Colorado · Private foundation
The Marcus 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.
- $31k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,150
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Marcus Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 12 | $31k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $34k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $53k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $42k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $52k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $57k | 69% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $54k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Urban Gardens | $58,850 | 6 | 1% |
| Denver Botanic Gardens Inc | $56,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Ceres Inc | $46,000 | 8 | 0% |
| High Line Canal Conservancy | $22,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Food Advocates Inc | $17,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Green Bronx Machine International Inc | $14,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Earthlinks Inc | $8,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Metro Caring | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Smile Farms Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple Sinai | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Urban Gardens | $58,850 | 6 | 1% |
| Denver Botanic Gardens Inc | $56,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Ceres Inc | $46,000 | 8 | 0% |
| High Line Canal Conservancy | $22,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Food Advocates Inc | $17,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Green Bronx Machine International Inc | $14,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Earthlinks Inc | $8,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Metro Caring | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Smile Farms Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple Sinai | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Young Farmers Coalition Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Era Colorado Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Our Children's Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mary's Center Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Virginia Civic Engagement Table | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Ga Project for Community Education Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hunger Free Colorado | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wholesome Wave Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Impact 100 Metro Denver | $2,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Revision | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Volunteers of America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Mountain Parks Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The 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: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The Colorado Health Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Marigold Project · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Rose Community Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · Anschutz Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Marcus Foundation
- How much does The Marcus Foundation give?
- The Marcus Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $31,150 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Marcus Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (38%), Food & Nutrition (33%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are The Marcus Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Denver Urban Gardens ($59k), Denver Botanic Gardens Inc ($56k), Ceres Inc ($46k).
- Does The Marcus Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 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 Marcus Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Impactassetsinc.
- Where is The Marcus Foundation based?
- The Marcus Foundation is based in CO.
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