· Private foundation
The Jeff and Nicola Marcus 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $90k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASPEN ART MUSEUM | $50,000 |
| THE KENNEDY CENTER | $30,000 |
| NORTON MUSEUM OF ART | $25,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATON OF PALM BEACH | $25,000 |
| HOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| PALM BEACH ZOO | $9,000 |
| PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AAASPEN ART MUSEUM3× · 2023–2025 · $195k · revenue -68%
- JFJEWISH FEDERATON OF PALM BEACH4× · 2022–2025 · $81k
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC2× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue -40%
Funded once
- JHJOHN'S HOPKINS BRADY UROLOGICAL INSTITUTEone grant, 2024 · $25k
- TPThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Incone grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +14%
- JAJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASSone grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue -15%
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.
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.
Florida state parks foundation preserves, protects, sustains and grows florida state parks.
The association for public art (apa, formerly the fairmount park art association) commissions, preserves, interprets and promotes public art in philadelphia. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that informs, engages and inspires…
Zoo Miami Foundation's mission is to inspire people to preserve nature and motivate others to join us through community engagement, fundraising, and building relationships.
The foundation of the palm beach day academy's program is the education of our students in an academically challenging and compassion rich environment that guides each child toward personal excellence of mind, body and character.
To educate and to nurture the local community in classical symphonic music through the utilization of its symphonic orchestra.
Born out of the greatest appreciation for these outstanding collections, American Friends is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to fostering philanthropic support for the conservation, dissemination, and enjoyment of the…
The palm springs international jazz festival seeks to foster an appreciation for jazz, the uniquely american art form, through performance and education.
Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…
To provide substantial support for the phoenix art museum.
Palm beach island hospice foundation was established exclusively to support the programs, services and activities which further comprehensive hospice care in palm beach county, florida through its fundraising efforts.
Association for public policy analysis & management (appam) is dedicated to improving public policy management by fostering excellence in research, analysis and education.
The foundation is the nexus of palm beach county's public schools, the private sector, and the community. it facilitates student achievement by supporting high quality public education through partnership, grants, events and public…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ASPEN ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc ↗
- Who funds The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC ↗
- Who funds PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS ↗
- Who funds Glades Academy Foundation Inc ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Jeff and Nicola Marcus Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jeff and Nicola Marcus Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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