New York · Private foundation
John & Mary R Markle Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 22
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $129M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations John & Mary R Markle Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $2.3M | 20% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $4.9M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $1.1M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $1.5M | 68% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $390k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs for the Future Inc | $5,000,000 | 2 | 4% |
| National Urban League Inc | $789,114 | 5 | 0% |
| Unidosus | $625,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $534,959 | 4 | 0% |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | $375,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation | $325,000 | 3 | 9% |
| The Brookings Institution | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Urban League of Louisiana | $151,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Mi Casa Resource Center | $150,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Goodwill Industries Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($326k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John & Mary R Markle Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Unidosus · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About John & Mary R Markle Foundation
- How much does John & Mary R Markle Foundation give?
- John & Mary R Markle Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $2,293,614 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 22 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does John & Mary R Markle Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (59%), Civil Rights (14%), Community Improvement (12%).
- Who are John & Mary R Markle Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Jobs for the Future Inc ($5.0M), National Urban League Inc ($789k), Unidosus ($625k).
- Does John & Mary R Markle Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Mary R Markle Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John & Mary R Markle Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Unidosus, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Enterprise Holdings Foundation.
- Where is John & Mary R Markle Foundation based?
- John & Mary R Markle Foundation is based in NY.
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