The V & L Marx Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 03-0536676 · since 2004·Connecticut, Florida, New York, Oregon·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$7.6M

Annual giving, 2025 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$2,500 to $85,000

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$10,000

Typical grant (median)

123 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

The foundation's recipients are broad, spanning hospitals, universities, arts bodies, libraries, social-service charities and religious bodies, and its filing states no geographic focus, though its grants are mainly in New York, Florida, Connecticut and Oregon.
Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $2,500 and $85,000, and half of its 365 grants to organisations across three filings were $10,000 or less, so a request near the $10,000 median is in line with its usual giving, though that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
In its latest filing, 94% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so the foundation leans towards repeat relationships, and a first approach should be careful and complete.
Submit a written statement by US mail giving complete information about the grant requested; the filing gives no deadlines and says the foundation accepts applications, so no particular window is stated.

Overview

The V & L Marx Foundation is a US private foundation based in Scarsdale, NY.

What they fund

Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

Recorded grants are principally for general corporate purposes. Their recipients span hospitals and medical institutions, universities and schools, arts and cultural institutions, libraries, community and social-service organisations, and religious bodies. The largest listed grants include a hospital, a health clinic, a philharmonic orchestra, a community college foundation and a university child-study centre; further examples include a public library, a temple, a hospice and a food charity. The filings do not set out named funding fields or selection criteria, so the evidence supports a broad account of its recipients rather than narrower stated priorities.

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Florida, Connecticut and Oregon.

How to apply

Submit a statement by US mail detailing complete information about the grant requested.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 94% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 365 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.

Grant dollars by state

New York65%

Florida14%

Connecticut9%

Oregon7%

New Hampshire1%

California<1%

6 other states: 2%

The largest single recipient received 31% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2025, 94% of grant dollars went to organisations The V & L Marx Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

123 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $10,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 123 grants in tax year 2025 by size

$1k–$2.5k7%

$2.5k–$5k8%

$5k–$10k19%

$10k–$25k33%

$25k–$50k18%

$50k–$100k7%

$100k–$250k3%

$250k–$500k2%

$500k–$1M3%

$1M and over1%

Median $10,000 (tax year 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

White Plains Hospital · General corporate purpose
$2,075,0002025 tax year
Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation · General corporate purpose
$750,0002025 tax year
New York Philharmonic · General corporate purpose
$730,0002025 tax year
Westchester Community College Foundation · General corporate purpose
$620,0002025 tax year
Yale Child Study Center · General corporate purpose
$500,0002025 tax year
Yale University · General corporate purpose
$495,0002025 tax year
Library Foundation The - Multnomah · General corporate purpose
$250,0002025 tax year
Reading Results · General corporate purpose
$150,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Jon Gruenberg — Treasurer
Leonard Gruenberg — Vice President / Chief Financial
Wendy Gruenberg — Secretary
Jennifer Gruenberg — President

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2023 tax year	$7,046,209	$6,779,500	$147,620,896	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$6,986,669	$6,704,000	$166,340,227	Filing for 2024 tax year
2025 tax year	$7,958,447	$7,647,500	$183,575,937	Filing for 2025 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Sources

Registers and filings

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