New York · Nonprofit
MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC
MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $0
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $0
What Marcia's Light Foundation Inc does
Programs
On march 10, 2025, approximately 100 arabs and jews participated in a special iftar (break fast meal during ramadan) that embodies the spirit of the holiday. The event was organized and designed by marcia's light foundation and involved, among other things, jewish educators who teach hebrew to arab students. The event fostered dialogue, mutual understanding, and coexistence among young adults and grownups from diverse backgrounds. In light of the current climate, such initiatives play a crucial role in bridging divides, promoting respect for religious traditions, and fostering positive interfaith interactions. The iftar took place at the sirag restaurant, kfar kassim, israel. It involved an iftar meal, discussions and special gifts provided by marcia's light.
$5,000 spentIn a continuation of a project commenced in 2024 marcia's light collaborated with tel aviv university in designing theatre projects between 10 jewish and arab students from tel aviv university (tau) and 16 arab students from el-hiat high school in kfar kassim. There were 4 sessions with the students visiting each other's institutions. The main theme of the program was to build relationships through theatre and a focus on arab-jewish relations, with emphasis on identity, sister languages, stereotypes, fears, shared life experiences, and more. The high school and tau students worked together in every session to create a short theatrical performance that reflected the topics and experiences they were exploring together. The creative processes served as a tool for dialogue, reflection, and emotional processing and provided a structured framework grounded in applied theatre practices. Facilitated by both jewish and arab instructors, the program fostered understanding through collaboration
$9,167 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $29k to $0 (−100%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $60k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC?
- MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $60,000 in grants to MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARCIA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing