New York · Private foundation
Mars 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.
- $792k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $444,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 40
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Mars Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $199k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $792k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $944k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $867k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $1.1M | 55% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $457k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $1.5M | 48% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $666k | 73% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $709k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Dayanim | $261,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Congregation Pe Er Bais Yaakov | $215,730 | 5 | n/a |
| Binyan Yerushlaim | $189,086 | 6 | n/a |
| Bais Yosef Meir | $106,019 | 7 | n/a |
| Congregation Forest Glen Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heichal Hatorah | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kollel Shabbos Kodesh | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Medrash Govoha | $85,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Tzidkas Avraham Inc | $76,196 | 4 | 3% |
| Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc | $66,045 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 39 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Dayanim | $261,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Congregation Pe Er Bais Yaakov | $215,730 | 5 | n/a |
| Binyan Yerushlaim | $189,086 | 6 | n/a |
| Bais Yosef Meir | $106,019 | 7 | n/a |
| Congregation Forest Glen Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heichal Hatorah | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kollel Shabbos Kodesh | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Medrash Govoha | $85,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Tzidkas Avraham Inc | $76,196 | 4 | 3% |
| Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc | $66,045 | 2 | n/a |
| Ohr Hatorah | $64,983 | 3 | n/a |
| Areivim | $50,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Kollel Zichron Shneur Inc | $40,556 | 2 | n/a |
| Torah Community Fund Inc | $39,900 | 1 | 2% |
| Kinyan Fund Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 36% |
| Yeshivas Darchei Torah | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bais Hamedrash of Flatbush Synagogne Inc | $28,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Degel Hatorah Inc | $26,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Zeev Hatorah Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Congregation Shefa Chaim | $24,450 | 2 | n/a |
| Zichron Aron Inc | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Keren Ecrah Inc | $17,875 | 2 | n/a |
| Shekel Hakodesh | $17,825 | 3 | n/a |
| American Friends of Kollel Ohr Yose | $14,500 | 1 | 21% |
| Congreation Emunas Yisroel | $13,700 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Kupat Ha'Ir | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Nesivos Hatorah | $12,072 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of Toldos Tzvi Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chizuk USA Inc | $9,020 | 1 | n/a |
| Sifrei Algazi | $8,742 | 1 | n/a |
| Sar Shalom Inc | $6,502 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Bais Isaac Zvi | $6,460 | 1 | n/a |
| Beitar Illit Advanced Talmud Project | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Nechamas Zion Maryland | $5,780 | 1 | 2% |
| Chevra Ahavas Yisroel Inc | $5,347 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohel Torah | $5,218 | 1 | n/a |
| Bais Yaakov Elementary of Rockland County | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Peer Hatorah Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Rochel of Monsey | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mars Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Ojc Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · The Jmg Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Weiskopf Family Foundation · The Jimmy and Berta Khezrie Charitable Foundation · Marbeh Shalom Foundation Inc · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · Donors Fund Inc · Ten Bracha Inc · The Ohr Hakotel Foundation · Murray & Sydell Rosenberg Foundationinc
How this is measured
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About Mars Foundation
- How much does Mars Foundation give?
- Mars Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $792,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Mars Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (42%), Philanthropy (37%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Mars Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Institute for Dayanim ($262k), Congregation Pe Er Bais Yaakov ($216k), Binyan Yerushlaim ($189k).
- Does Mars Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mars 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 Mars Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc, The Jmg Foundation.
- Where is Mars Foundation based?
- Mars Foundation is based in NY.
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