· Private foundation
The Wendy and Jerry Marks Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Wendy and Jerry Marks Foundation’s FY2019 grant dollars went to American Endowment Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2019 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Wendy and Jerry Marks Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $12k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION | $4,400 |
| CHABAD HOUSE - LUBAVITCH INC | $3,600 |
| BNAI TORAH CONGREGATION | $1,260 |
| CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM | $1,080 |
| CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY INC | $360 |
| CHABAD HOUSE - LUBAVITCH INC | $360 |
| CHABAD JEWISH CENTER OF BBC INC | $180 |
| CHABAD JEWISH CENTER OF BBC INC | $180 |
| DOROT INC | $100 |
| GENERAL ISRAEL ORPHAN HOME FOR GIRLS JERUSALEM INC | $100 |
| MAZON INC A JEWISH RESPONSE TO HUNGER | $100 |
| LUNCH BREAK | $100 |
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 (FY17–18, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2018, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CLCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY INC2× · 2017–2018 · $9k
- CHCHABAD HOUSE - LUBAVITCH INC2× · 2017–2018 · $6k
- GIGENERAL ISRAEL ORPHAN HOME FOR GIRLS2× · 2017–2018 · $300 · revenue -61%
Funded once
- TSTEMPLE SHALOM OF ABERDEEN INCone grant, 2017 · $2k
- SSSPECIAL STRIDES INCone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue -32%
- JFJewish Family & Childrens Service of Greater Monmouth Countygraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +417%
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 jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…
Support of tzohar-a school for special needs children located in israel
Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…
Jewish Family Service is a nonprofit social service organization that supports people of all faiths as they navigate through lifes's challenges - illness, aging , finanical uncertainty, mental health concerns, family problems, or personal…
To promote and enhance jewish religious observance in canada
To promote and support jewish religious charitable and educational activities in israel & usa.
The jewish relief agency brings together individuals of all means, ages and backgrounds to address our community's physical, social and spiritual needs, satisfying our unique desire to take care of each other and do good in the world.…
Join israel unites nonprofits, schools and agencies in strategic partnerships to amplify existing servicesso more children, youth, families and seniors in crisis receive the help they need.
To help build a more just society by creating model programs for disadvantaged populations. The activities focus primarily on helping Israel overcome the challenges facing five groups (cont. on sched O):
Migdal Ohr means "tower of light" in Hebrew and serves as a beacon of hope to thousands of orphaned and neglected children. We serve over 10,000 children every year and raise them to become thriving, successful adults. Migdal Ohr gives…
The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…
Standwithus is an international, education organization dedicated to informing the public about israel & combating extremism & anti-semitism. we believe education is the road to peace. (see continuation on schedule o)
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 25 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 AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF MIDDLESEX & MONMOUTH COUNTIES A NJ NONPROFIT CORP ↗
- Who funds THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL STRIDES INC ↗
- Who funds Jewish Family & Childrens Service of Greater Monmouth County ↗
- Who funds TWO RIVER THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds AXELROD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Family Resource Associates Inc ↗
- Who funds GENERAL ISRAEL ORPHAN HOME FOR GIRLS ↗
- Who funds DOROT INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC ↗
- Who funds LUNCH BREAK INC ↗
- Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
- Who funds HOLMDEL FIRST AID SQUAD ↗
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: Oceanfirst Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Premselaar Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Wendy and Jerry Marks Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wendy and Jerry Marks Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Family Resource Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
- Axelrod Performing Arts Center Inc: 6% of income from government
- Lunch Break Inc: 4% of income from government
- Special Strides Inc: 2% of income from government
- Two River Theatre Company Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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