Funding search · EIN 161385716 · Buffalo, NY

The Marks Family Foundation

Name: The Marks Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

127
grants reported: $428,378
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $500
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

educational food camp summer youth campaign capital family

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Feedmore Foundation of Wny3 grants · $60,600
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County3 grants · $60,000
Westminster Economic Development Initiative2 grants · $60,000
Homespace Corporation3 grants · $30,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County3 grants · $22,500
Family Promise of Wny3 grants · $21,500
Buffalo String Works3 grants · $17,500
Salvation Army3 grants · $15,000
Dismas of Vermont3 grants · $13,100
Mental Health Advocates of Wny1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$126,798

2022

$122,981

2023

$178,599

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 127 grants.

$40,000
Westminster Economic Development Initiative · Buffalo, NY · 2024
West side bazaar expansion project (3 and 4 of 5)
$20,250
Feedmore Foundation of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Setting the table to fight food insecurity capital campaign
$20,250
Feedmore Foundation of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Setting the table to fight food insecurity capital campaign
$20,100
Feedmore Foundation of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Setting the table to fight food insecurity capital campaign
$20,000
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Family stability initiative (year 4 of 5)
$20,000
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Family stability initiative (year 3 of 5)
$20,000
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Family stability initiative (year 2 of 5)
$20,000
Westminster Economic Development Initiative · Buffalo, NY · 2022
West side bazaar expansion project (2 of 5)
$10,000
Child and Family Services of Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Haven house domestic violence shelter children's program
$10,000
Homespace Corporation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Nutritional & academic education for foster youth
$10,000
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Young environmental leaders program
$10,000
Homespace Corporation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Medical support specialist
$10,000
Homespace Corporation · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Educational achievement for foster youth
$10,000
Mental Health Advocates of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Casa volunteer recruiter
$8,375
Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Town clubhouse teen center repairs
$8,222
Buffalo Prep · Buffalo, NY · 2024
College prep
$8,000
Family Promise of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Food programs
$7,700
Dismas of Vermont · Hyde Park, VT · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Mentoring program
$7,500
Buffalo Arts and Technology Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Academic and social-emotional support
$7,500
Buffalo String Works · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Niagara street after school program
$7,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Mentoring program
$7,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Mentoring program
$7,500
Family Promise of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Summer camp for homeless kids
$6,000
Family Promise of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Food programs
$5,750
Canopy of Neighbors · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Subsidized membership program
$5,200
Dismas of Vermont · Hyde Park, VT · 2024
Charitable
$5,035
Prospect Park Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Richardson Olmsted Campus · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Campus stabilization
$5,000
Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2024
2025 summer day camp in the city
$5,000
Seneca Street Cdc · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Youth programs
$5,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Williamsville, NY · 2024
No kid sleeps on the floor in our town! Ny-buffalo 2025
$5,000
Assembly House 150 · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Model city builders project
$5,000
Buffalo String Works · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Empowering student leaders program
$5,000
Grassroots Garden Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2023
School garden program
$5,000
National Federation for Just Communities of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Digging into diversity program
$5,000
Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2023
2024 summer day camp
$5,000
Buffalo String Works · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Nativity miguel site collaboration
$5,000
Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2022
2023 summer day camp
$5,000
Seneca Street Cdc · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Youth programs
$1,962
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,750
The Lord'S Place · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Religious
$1,202
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Boston University Crew · Boston, MA · 2024
Educational
$1,000
Syracuse University Rowing Women'S Head Coaches Fund · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Charitable
$800
Boston University Crew · Boston, MA · 2023
Educational
$800
Syracuse University Rowing Women'S Head Coaches Fund · Syracuse, NY · 2023
Charitable
$800
Boston University Crew · Boston, MA · 2022
Educational
$800
Syracuse University Rowing Women'S Head Coaches Fund · Syracuse, NY · 2022
Charitable
$515
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Charitable
$500
Clarina Howard Nichols Center · Morrisville, VT · 2024
Charitable
$500
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Educational
$500
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Charitable
$500
Salvation Farms · Morrisville, VT · 2024
Charitable
$500
Capstone Community Capital · Barre, VT · 2023
Charitable
$500
Lamoille Community Food Share · Morrisville, VT · 2023
Charitable
$500
Meals On Wheels of Lamoille County · Morrisville, VT · 2023
Charitable
$500
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Educational
$500
No Kid Hungry · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$500
Saturn Club Historic Preservation Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Charitable
$500
Waterbury Food Shelf · Waterbury, VT · 2023
Charitable
$500
Buffalo Prep · Buffalo, NY · 2022
High school prep
$500
Capstone Community Capital · Barre, VT · 2022
Charitable
$500
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Educational
$451
Friends of William Alexander Middle School 51 · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable
$400
Meals On Wheels of Lamoille County · Morrisville, VT · 2022
Charitable
$400
Waterbury Food Shelf · Waterbury, VT · 2022
Charitable
$300
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$250
Buffalo Zoo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Charitable
$250
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$250
Palm Beach Fellowship for Christians and Jews · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Religious
$250
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$250
Bronx River Alliance · Bronx, NY · 2022
Charitable
$250
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable
$250
Buffalo Zoo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Charitable
$250
Meals On Wheels Foundation of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Charitable
$216
Wildlife Conservancy · Bronx, NY · 2023
Charitable
$200
Brooklyn College Academy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable
$200
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$200
Clarina Howard Nichols Center · Morrisville, VT · 2023
Charitable
$200
Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$200
Moma · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$200
Skidmore College Annual Fund · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Educational
$200
Tang Museum of Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Charitable
$200
Adirondack Foundation · Lake Placid, NY · 2022
Charitable
$200
Brooklyn College Academy · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable
$200
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$200
Clarina Howard Nichols Center · Morrisville, VT · 2022
Charitable
$200
Dismas of Vermont · Hyde Park, VT · 2022
Charitable
$200
Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$200
Friends of Night People · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Charitable
$200
Ps172 Beacon School of Excellence · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Educational
$200
Skidmore College Annual Fund · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Educational
$200
Tang Museum of Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Charitable
$179
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$150
Have Justice Will Travel · Vershire, VT · 2024
Charitable
$150
Lamoille Family Center · Morrisville, VT · 2024
Charitable
$150
Cerf · Brattleboro, VT · 2023
Charitable
$150
Have Justice Will Travel · Vershire, VT · 2023
Charitable
$150
Lamoille Family Center · Morrisville, VT · 2023
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.