The Marianthi Foundation

• The Marianthi Foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, so a cold proposal is unlikely to succeed and an introduction or existing relationship is the realistic route in.
• Its grants have chiefly gone to universities and colleges, with others to a secondary school, a performing arts centre, a park conservancy and a town affairs council, so the closest fit is likely to be higher-education work.
• About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $5,000 and $21,500,000, and half of its 16 grants to organisations were $1,000,000 or less, but the largest grant was about $41,500,000, so the band is typical rather than a ceiling and any request should be sized with that spread in mind.
• In its most recent filing, 99% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so the process appears strongly relationship-led and an established link matters most.
• No geographic focus is stated, though the filings show grants mainly in New York and Pennsylvania, which is worth knowing without treating it as a rule.

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

• Columbia University · To further donee's exempt purpose
  $41,620,6162024 tax year
• University of Pennsylvania · To further donee's exempt purpose
  $21,285,7772024 tax year
• Barnard College · To further donee's exempt purpose
  $12,191,3532024 tax year
• Bishop Hendricken High School · To further donee's exempt purpose
  $10,0002024 tax year
• Central Park Conservancy · To further donee's exempt purpose
  $5,0002024 tax year

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

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.