The V & L Marx Foundation
The organization is a private foundation focused on providing financial support primarily for healthcare, education, and community services. Its mission reflects a commitment to enhancing the welfare of various populations through substantial grants to hospitals, educational institutions, and cultural organizations. The foundation actively supports Jewish community initiatives and addresses social issues such as food insecurity. While it operates with a broad scope, it demonstrates a notable concentration of giving in New York, alongside support for organizations in other states.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established nonprofits with a New York presence or clear program links to New York—especially hospitals, higher-education institutions, cultural organizations, and community-service groups—seeking general operating support or one-time project funding.
Good Fit
- • Organization operates in New York or demonstrates clear impact in New York communities.
- • Established institution (hospital, college, cultural institution, community center) with track record of impact.
- • Request framed as general operating support or broad-purpose funding.
- • Capacity to accept and steward larger multi-year or one-time grants.
Geography
Grants span 19 states in the observed year, showing a multi-state footprint, but giving is concentrated in New York where roughly two thirds of dollars were awarded.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded over one hundred distinct recipients in the latest year (117), covering a broad set of independent nonprofits and a wide mix of grant sizes despite dollar concentration toward a few large awards.
New Applicants
Direct behavioral evidence is mixed: the latest year shows very few new recipients (six), and most grantees are repeats, but a prior year showed many new entrants and the foundation publishes a concrete submission method (a mailed statement with a named contact and rolling consideration), so new applicants have a plausible but limited path in.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
