Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Markos Foundation Inc
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.
- $104k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations The Markos Foundation Inc 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; $15k 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 | 15 | $79k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $84k | 28% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $99k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $72k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $56k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation Inc | $65,300 | 5 | 1% |
| Leo High School | $43,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Pickles Group Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wartburg College | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Winona State University Foundation | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hawaiian Islands Land Trust | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation Inc | $65,300 | 5 | 1% |
| Leo High School | $43,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Pickles Group Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wartburg College | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Winona State University Foundation | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hawaiian Islands Land Trust | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edgewood University Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North Hawaii Hospice Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Madison Area Technical College Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Salute Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Elderheart Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bears Care | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Vogel Foundation | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lupus Society of Illinois | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Small Heroes Foundation Nfp | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Hawaii Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edgewood High School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 1000 Generations Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Davis Phinney Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Markos Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Baird Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to The Markos Foundation Inc?
Find your warmest path to The Markos Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About The Markos Foundation Inc
- How much does The Markos Foundation Inc give?
- The Markos Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $103,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Markos Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), Recreation & Sports (23%), Health (19%).
- Who are The Markos Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Marquette University ($125k), Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation Inc ($65k), Leo High School ($43k).
- Does The Markos Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Markos Foundation Inc 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 Markos Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, AbbVie Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Markos Foundation Inc based?
- The Markos Foundation Inc is based in WI.
Play a game based on Markos’ filings →