New York · Private foundation
The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust
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.
- $244k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2024
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $95,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k 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 | 32 | $234k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $327k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $365k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $273k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $338k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $126k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $86k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Modern Art | $296,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hudson Highlands Land Trust Inc | $86,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bennington College Corporation | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Scenic Hudson Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Manitoga Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($407k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust 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 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · The Ford Foundation · Lostand Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc · The Cowles Charitable Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust with peer funders
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About The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust
- How much does The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust give?
- The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust reported 33 grants totaling $243,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (49%), Civil Rights (12%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Museum of Modern Art ($297k), Philadelphia Museum of Art ($100k), The Studio Museum in Harlem ($100k).
- Does The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust 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 Matthew Marks Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc, The Ford Foundation, Lostand Foundation.
- Where is The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust based?
- The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust is based in NY.
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