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 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

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  • 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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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.