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David and Peggy Gordon Marks Family Foundation at a glance

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David and Peggy Gordon Marks Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$29k
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Human Services$20kReligion$20kHealth$15kPhilanthropy$13kCivil Rights$7kFood & Nutrition$3kEducation$2kInternational$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$208
Median grant
9
States reached
$478k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLO$5,200
CONGREGATION SHIR SHALOM$4,114
JEWISH COLORADO$2,080
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$2,080
AURORA MENTAL HEALTH$2,080
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$1,100
ALZHEIMERS ASSOC OF COLO$1,040
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$1,040
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$1,040
TEMPLE EMANUEL$1,035
JUDAISM YOUR WAY$1,030
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN$1,000
MARLENE LANDY CANCER FOUNDATION$520
SHALOM CARES$520
UNIVERSITY OF CO FOUNDATION$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SHE ANGELS FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%BESSIES HOPE: $300 → 12%SHALOM CARES: $520 → 8%SHALOM CARES: $520 → 8%SHALOM PARK: $125 → 8%DENVER HOSPICE: $104 → 12%DENVER HOSPICE: $104 → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLO: $5k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLO: $5k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLO: $5k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
SD
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KS
TN
DC
OK
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$65k · 46 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

46 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
19

Total granted

$65k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+94%

Still filing today

41%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $403 went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +2%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $6k · revenue +28%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • EXPERIENCE CAMPSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $525 · revenue +137%
  • SA
    She Angels Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +29%
  • DD
    DHAMMA DENA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
2
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc

Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.

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3
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc

To deliver meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms

Arts & Culture
4
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
7
Colorado Visiting Nurse Association

Colorado visiting nurse association is committed to a continuum of health care in the home and community supporting optimal well-being, independence, and dignity.

Health
8
Pathways Hospice

Honoring every moment of life, pathways hospice provides compassionate, excellent, comprehensive care for those who have an advanced medical condition and those who are grieving.

Human Services
9
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
10
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
11
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
12
Colorado State Fire Chiefs

The vision of the csfc is to partner with the fire service and supplier partners across the state of colorado in their efforts to protect all of colorado's life and property from fire and other disasters. it is a dynamic organization,…

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Marlene F Landy Cancer Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 70 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
24/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION SHIR SHALOM: $9,280 · OtherCONGREGATION SHIR SHALOMTEMPLE EMANUEL: $2,851 · OtherTEMPLE EMANUELJEWISH NATIONAL FUND: $2,560 · OtherJEWISH NATIONAL FUNDPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $2,408 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN: $1,714 · OtherALZHEIMERS ASSOC OF COLO: $1,510 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,300 · OtherJUDAISM YOUR WAY: $1,282 · Other+45 more: $13,474 · Other+45 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $15,200 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE O…SHALOM PARK: $1,165 · Human ServicesSHALOM PARK+4 more: $1,528 · Human Services+4 moreCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $10,425 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO GIVES FOUND…JEWISHColorado: $4,687 · PhilanthropyJEWISHColorado+1 more: $258 · PhilanthropyANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,743 · Civil RightsAURORA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $2,340 · HealthMARLENE F LANDY CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,540 · HealthLOTUS NETWORK FKA INTL: $860 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $310 · HealthCOLORADO CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $208 · HealthFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $2,588 · Food & NutritionUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Education
Other$36,379Human Services$17,893Philanthropy$15,370Civil Rights$5,743Health$5,258Food & Nutrition$2,588Education$1,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $15,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $10,425 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,743 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $4,687 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $2,588 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAURORA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $2,340 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUDAISM YOUR WAY: $1,282 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHALOM PARK: $1,165 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOTUS NETWORK FKA INTL: $860 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $708 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEXPERIENCE CAMPS: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $520 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShe Angels Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $416 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $310 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KEMPE FOUNDATION: $308 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $304 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBessies Hope: $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPINK AID INC: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $234 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $208 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC: $208 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $204 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ COLORADO: $104 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $26 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISHColorado ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds AURORA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MARLENE F LANDY CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUDAISM YOUR WAY ↗
  • Who funds SHALOM PARK ↗
  • Who funds LOTUS NETWORK FKA INTL ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds EXPERIENCE CAMPS ↗
  • Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds She Angels Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Colorado Gives Founda…Rose Community Founda…The Denver FoundationAmg Charitable Gift F…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Humphreys Foundat…The Jerry Gart Family…The Anschutz Foundati…The Colorado Health F…Striker FoundationThe Anna and John J S…The Chotin Family Fou…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO23.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Humphreys Foundation · The Jerry Gart Family Foundation AKA TGFF · The Anschutz Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Striker Foundation · The Anna and John J Sie Foundation · The Chotin Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization David and Peggy Gordon Marks Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David and Peggy Gordon Marks Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to David and Peggy Gordon Marks Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 70 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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