· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k23 grants · $54k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $95k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $95k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | $95,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $15,000 |
| SCENIC HUDSON INC | $10,000 |
| HUDSON HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST | $10,000 |
| THE NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE | $10,000 |
| TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| BENNINGTON COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS | $10,000 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| LAXART | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| MANITOGA INC | $5,000 |
| ARTISTS SPACE | $5,000 |
| ACLU | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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 +54% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
45 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 96% 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
- MOMuseum of Modern Art5× · 2020–2024 · $297k · revenue +38%
- TSTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM4× · 2020–2023 · $100k · revenue +305%
- HHHudson Highlands Land Trust Inc7× · 2017–2024 · $86k · revenue +10%
Funded once
- PMPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ARTone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +8%
- WMWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +183%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $50k
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.
The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.
The mint museum welcomes all to be inspired and transformed through the power of art and creativity.
Apex Art Curatorial Program is a resolutely noncommercial visual art exhibition space which provides curators and artists with a venue dedicated to ideas that are often too provocative or too small in scope for display elsewhere. Apex Art…
The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…
Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.
The mission of the national museum of women in the arts is to collect, conserve and elevate the achievements of women artists from all nationalities and to educate the public on their outstanding accomplishments. we strive to accomplish…
How this is measured
46 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. 46 of the 74 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 Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM ↗
- Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
- Who funds Hudson Highlands Land Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Scenic Hudson Inc ↗
- Who funds MANITOGA INC ↗
- Who funds GLAAD INC ↗
- Who funds ARTISTS SPACE INC ↗
- Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE BRICK ↗
- Who funds POINT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds SKIDMORE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC ↗
- Who funds Network on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children ↗
- Who funds THE SENTENCING PROJECT ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MIAMI INC ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC ↗
- Who funds WHITE COLUMNS INC ↗
- Who funds OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds ASPEN ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds YOUTH JUSTICE COALITION 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Matthew Marks Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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