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Margulf Foundation

Preselected recipients only Glendale, Colorado · EIN 132927245

Margulf Foundation is a private foundation in Glendale, Colorado. In tax year 2024 it gave $10.7 million in 124 grants; the typical grant was $53,750 and the largest $760,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $10.8 million the year before.

29% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$9.0 million89$250 million
2023$10.8 million166$280 million
2024$10.7 million124$288 million

How to apply

Margulf Foundation says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Margulf Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 14 states, the most to Colorado.

StateGrantsAmount
Colorado67$4.9 million
California14$2.1 million
New York15$1.3 million
Louisiana5$440,000
Texas2$435,000
District of Columbia6$387,500
Massachusetts6$340,000
Idaho3$315,000
Illinois1$260,000
New Mexico1$75,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 124 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Newschools
Oakland, CA
General operating grant$760,000
Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities (Chic)
Denver, CO
General operating grant$360,000
Immschools
Dallas, TX
General operating grant$360,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley
Alamosa, CO
General operating grant$310,000
Colorado Education Initiative
Denver, CO
General operating grant$310,000
Pahara Institute (Now Lone Rock Foundation)
Covina, CA
General operating grant$310,000
Rise Colorado
Aurora, CO
General operating grant$310,000
Transcend
Hastingsonhudson, NY
General operating grant$310,000
Valley Settlement
Glenwood Springs, CO
General operating grant$310,000
40
New Orleans, LA
General operating grant$260,000
Camelback Ventures
Garden City, ID
General operating grant$260,000
Griptape
New York, NY
General operating grant$260,000
Learnerstudio
San Francisco, CA
General operating grant$260,000
Moonshot Edventures
Denver, CO
General operating grant$260,000
Revx (Program of Transcend)
Hastingsonhudson, NY
Restricted grant to revx programming and operations$260,000
Surge Institute
Chicago, IL
General operating grant$260,000
Reschool
Denver, CO
General operating grant$205,000
Youth Empowerment Broadcasting Organization (Yebo)
Denver, CO
General operating grant$205,000
Ednium the Alumni Collective
Denver, CO
General operating grant$160,000
Lyra
Denver, CO
General operating grant$160,000
St Elizabeth's School
Denver, CO
General operating grant$160,000
The Rithm Project (Co Cambiar Education)
San Diego, CA
General operating grant$160,000
The Teaching Well
Oakland, CA
General operating grant$160,000
Democracy Forward Foundation
Washington, DC
General operating grant$150,000
Joy As Resistance
Denver, CO
General operating grant and restricted grant to joyful spaces$135,000
The Reinvention Lab (Program of Teach for America)
New York, NY
General operating grant to reinvention lab$135,000
Colorado Education Initiative
Denver, CO
Restricted grant to embedding ai in a reimagined high school experience project$124,000
The Equity Lab
Washington, DC
General operating grant$110,000
Bellwether Education Partners
Boston, MA
Restricted grant to juvenile justice and education work$75,000
Bilingual Generation LLC
Houston, TX
General operating grant$75,000
First Southwest Community Fund
Alamosa, CO
Restricted grant to colorado nonprofit bridge loan fund$75,000
Generation Teach
Boston, MA
General operating grant$75,000
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Restricted grant to the harvard immigration and refugee clinic$75,000
Indigenous Montessori Institute (Program of Keres Children's Learning Cente
Cochiti Pueblo, NM
General operating grant$75,000
Latinos for Education
Belmont, MA
General operating grant$75,000
One Generation (Co Tides Center)
Los Angeles, CA
General operating grant$75,000
Public Education & Business Coalition (Pebc)
Denver, CO
General operating grant$75,000
The Justice and Heritage Academy (Co Community FDTN of the San Luis Valley)
Alamosa, CO
General opearting grant and restricted grant to expansion project$75,000
The Leadership Academy Inc
Long Island City, NY
General operating grant$75,000
African Leadership Group (Co CNDC)
Denver, CO
General operating grant$60,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Margulf Foundation accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does Margulf Foundation give?

$10.7 million in tax year 2024, across 124 grants, with a typical grant of $53,750.

Who runs Margulf Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Jeremy Flug (Member), Ramsay Stabler (Director, Secretary), Vicki Flug Sterling (Director, President) and Eunice Kim (Director, Treasurer) among 8 officers and trustees.

What does Margulf Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and health.

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