Hawaii · Private foundation
Michael J Marks 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.
- $260k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 45
- Grants FY2025
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 42
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Michael J Marks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 | 45 | $260k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 42 | $335k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $193k | 34% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $141k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $162k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $89k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $6k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $212,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Ballet Hawaii | $65,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hawaii Foodbank Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sprye Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Kalihi-Palama Health Center (Hale Ho'Ola Hou) | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Family Promise of Hawaii | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Hale Kipa Inc | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Waianae Distr Comprehensive Health & | $22,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Palama Settlement | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($323k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michael J Marks Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: J Watumull Fund · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Aloha United Way Inc · Atherton Family Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Harold Kl Castle Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · The Cades Foundation · The Clarence Tc Ching Foundation · The Queen's Medical Center
How this is measured
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About Michael J Marks Foundation
- How much does Michael J Marks Foundation give?
- Michael J Marks Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $260,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Michael J Marks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Human Services (14%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Michael J Marks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Hawaii Foundation ($213k), Ballet Hawaii ($65k), Maui Food Bank Inc ($45k).
- Does Michael J Marks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael J Marks 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 Michael J Marks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include J Watumull Fund, Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn, Aloha United Way Inc.
- Where is Michael J Marks Foundation based?
- Michael J Marks Foundation is based in HI.
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