The Marturano Thompson Foundation concentrates almost exclusively on education, with a strong emphasis on mindfulness-based leadership training and support for K–12 enrichment (notably school performing arts). Grants are few but sizable and focused, with the bulk of funding going to repeated support for a single nonprofit that provides mindful leadership programming, alongside occasional direct support to local schools. The foundation appears to favor programmatic, capacity-building investments rather than broad, dispersed giving.
Highly concentrated giving: a small number of relatively large grants, repeat multi-grant support to one core grantee (Institute for Mindful Leadership), plus occasional targeted school-level grants.
The Marturano Thompson Foundation has centered its giving on mindful leadership education, with repeated support for the Institute for Mindful Leadership making up the clearest thread in its recent grant history. In three separate awards from 2023 through 2025, the foundation directed $155,000 to that organization, signaling a sustained relationship rather than one-off support. The foundation’s other recent grants show a smaller but still purposeful interest in K–12 enrichment and community education, including school arts programming, after-school nutrition, and local arts and environmental spaces. Recent recipients include Electa Lee Magnet Middle School, NJ Leep, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. The pattern suggests a funder that favors targeted, program-specific grants tied to education and community benefit, with most of its activity staying close to its New Jersey base.
Education is the core of the foundation’s recent grantmaking. The largest education commitment in the current record went to the Institute for Mindful Leadership, which received $60,000 in 2023 and another $60,000 in 2025 for education, plus $35,000 in 2024 for the same organization. That repeated support points to a sustained interest in mindfulness-based leadership training. The foundation also supports school enrichment: Electa Lee Magnet Middle School received $15,000 in 2025 to upgrade performing arts programs. Beyond schools, the foundation has backed community-serving education and enrichment efforts in New Jersey, including $5,000 to NJ Leep for an after-school snack program and $5,000 to Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum to renovate the Upper Pond area with an outdoor educational area and walking trails.
Recent grant sizes cluster around modest-to-midrange awards, with a p25 of $5,000, median of $10,000, and p75 of $41,250. The distribution is shaped by a few large awards and several smaller community grants. The record shows repeated support to the Institute for Mindful Leadership across 2023, 2024, and 2025, indicating a recurring relationship rather than isolated giving. The foundation is a private family foundation rather than a funder of individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. Its recent grants suggest a program-support orientation, with some awards tied to education, some to direct service, and some to capital or facility-related improvements.
$188K
$1M
$370K
$89K
Most grants fall between $5K and $41K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$41K
About 88% of grants go to recipients in NJ.
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Notable grantees: Institute for Mindful Leadership, Electa Lee Magnet Middle School (performing arts upgrade), Local K–12 public school arts and social-emotional learning programs
Giving is highly concentrated in New Jersey: 88% of grants went to recipients in the state, and New Jersey is also the top state by grant count. Several recipients are in Newark, Morristown, Wayne, and Franklin Lakes. Outside New Jersey, the recent record includes a grant to Electa Lee Magnet Middle School in Bradenton, Florida. The grant list is entirely U.S.-based, with 100% of recent grants going to recipients in the United States.
The recent record shows a strong emphasis on education, especially mindful leadership training for educators and leaders. It also includes K–12 performing arts support, an after-school snack program, and educational or recreational improvements tied to community spaces.
Yes. The Institute for Mindful Leadership received three grants in the recent record: $60,000 in 2023, $35,000 in 2024, and $60,000 in 2025. That pattern shows a multi-year funding relationship.
Recent grants cluster around smaller awards, with a p25 of $5,000, a median of $10,000, and a p75 of $41,250. The record also includes larger awards of $60,000.
New Jersey is the main geography for giving, accounting for 88% of grants in the recent record. Recipient cities in the state include Franklin Lakes, Newark, Morristown, and Wayne.
The foundation has supported school performing arts, after-school nutrition, a performing arts center, and an arboretum renovation that added an outdoor educational area and walking trails.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institue for Mindful Leadership | Franklin Lakes, NJ | $60,000 | 2025 | Education |
| Electa Lee Magnet Middle Schoolt | Bradenton, FL | $15,000 | 2025 | Upgrade Lee Middle School performing arts programs. |
| NJ Performing Arts Center | Newark, NJ | $5,000 | 2025 | To help the Arts Center. |
| NJ Leep | Newark, NJ | $5,000 | 2025 | To help fund after school snack program. |
| Mayo Performing Arts Center | Morristown, NJ | $2,500 | 2025 | To help fund the performing arts. |
| Institue for Mindful Leadership | Franklin Lakes, NJ | $35,000 | 2024 | Education |
| Institue for Mindful Leadership | Franklin Lakes, NJ | $60,000 | 2023 | Education |
| Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum | Wayne, NJ | $5,000 | 2023 | To help renovate the Upper Pond area to include an outdoor educational area and additional walking trails for visitors. |
Institue for Mindful Leadership
$60,000Education
Electa Lee Magnet Middle Schoolt
$15,000Upgrade Lee Middle School performing arts programs.
NJ Performing Arts Center
$5,000To help the Arts Center.
NJ Leep
$5,000To help fund after school snack program.
Mayo Performing Arts Center
$2,500To help fund the performing arts.
Institue for Mindful Leadership
$35,000Education
Institue for Mindful Leadership
$60,000Education
Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum
$5,000To help renovate the Upper Pond area to include an outdoor educational area and additional walking trails for visitors.