Funding search · EIN 133926309 · New York, NY
The Mark Zurack & Kathy Ferguson
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 130
- grants reported
- $1.5M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $2,000
- 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.
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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.
- Binghamton University Foundation3 grants · $489,099
- New Classroom Innovation Partners3 grants · $190,000
- Caring Kind3 grants · $150,000
- Hualalai Ohana Foundation3 grants · $78,000
- Success Academy Charter Schools3 grants · $57,600
- Cornell University3 grants · $55,000
- Project Renewal3 grants · $50,000
- Teach for America3 grants · $50,000
- Trustees of Columbia University2 grants · $40,000
- Peer Health Exchange3 grants · $37,500
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 130 grants.
- $165,200
Binghamton University Foundation · Binghamton, NY · 2024
General support
- $164,899
Binghamton University Foundation · Binghamton, NY · 2022
General support
- $159,000
Binghamton University Foundation · Binghamton, NY · 2023
General support
- $70,000
New Classroom Innovation Partners · Jersey City, NJ · 2024
General support
- $60,000
New Classroom Innovation Partners · Jersey City, NJ · 2023
General support
- $60,000
New Classroom Innovation Partners · Jersey City, NJ · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Caring Kind · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Caring Kind · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Caring Kind · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $26,500
Hualalai Ohana Foundation · Kailuakona, HI · 2022
General support
- $26,000
Hualalai Ohana Foundation · Kailuakona, HI · 2023
General support
- $25,500
Hualalai Ohana Foundation · Kailuakona, HI · 2024
General support
- $20,485
Columbia Business School · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Project Renewal · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Success Academy Charter Schools · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Teach for America · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Trustees of Columbia University · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Success Academy Charter Schools · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Trustees of Columbia University · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $17,600
Success Academy Charter Schools · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Teach for America · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Peer Health Exchange · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Project Renewal · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Comunilife · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Peer Health Exchange · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Project Renewal · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Teach for America · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $15,000
United Help Ukraine · Gaithersburg, MD · 2022
General support
- $11,000
Sbt Charitable Fund · Southampton, NY · 2023
General support
- $11,000
Sbt Charitable Fund · Southampton, NY · 2022
General support
- $10,600
Sbt Charitable Fund · Southampton, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
United Help Ukraine · Gaithersburg, MD · 2024
General support
- $10,000
United Help Ukraine · Gaithersburg, MD · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Uja Federation New York · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $7,500
Peer Health Exchange · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
- $6,600
Central Park Conservancy · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $6,000
The Marvelwood School · Kent, CT · 2022
General support
- $5,625
The Charter High School for Law and Social Ju · Bronx, NY · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Marvelwood School · Kent, CT · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Teens for Food Justice · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Teens for Food Justice · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation · Hampton Bays, NY · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Southampton Hospital Foundation · Southampton, NY · 2022
General support
- $4,446
New York Junior Tennis League · Long Island City, NY · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Aspca · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Search and Care · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Aspca · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Sasf · Elk Grove, CA · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Aspca · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Teens for Food Justice · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,800
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $2,500
City Meals On Wheels · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,500
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,000
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,000
Gift of Adoption Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General support
- $2,000
Project Street Vet · Encinitas, CA · 2024
General support
- $2,000
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
- $2,000
City Meals On Wheels · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $2,000
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,000
City Meals On Wheels · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Hawaii Foodbank · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Search and Care · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,000
The Salvation Army · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,500
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $1,500
Southampton Fresh Air Home · Southampton, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,500
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,300
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $1,150
Food Bank for New York City · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,050
Southampton Hospital Foundation · Southampton, NY · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Bay Street Theater · Sag Harbor, NY · 2024
General support
- $1,000
East End Hospice · Westhampton Beach, NY · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Hawaii Foodbank · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Helmets To Hardhats · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Kohala High School · Kapaau, HI · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Museum of Jewish Heritage · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $1,000
National September Memorial & Museum · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $1,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Temple Adas Israel · Sag Harbor, NY · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Union Settlement · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
- $1,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $1,000
East End Hospice · Westhampton Beach, NY · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Hawaii Foodbank · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Johns Hopkins University - the Phyl Lis · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Museum of Jewish Heritage · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $1,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness of N · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
- $1,000
National September Memorial & Museum · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Project Street Vet · Encinitas, CA · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Student Sponsor Partners · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Temple Adas Israel · Sag Harbor, NY · 2023
General support
- $1,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $1,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $1,000
East End Hospice · Westhampton Beach, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,000
High Atlas Foundation · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Innocence Project · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
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