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Aristo Zeilstra Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$47k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2025
8
Organizations funded FY2024
38%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 24
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$243k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Aristo Zeilstra Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving9$46k56%
FY20248$44k38%
FY202316$45k56%
FY202210$45k70%
FY202115$4k53%
FY202024$7kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$144kAnimals$23kInternational$15kEducation$7kPhilanthropy$3kArts & Culture$2kHousing & Shelter$2kHuman Services$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
WI
MI
NY
MA
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OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Aristo Zeilstra Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation$140,00040%
Friends of Baark Inc$17,00045%
The Citadel Foundation$5,80030%
United Help Ukraine Inc$2,50010%
Our Rescue$2,00020%
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$2,00020%
City Gospel Mission and Affiliates$1,15030%
National Scleroderma Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Operation Liberation$1,0001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,00010%
No One Left Behind$1,0001n/a
Foreverland Farm$1,00020%
Samaritan's Purse$1,00010%
Rescued Rollers$1,0003n/a
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$1,00010%
Veterans Community Project$1,00010%
Greater Good Charities$85030%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$75020%
Dohn Community High School$6381n/a
Romanian League in Defense of Animals$50010%
Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue$50010%
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc$50010%
No Baby Blisters$45020%
Covenant House$40020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$35020%
Cincinnati Lab Rescue Inc$35020%
Mercy Ships International$35020%
Salvation Army Catherine Booth Residence Inc$2501n/a
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$25010%
Grant US Hope Inc$2501n/a
Cincinnati Area Senior Services Inc$25010%
Helphopelive Inc$25010%
Ranger School Support Group Inc$2501n/a
Soi Dog Foundation USA$25010%
Maslow's Army Inc$2501n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$20010%
Clark County Spca Inc$20010%
Guitars For Vets Inc$20010%
Stop Soldier Suicide Inc$20010%
Releash Atlanta Inc$15010%
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue Inc$15010%
Special Olympics Inc$15010%
All Paws on Deck Animal Rescue$1501n/a
Smile Train Inc$12010%
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education$10010%
Saved in America$10010%
American Lung Association$10010%
Rebecca Bender Initiative$10010%
Kenzie's Closet$10010%
The Hamilton County Spca Inc Dba Spca Cincinnati$10010%
De Cavel Family Sids Foundation$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aristo Zeilstra Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMedical University of South Carolina Foundation: $140,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Baark Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetThe Citadel Foundation: $5,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Rescue: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCity Gospel Mission and Affiliates: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Scleroderma Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForeverland Farm: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans Community Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Good Charities: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFreestore Foodbank Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRomanian League in Defense of Animals: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNo Baby Blisters: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Lab Rescue Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Ships International: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSea Shepherd Conservation Society: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Area Senior Services Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelphopelive Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoi Dog Foundation USA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClark County Spca Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGuitars For Vets Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStop Soldier Suicide Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReleash Atlanta Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMarley's Mutts Dog Rescue Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaved in America: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRebecca Bender Initiative: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKenzie's Closet: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hamilton County Spca Inc Dba Spca Cincinnati: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDe Cavel Family Sids Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH19.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Duke Energy Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Gannett Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Aristo Zeilstra Foundation

How much does Aristo Zeilstra Foundation give?
Aristo Zeilstra Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $47,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Aristo Zeilstra Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (71%), Animals (11%), International (7%).
Who are Aristo Zeilstra Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Medical University of South Carolina Foundation ($140k), Friends of Baark Inc ($17k), The Citadel Foundation ($6k).
Does Aristo Zeilstra Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Aristo Zeilstra Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Aristo Zeilstra Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Aristo Zeilstra Foundation based?
Aristo Zeilstra Foundation is based in DE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 59 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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