0M
Job Creators Network Foundation · Addison, TX · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$2.0M
Nefesh B'Nefesh · Paramus, NJ · 2022
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization
$1.9M
Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.