FundersNew Jersey

Marcon Foundation Inc

Ridgewood, NJ · EIN 57-1167051. Reported 89 grants totalling $1,144,371 to 60 organizations across tax years 2022-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,144,371granted, 2022-2024
60organizations funded
50%of grantees funded again the next year
$35,802assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Marcon Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $76,900. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
2 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
54 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
20 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
9 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Veterans to Veterans GroupLittleton, NH$156,776332024
Bergen Catholic High SchoolOradell, NJ$119,800332024
Mount Carmel High SchoolChicago, IL$84,680332024
St Elizabeth ChurchWyckoff, NJ$75,800112024
My TurnManchester, NH$63,911332024
George M Pullman FoundationChicago, IL$50,000222023
The Mayo ClinicRochester, MN$45,000332024
Saint Anthony ParishNeopit, WI$27,227112023
Ruck-Up IncKeene, NH$25,400112024
Diocese of New HampshireManchester, NH$25,000112024
Freedom FuelLaconia, NH$25,000332024
St Philip's School & Community CenterDallas, TX$25,000112024
Easterseals Nh Veterans Count - George MiglorinoMancester, NH$20,000112022
St Francis De Sales High SchoolChicago, IL$20,000112024
Door County Secert SantaFish Creek, WI$15,000222023
Easterseals Nh - Keilan Aiden EastmanMancester, NH$15,000112023
ElunaPhiladelphia, PA$15,000332024
Hark AlsHillsborough, NJ$15,000112022
My Turn - Alicia HannonManchester, NH$15,000112023
St Peter ParishAuburn, NH$15,000332024
Stop Soldier SuicideDurham, NC$15,000332024
The Little Sisters of Jesus & MarySalisbury, MD$15,000332024
Easter Seals NhManchester, NH$10,000112024
Easterseals NhManchester, NH$10,000112023
Hearts to Homes FurnishingsYonkers, NY$10,000222023
Horses for Heroes New Mexico IncSanta Fe, NM$10,000222024
Liberty HouseMancester, NH$10,000222024
Midcoast Humane SocietyBrunswick, ME$10,000222024
Northern Door Children's CenterSister Bay, WI$10,000112024
Peace Ridge SanctuaryBrooks, ME$10,000222024
Peninsula PlayersFish Creek, WI$10,000112022
Sunshine Resources of Door CoSturgeon Bay, WI$10,000222023
Team RubiconLos Angeles, CA$10,000222024
Valley Youth HouseBethlehem, PA$10,000112023
Juleen StercyCenter Barnstead, NH$9,800112022
My Turn Inc - Derek GalinsManchester, NH$8,000112024
Door County Secret SantaFish Creek, WI$7,500112024
Project K9 HeroDetroit, MI$7,500112023
My Turn - Sheila GustNashua, NH$7,000112023
Animal Refuge LeagueWestbrook, ME$5,000112022
Animal Refuge League of Greater PortlandWestbrook, ME$5,000112024
Camp Sunshine at Sebago LakeCasco, ME$5,000112022
Center for WildlifeCape Neddick, ME$5,000112024
Chester Comm Food PantryChester, NH$5,000112023
Chester Community Food PantryChester, NH$5,000112024
End 68 Hours of HungerChester, NH$5,000112022
Graze in PeaceDurham, ME$5,000112023
Gtr Portland LandmarksPortland, ME$5,000112023
Hearts to HomesYonkers, NY$5,000112024
Horses for HeroesSante Fe, NM$5,000112023
Maine Friends of AnimalsFalmouth, ME$5,000112024
MsspaS Windham, ME$5,000112023
Northern Door ChildrenSister Bay, WI$5,000112023
Shadow Warriors ProjectMonument, CO$5,000112024
Southern New Hampshire UniversityBoston, MA$5,000112024
Sunshine Resources of Door CountySturgeon Bay, WI$5,000112024
The Root CellarPortland, ME$5,000112024
Vet 2 Vet MaineBiddeford, ME$5,000112024
Write to Me FoundationAustin, TX$3,477112022
My Turn - Asatu KanteManchester, NH$2,500112023

19 of 60 (32%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 50%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

Plus 44 grants to individuals totalling $485,741 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 40 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Health Care
9 grants
Human Services
7 grants
Animal Welfare
7 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
5 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
2 grants
Housing & Shelter
1 grant
Employment
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202224$233,277$6,250
202331$379,558$5,000
202434$531,536$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 38% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Hampshire. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New Hampshire
$433K
New Jersey
$211K
Illinois
$155K
Wisconsin
$90K
Maine
$70K
Minnesota
$45K
Texas
$28K
Pennsylvania
$25K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Hampshire.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Marcon Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2022-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 79 Chestnut Street 101, Ridgewood, NJ, 07450. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 57-1167051 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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