Funding search · EIN 873980068 · New York, NY

The Howard and Nancy Marks 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.

119
grants reported
$30.4M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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

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

  • National Philanthropic Trust3 grants · $10.6M
  • Success Academy Charter Schools3 grants · $2.6M
  • Guild Hall of East Hampton3 grants · $2.0M
  • New York Presbyterian Fund1 grant · $2.0M
  • Centurion Ministries2 grants · $1.5M
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art3 grants · $1.1M
  • Environmental Defense Fund2 grants · $1.0M
  • University of Chicago2 grants · $725,000
  • Foundation To Combat Anti-Semitism3 grants · $600,000
  • Downtown Community Tv Center2 grants · $600,000

Giving over time

$350,500
2022
$9.8M
2023
$9.4M
2024
$10.8M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 119 grants.

  • $4.9M

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3.3M

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2.4M

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2.0M

    New York Presbyterian Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1.1M

    Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1.0M

    Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1.0M

    Centurion Ministries · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1.0M

    Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $500,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $500,000

    Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $500,000

    Centurion Ministries · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    Charitable

  • $500,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $500,000

    Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $500,000

    Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $500,000

    Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $425,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $400,000

    Downtown Community Tv Center · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $385,395

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $385,000

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $355,095

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $300,000

    Peconic Land Trust · Southampton, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $300,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $250,000

    Alliance for Decision Education · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $202,285

    Lynne Cohen Foundation · San Monica, CA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Foundation To Combat Anti-Semitism · Foxbourough, MA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Downtown Community Tv Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Foundation To Combat Anti-Semitism · Foxbourough, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    American Friends of Israeli Navy Seals · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Foundation To Combat Anti-Semitism · Foxbourough, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $200,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $152,000

    Charities Aid Foundation America - Royal Drawing School · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $150,000

    Jewish Voters United · White Plains, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $150,000

    Kipp Socal Public School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Baby2baby · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies · Washington, DC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    King Charles Iii Charitable Fund · 2025

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Lynne Cohen Foundation · San Monica, CA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2025

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    The J Paul Getty Trust - La Arts Community Fire Relief Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Trinity Episcopal School · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    World Jewish Congress American Section · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Baby2baby · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    King Charles Iii Charitable Fund · 2024

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    The Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    World Jewish Congress American Section · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Baby2baby · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Congregation Or Hachaim · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    World Jewish Congress American Section · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Baby2baby · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Connecticut Pubic Broadcasting · Hartford, CT · 2024

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Edge and Center · Sag Harbor, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Girls Who Invest · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Children'S Rights · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Kornreich Charitable Foundation · Old Westbury, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Museum of American Finance · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    National Gallery of Art · Landover, MD · 2025

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    The Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Americans for the Israeli Third Way · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    East Hampton Historical Farm Museum · East Hampton, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Museum of American Finance · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    National Gallery of Art · Landover, MD · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    The Geanco Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Edge and Center · Sag Harbor, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Edward Charles Foundations Dba Women'S Peace and Humanitarian · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Idi Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Israeli American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    National Gallery of Art · Landover, MD · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Pacific Council On International Policy · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Turkish Philanthropy Funds · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Beverly Hills Police Officers Benevolent Fund & Association · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $45,000

    The Geanco Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $40,000

    Share Our Strength No Kids Hungry · Washington, DC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $32,000

    Charities Aid Foundation America - Royal Drawing School · Alexandria, VA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $30,000

    Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $30,000

    Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $30,000

    Share Our Strength No Kids Hungry · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $28,000

    The American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Melanoma Research Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    American Friends of Israeli Navy Seals · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Melanoma Research Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Ohr Hatzafun Productions · Denver, CO · 2024

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Melanoma Research Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Partnership To End Addiction · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Youth · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Prostate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Charitable

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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.