Jane and John Marks Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464252178
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Phone
- 8502229732
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $41,191
- Expenses
- $40,175
- Assets
- $2,182
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN R MARKS III (PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF THE)
People named in this filing
- JOHN R MARKS III (PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF THE)
- JANE A MARKS (TRUSTEE)
- JOHN R MARKS IV (TRUSTEE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the jane and john marks foundation is to improve the lives of citizens through advocacy and outreach. It recognizes a path to the betterment of society via sustainable economic growth and education, fueled by emerging technology. The foundation is also committed to the future and is dedicated to improving lives by means of advocacy, outreach and the expansion of educational opportunities and initiatives through film making. The foundation realizes that digital technology has advanced and change is inevitable. It also recognizes that sustainable economic growth and education fueled by emerging digital technology and creative filmmaking can lead to new ideas and advances. As part of its commitment to education, the foundation intends to create a platform that promotes documentaries and related programming that empower, inform and inspire, by leveraging the power of storytelling with the aide of digital media.
What it reported doing in 2024
Historical book, documentary, and novel (coleman / colewis project)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.3%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 75% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 37.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.3% of revenue deployed · 85.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.