The Marsal Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is not the route in; any approach should come through an introduction.
- Because no geographic focus is stated, the filings showing most grants in Michigan, New York and Texas describe past giving, not a rule about who may apply.
- Most of its grants fall between $500 and $150,000, and half of its grants to organisations were $2,500 or less, so a modest request suits its usual giving, although the largest grant was about $6,050,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
- Repeat giving is strong: 93% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, which a newcomer should understand, though it need not stop an introduction.
- Education leads its grant-purpose totals, with recipients ranging across health, social services, community, cultural and faith organisations, but no broader funding criteria are stated, so the filing gives little basis for a firm fit judgement.
Overview
The Marsal Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
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 filing's grant-purpose totals are led by education, while the larger number of other grants is coded as financial support. Recipient records cover universities and schools, alongside health and social-service organisations, community institutions, cultural bodies and faith organisations. The pattern combines concentrated educational giving with smaller contributions across a wide range of charitable work. These records describe varied recipients rather than setting out a stated list of eligible causes, organisational types or communities; no broader funding criteria are given in the material reviewed.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Michigan, New York and Texas.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 93% 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 164 grants to organisations were $2,500 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 70% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations The Marsal Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- <1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Philippines).
- 11% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 59 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $2,500 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- University of Michigan · Education$5,155,0002024 tax year
- Gladney Fund · Financial support$650,0002024 tax year
- Have Faith Hatt Mission · Financial support$200,0002024 tax year
- Rare Village Foundation · Financial support$100,0002024 tax year
- Cardigan Mountain School · Education$95,0002024 tax year
- Michigan Technology Univerrsity · Financial support$83,0002024 tax year
- Ignitenational · Education$28,7502024 tax year
- Millbrook School · Education$25,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Antonio Alvarez — Director
- Kathleen Marsal — Director
- Bryan Marsal — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,834,499 | $2,680,200 | $10,562,085 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $8,309,661 | $8,277,900 | $10,428,677 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $6,769,583 | $6,577,350 | $8,498,811 | 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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No credit card required
Contact
- New York, NY