· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $73k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME | $25,000 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| WISCONSIN WOMEN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION INC | $12,500 |
| LEO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| PICKLES GROUP INC | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $5,000 |
| FOLDS OF HONOR | $2,500 |
| WARTBURG COLLEGE | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| ERIKA'S LIGHTHOUSE | $2,500 |
| UNIV OF WISCONSIN - LACROSSE | $2,500 |
| MADISON COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| PROJECT HAWAII INC | $1,000 |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 4 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, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MUMarquette University5× · 2021–2025 · $125k · revenue +16%
- PGPickles Group Inc4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +43%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches2× · 2024–2025 · $15k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- SHSACRED HEART SCHOOLone grant, 2023 · $5k
- DMDIVINE MERCY PARISHone grant, 2022 · $5k
- KTKAHILU THEATREone grant, 2022 · $5k
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.
To unite donors' passions with the university of hawai'i's (uh) aspirations by raising philanthropic support and managing investments to benefit uh, the people of hawai'i and our future generations.
We are a catholic university named for saint john henry newman and founded by the adorers of the blood of christ for the purpose of empowering graduates to transform society. our core values (see schedule o for continuation)
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…
Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…
To be a great catholic university dedicated to excellence in learning, achieved by teaching, research, & scholarly activities in franciscan & liberal arts tradition.
The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
Dominican University provides instruction to students seeking an Associates, Undergraduate or Graduate degree (some doctorate and certificates), and administers all of its programs without discrimination of race, color, gender, religion,…
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 51 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 Marquette University ↗
- Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN WOMEN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Pickles Group Inc ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds WARTBURG COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH HAWAII HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SALUTE INC ↗
- Who funds ELDERHEART INC ↗
- Who funds Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression ↗
- Who funds BEARS CARE ↗
- Who funds VOGEL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LUPUS SOCIETY OF ILLINOIS ↗
- Who funds SMALL HEROES FOUNDATION NFP ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HAWAII INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Markos Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Markos Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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