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Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$802k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
92
Grants FY2024
87
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$303,726
Organizations funded a year
54 to 93
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$5.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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
FY2024still arriving91$801k16%
FY202387$997k11%
FY202281$1.2M33%
FY202183$282k13%
FY202092$1.6M35%
FY201954$92k22%
FY201889$254k44%
FY201793$227kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$3.0MEducation$829kArts & Culture$461kPhilanthropy$381kInternational$330kCivil Rights$136kPublic Benefit$128kYouth Development$96kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Public Justice Foundation$1,299,356613%
Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc$319,50060%
Legal Aid at Work$285,00082%
Young Women's Freedom Center$150,00013%
Oberlin College$124,50020%
Consumer Reports Inc$76,00080%
Equal Justice Society$59,00082%
Ventura Vie$57,739350%
The Center for Auto Safety Inc$50,00082%
Golden Gate University$43,90010%
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All grantees of Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Public Justice Foundation$1,299,356613%
Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc$319,50060%
Legal Aid at Work$285,00082%
Young Women's Freedom Center$150,00013%
Oberlin College$124,50020%
Consumer Reports Inc$76,00080%
Equal Justice Society$59,00082%
Ventura Vie$57,739350%
The Center for Auto Safety Inc$50,00082%
Golden Gate University$43,90010%
San Francisco Jazz Organization$43,45980%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music$25,00010%
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center$20,00010%
Enterprise for Youth$19,85040%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$19,16050%
Alliance for Justice$19,00080%
Consumer Watchdog$19,00050%
Bay Area Legal Aid$16,50080%
Breast Cancer Action$16,00080%
Alonzo King Lines Ballet$15,43030%
Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc$11,00050%
Legal Assistance to the Elderly$11,00070%
San Francisco Ballet Association$10,81120%
Legal Assistance for Seniors$10,50060%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$10,00070%
The Bar Association of San Francisco$10,00010%
National Consumers League Inc$10,00070%
East Bay Community Law Center$9,00080%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$8,50050%
Community Music Center$8,50080%
AnnieCannons Inc$8,08080%
Eviction Defense Collaborative Inc$8,00080%
Tenderloin Housing Clinic Inc$7,95070%
AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area$7,82450%
San Francisco Food Bank$7,25070%
Project Avary Inc Alternative Ventures for at Risk Youth$7,03070%
Pathways for Kids Co Peter Dwares$7,00071%
Larkin Street Youth Services$7,00070%
Jewish Film Institute$6,60060%
J Street Education Fund Inc$6,59810%
Women Make Movies Inc$6,15010%
The Exploratorium$6,08780%
San Mateo County Community Colleges District$6,0006n/a
La Raza Centro Legal - San Francisco$6,00060%
The Contemporary Jewish Museum$6,00060%
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy$5,50030%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$5,50040%
Coleman Children and Youth Services dba Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth$5,00030%
Plug in America$5,00060%
Edgewood Center for Children and Families$5,00050%
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc$5,00010%
Canal Alliance$5,00010%
The Nature Conservancy of California$5,0002n/a
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$4,40040%
City Arts & Lectures Inc$4,10080%
Creativity Explored Inc$4,01580%
Women's Community Clinic$4,00040%
Shanti Project$4,00080%
The Z Space Studio$4,00080%
Healthright 360$4,00040%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$4,00080%
Hias Inc$4,00040%
Bay Area Urban Debate Commission$4,00080%
Friends of the Urban Forest$3,76880%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$3,50020%
American Jewish Committee$3,50020%
BLUE BEAR SCHOOL of MUSIC$3,25050%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$3,00010%
Empower Me Academy$3,00050%
Volti$3,00041%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$3,00050%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$2,83950%
ArtSpan$2,50040%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$2,50030%
Southern Exposure$2,50050%
Fairwarning Inc$2,50011%
Mechanics' Institute$2,32520%
California Academy of Sciences$2,19350%
Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc$2,00010%
Not for Sale Fund$2,00020%
Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling Service$2,00020%
Equal Justice Initiative$2,00020%
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Long Beach and Orange County$2,00010%
Museum of Modern Art$1,75030%
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation$1,50030%
Cat Tales Rescue$1,50020%
Grafton County Senior Citizens Council Inc$1,25040%
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,25030%
Public Citizen Inc$1,05020%
The Salvation Army World Service Office$1,00010%
MoveOnorg Civic Action$1,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Bay Area$1,00010%
The Intercept Media Inc$1,00010%
San Francisco Zen Center$1,0002n/a
Finca International Inc$1,00010%
San Francisco Suicide Prevention$1,00020%
Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc$1,00020%
Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc$1,00010%
Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization$1,00010%
Court Appointed Special Advocates$1,00010%
Beaumont Health Foundation$1,00010%
La Clinica de la Raza Inc$1,00010%
Southeast Asian Development Center$1,00010%
Academy Foundation$1,00010%
Seven Tepees Youth Program$1,00020%
The Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute$1,00020%
Society for American Baseball Research Inc$75010%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$60010%
Integral Yoga Institute of Californa Inc$5001n/a
North and South of Market Adult Day Health Corporation$50010%
Felton Institute$50010%
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association$50010%
San Diego Foundation for Change$50011%
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco$50010%
Casa Community Association$50010%
Kee Cha-E-Nar Corporation$50010%
Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association$48010%
Golden Gate Collectors Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Fund$2991n/a
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area$25010%
Bridge the Gap College Prep$25010%
We Players$2501n/a
Alliance Community Counseling Center$20010%
Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc$18010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 116 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 117 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPublic Justice Foundation: $1,299,356 over 6y, 13% of budgetVital Voices Global Partnership Inc: $319,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLegal Aid at Work: $285,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetYoung Women's Freedom Center: $150,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetOberlin College: $124,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConsumer Reports Inc: $76,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Society: $59,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetVentura Vie: $57,739 over 3y, 50% of budgetThe Center for Auto Safety Inc: $50,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetGolden Gate University: $43,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Jazz Organization: $43,459 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Conservatory of Music: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRenaissance Entrepreneurship Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEnterprise for Youth: $19,850 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $19,160 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Justice: $19,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetConsumer Watchdog: $19,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBay Area Legal Aid: $16,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBreast Cancer Action: $16,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetAlonzo King Lines Ballet: $15,430 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWestern Center on Law & Poverty Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Assistance to the Elderly: $11,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Ballet Association: $10,811 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Assistance for Seniors: $10,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bar Association of San Francisco: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Consumers League Inc: $10,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEast Bay Community Law Center: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Music Center: $8,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAnnieCannons Inc: $8,080 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEviction Defense Collaborative Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTenderloin Housing Clinic Inc: $7,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area: $7,824 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $7,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetProject Avary Inc Alternative Ventures for at Risk Youth: $7,030 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPathways for Kids Co Peter Dwares: $7,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Film Institute: $6,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJ Street Education Fund Inc: $6,598 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWomen Make Movies Inc: $6,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Exploratorium: $6,087 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLa Raza Centro Legal - San Francisco: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Contemporary Jewish Museum: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Constitution Society for Law & Policy: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColeman Children and Youth Services dba Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPlug in America: $5,000 over 6y, 0.1% 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 117.

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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 San Francisco FoundationCA64× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · Bothin Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · Horizons Foundation · Tipping Point Community · The William & Flora Hewlett 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 Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation

How much does Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation give?
Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation reported 92 grants totaling $801,784 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 54 and 93 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (51%), Education (14%), Arts & Culture (8%).
Who are Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Public Justice Foundation ($1.3M), Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc ($320k), Legal Aid at Work ($285k).
Does Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin 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 Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, McNabb Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
Where is Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation based?
Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation is based in CA.

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 242 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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