Funding search · EIN 411991436 · Wayzata, MN

The Markus Charitable Foundation

Name: The Markus Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

92
grants reported: $126,898
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $775
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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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.

Top recipients

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

Westgate Church4 grants · $43,298
Mobile Hope4 grants · $9,544
Heart Trust4 grants · $7,250
Samaritan'S Purse4 grants · $6,700
Tunnels To Towers4 grants · $6,000
Catholic Charities3 grants · $5,500
Wounded Warriors4 grants · $5,500
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $5,500
Mercy Ships4 grants · $5,250
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews3 grants · $4,500

Giving over time

$30,360

2022

$35,544

2023

$28,300

2024

$32,694

2025

Grant history

All 92 reported grants, largest first.

$12,750
Westgate Church · Plymouth, MN · 2022
Donation
$10,500
Westgate Church · Plymouth, MN · 2024
Donation
$10,048
Westgate Church · Plymouth, MN · 2025
Donation
$10,000
Westgate Church · Plymouth, MN · 2023
Donation
$3,500
Catholic Charities · St Paul, MN · 2023
Donation
$2,544
Mobile Hope · Corcoran, MN · 2023
Donation
$2,500
Heart Trust · Southport, CT · 2025
Donation
$2,500
Mobile Hope · Corcoran, MN · 2025
Donation
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Donation
$2,500
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
Donation
$2,500
Wounded Warriors · Topeka, KS · 2023
Donation
$2,500
Mobile Hope · Corcoran, MN · 2022
Donation
$2,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Heart Trust · Southport, CT · 2024
Donation
$2,000
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Mobile Hope · Corcoran, MN · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Heart Trust · New York, NY · 2022
Donation
$1,750
Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2022
Donation
$1,700
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2025
Donation
$1,500
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$1,500
Smile Train · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$1,500
Wounded Warriors · Topeka, KS · 2024
Donation
$1,500
Gifts for Seniors · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Donation
$1,500
Interfaith Outreachcommunity Partners · Plymouth, MN · 2023
Donation
$1,500
Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2023
Donation
$1,500
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Donation
$1,500
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Donation
$1,000
Catholic Charities · St Paul, MN · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Interfaith Outreachcommunity Partners · Plymouth, MN · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Wounded Warriors · Topeka, KS · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Catholic Charities · St Paul, MN · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Interfaith Outreachcommunity Partners · Plymouth, MN · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Donation
$1,000
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews · Washington, DC · 2023
Donation
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Donation
$1,000
Interfaith Outreachcommunity Partners · Plymouth, MN · 2022
Donation
$1,000
Mn Adult & Teen Challenge · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Donation
$1,000
Pheasants Forever · St Paul, MN · 2022
Donation
$1,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
Donation
$800
American Red Cross · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Donation
$800
Union Gospel Mission · St Paul, MN · 2024
Donation
$750
Heart Trust · Southport, CT · 2023
Donation
$750
Metro Meals On Wheels · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Donation
$750
Smile Train · Washington, DC · 2022
Donation
$625
Ducks Unlimited · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Donation
$500
American Cancer Society · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Donation
$500
Gifts for Seniors · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Donation
$500
Metro Meals On Wheels · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Donation
$500
Mn Adult & Teen Challenge · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Donation
$500
St Joseph'S Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2025
Donation
$500
The Salvation Army · St Paul, MN · 2025
Donation
$500
Mn Adult & Teen Challenge · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Donation
$500
Operation Smile · Topeka, KS · 2024
Donation
$500
St Joseph'S Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2024
Donation
$500
St Martin'S Church · Minnetonka Beach, MN · 2024
Donation
$500
American Red Cross · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Donation
$500
Boys Town · Boys Town, NE · 2023
Donation
$500
Smile Train · Washington, DC · 2023
Donation
$500
St Joseph'S Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2023
Donation
$500
Union Gospel Mission · St Paul, MN · 2023
Donation
$500
American Cancer Society · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Donation
$500
American Red Cross · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Donation
$500
Flaming Pine Youth Camp · Cook, MN · 2022
Donation
$500
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Donation
$500
The Salvation Army · St Paul, MN · 2022
Donation
$500
Wounded Warriors · Topeka, KS · 2022
Donation
$471
Give Lively · New York, NY · 2025
Donation
$450
Pheasants Forever · St Paul, MN · 2023
Donation
$350
Wayzata Fire Department · Wayzata, MN · 2022
Donation
$300
Union Gospel Mission · St Paul, MN · 2025
Donation
$260
St Joseph'S Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2022
Donation
$250
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$250
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Donation
$250
American Cancer Society · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Donation
$200
Colby Public Library · Colby, WI · 2025
Donation
$200
St Charles Borromeo Church · St Anthony, MN · 2022
Donation
$125
Riverland Community Technical College · Austin, MN · 2025
Donation
$125
Team Tucker Association · Hopkins, MN · 2025
Donation
$100
Book Blast · Louisville, CO · 2025
Donation
$100
Chippewa Valley Technical College · Eau Claire, WI · 2025
Donation
$100
Friends of Hennepin County Library · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Donation
$100
Friends of Hennepin County Library · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Donation
$100
Our Daily Bread Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Donation
$100
Second Harvest Heartland · St Paul, MN · 2023
Donation
$100
Friends of Hennepin County Library · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Donation
$100
Union Gospel Mission · St Paul, MN · 2022
Donation
$100
Wayzata American Legion · Wayzata, MN · 2022
Donation

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