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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 37-1709152

Mark's Legacy Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $130,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $130,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,362,993

  • Tax year 2024

    $130,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,362,355

  • Tax year 2023

    $115,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,416,525

  • Tax year 2022

    $98,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,462,485

  • Tax year 2021

    $107,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,458,257

  • Tax year 2020

    $94,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,492,785

  • Tax year 2019

    $93,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,561,528

  • Tax year 2018

    $71,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,610,956

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Holocaust Heroes WorldwideMiami, FL

    To further the charity's cause

    $30,000
  2. New Horizons FoundationNorth Hills, CA

    To further the charity's cause

    $20,000
  3. Shalom InstituteWestlake Village, CA

    To further the charity's cause

    $20,000
  4. American Friends of Magen David AdomNewark, NJ

    To further the charity's cause

    $15,000
  5. One GenerationVan Nuys, CA

    To further the charity's cause

    $10,000
  6. Friends of the Israel Defense ForceNew York, NJ

    To further the charity's cause

    $10,000
  7. Jewish FederationLos Angeles, CA

    To further the charity's cause

    $5,000
  8. Wounded WarriorsChicago, IL

    To further the charity's cause

    $5,000
  9. HiasSilver Spring, MD

    To further the charity's cause

    $5,000
  10. SPCALos Angeles, CA

    To further the charity's cause

    $5,000
  11. The Trevor ProjectW Hollywood, CA

    To further the charity's cause

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $30,00075% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $5,00012% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $5,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California6 grants $65,000
  2. Florida1 grant $30,000
  3. New Jersey2 grants $25,000
  4. Illinois1 grant $5,000
  5. Maryland1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Sahar PouyanradSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Mark BookmanTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Elona BalyasnyPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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