New York · Private foundation
The James S Marcus Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $285k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 33
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations The James S Marcus Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k 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 | 12 | $283k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $183k | 37% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $172k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $344k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wnet | $199,782 | 2 | 0% |
| Guild Hall of East Hampton Inc | $115,340 | 2 | 2% |
| The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc | $92,250 | 2 | 2% |
| Pianofest Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Young Concert Artists Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New York City Center Inc | $48,985 | 4 | 0% |
| Mastervoices Inc | $44,275 | 3 | 2% |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Modern Opera Company | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The James S Marcus 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 & Ar Foundation · The Howard and Sarah D Solomon Foundation · The Robert and Joyce Menschel Family Fdn · The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Evelyn B Olin Charitable Tr · Svetlana and Herbert M Wachtell Foundation · The Maryam and Hervey Seley Foundation · Mary Jane Hipp Brock Family Foundation · The Jct Foundation · Pilzer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The James S Marcus Foundation
- How much does The James S Marcus Foundation give?
- The James S Marcus Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $284,550 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The James S Marcus Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Health (2%), Education (1%).
- Who are The James S Marcus Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Wnet ($200k), Guild Hall of East Hampton Inc ($115k), The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc ($92k).
- Does The James S Marcus Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The James S Marcus 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 The James S Marcus Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include J & Ar Foundation, The Howard and Sarah D Solomon Foundation, The Robert and Joyce Menschel Family Fdn.
- Where is The James S Marcus Foundation based?
- The James S Marcus Foundation is based in NY.
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