Mark Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; the practical step is to wait for an invitation rather than send one.
- Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 76 grants to organisations fall between $6,250 and $500,000, the median grant is $25,000, and half of its grants are $25,000 or less, so a request near that level matches its usual pattern, although its largest grant was $1,000,000.
- Repeat giving is strong, with 66% of its grant dollars in its latest filing going to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so it leans towards existing grantees and competition for a place is likely to be relationship-led.
- Its filings show grants mainly in Texas and New Jersey, but no geographic focus is stated, so that pattern describes past giving rather than a limit on who may be considered.
Overview
Mark Foundation is a US private foundation based in Dallas, TX.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) 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
The filed grant record reflects a broad mix of public-charity giving. Recipients include schools and churches, arts and cultural organisations, healthcare foundations and community service charities. The stated purposes span school facilities and a veterinary-school animal hospital, arts-in-medicine and cultural programmes, healthcare, support for children experiencing homelessness, and services for people affected by trafficking. Other grants provide general or annual-fund support, alongside work in community safety, counselling and social care. Texas organisations received most of the recorded grant dollars, although the filing also records grants to organisations in several other states.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Texas and New Jersey.
How to apply
Contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 66% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 76 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 17% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 66% of grant dollars went to organisations Mark Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 10% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 29 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $30,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- All Saints Presbyterian Church · Annual campaign support.$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Texas A&M Foundation · Contruction of the veterinary school small animal hospital support.$600,0002024 tax year
- Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation · Neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) bed support.$350,0002024 tax year
- Creative Action · General support.$200,0002024 tax year
- BNGF Katherine & Austin Wyker Fund · Donor advised fund.$100,0002024 tax year
- BNGF Katherine & Austin Wyker Fund · Donor advised fund$50,0002024 tax year
- Highland Park Presbyterian Church Day School · Security guard support.$50,0002024 tax year
- Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation · Neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) bed support.$35,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Rebecca Rochelle — Director
- Laura Katherine Rochelle — CEO / Director
- Martha Peak Rochelle — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $4,665,507 | $3,890,000 | $71,460,368 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $4,408,251 | $3,660,000 | $74,037,660 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $3,743,345 | $2,813,500 | $80,988,209 | Filing for 2024 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
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Contact
- Dallas, TX