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The Steven & Katherine Markel Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 20-5331849 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$2.2M
Grants reported
16
Typical grant
$52.4K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE STEVEN & KATHERINE MARKEL FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
20258$1.2M
20248$1.1M

Where The Steven & Katherine Markel Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal

RICHMOND, VA

$731.2KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Charitable support

Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal

RICHMOND, VA

$579.8KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Charitable support350 shs of mlk - book to fmv adjustment, book val $125,916.

Virginia League for Planned Parenthood

RICHMOND, VA

$161.6KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Charitable support100 shs of mlk - book to fmv adjustment, book val $35,976.

The Maymont Foundation

RICHMOND, VA

$149.1KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Charitable support90 shs of mlk - book to fmv adjustment, book val $32,378

Ywca

RICHMOND, VA

$104.8KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Charitable support

Showing 5 of the 16 largest grants (16 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Steven & Katherine Markel Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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