Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation

About Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation

The Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by repeated, large grants to Massachusetts General Hospital, including awards of $1,422,500 in 2024 and $1,366,666 in 2025. That pattern points to a foundation that backs sustained biomedical and clinical work rather than one-off support, with a strong tilt toward autism-related research and clinical programs at major hospitals and academic medical centers. Its grantmaking also reaches university partners such as Harvard College, MIT, and Rutgers, alongside specialty medical institutions including Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. A 2025 grant of $1,000,000 to the Lurie Family Autism Center Clinical Program Fund shows direct support for autism clinical programming, while other awards connect to medical research infrastructure and research training. The foundation’s portfolio includes both research and public-welfare grants, but the core pattern is multi-year institutional support for biomedical science, clinical translation, and autism-focused work in Massachusetts and nearby states. Grants are often substantial, and the same recipients appear across multiple years, indicating long-running relationships with selected institutions.

What Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation Funds

Autism is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s programmatic work. Through its Translational Science Grants, it supports efforts to move basic biomedical findings into diagnosis, treatment, communication tools, and services for autistic individuals. The Major Projects programs add another layer, funding large multi-year initiatives through internal RFPs for measurable impact on the autism community. It also supports research training and faculty development. Career Development Awards are designed for early- to mid-career scientists, including postdoctoral fellows and researchers moving toward tenure-track independence. A third strand is clinical and institutional research support. The foundation has funded Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary for medical research, and it has also made grants to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Maine Medical Center. Education grants to universities such as Harvard College, Thomas Jefferson University, and Rutgers University suggest continued backing for research environments around those institutions.

How Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation Gives