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Barbara and David Zalaznick Foundation Barbara Zalaznick Trustee

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.4MPhilanthropy$2.1MEducation$2.1MSocial Science$183kInternational$150kHuman Services$117kRecreation & Sports$52kPublic Benefit$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $635k
  • $250k+1 grant · $275k
$12,650
Median grant
7
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$275,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$200,000
LEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC$140,000
THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY$125,000
NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC$100,000
92ND STREET YMCA$70,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$35,000
MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS INC$25,000
SERPENTINE AMERICAS FOUNDATION$15,000
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER$12,650
THE MILKEN INSTITUTE$12,500
BABY2BABY$10,000
JAZZ AT ASPEN SHOWMASS$7,000
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE$7,000
LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$6,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BABY2BABY: $10k → 14%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $43k → 16%WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $275k → 17%SERPENTINE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%LEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC: $140k → 15%US SKI AND SNOWBOARD FOUNDATION: $23k → 5%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $35k → 16%THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $125k → 17%AMERICAS FOUNDATION OF THE SERPENTINE GALLERIES: $15k → 14%THE ASPEN INSTITUTE: $17k → 14%LEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC: $21k → 15%US SKI AND SNOWBOARD FOUNDATION: $23k → 5%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $33k → 16%THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $125k → 17%THE ASPEN INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%LEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL: $18k → 15%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $33k → 16%THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $125k → 17%THE ASPEN INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $200k → 15%MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS INC: $25k → 17%CENTER FOR NATIONAL INTEREST: $50k → 14%THE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $47k → 17%THE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $47k → 17%THE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $25k → 17%THE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $13k → 17%AMERICAS FOUNDATION OF THE SERPENTINE GALLARIES USA: $10k → 17%COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL: $494k → 17%THE JULLIARD SCHOOL: $25k → 17%FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER: $13k → 17%COUNCIL ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS: $50k → 17%NEW YORK CITY CENTER: $150k → 17%COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: $50k → 17%NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $100k → 17%COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: $50k → 17%NEW YORK CITY CENTER: $100k → 17%NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $100k → 17%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $500k → 17%NYU SCHOOL OF LAW: $25k → 17%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $500k → 17%92ND STREET YMCA: $70k → 17%THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $425k → 17%THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $365k → 17%THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $125k → 17%THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $125k → 17%THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $125k → 17%SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED: $2.0M → 17%THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $15k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
CA
UT
CO
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 16 repeat orgs$451k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
16

Total granted

$3.1M
$215k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+36%

Still filing today

88%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $236k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationSocial ScienceRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NY
    New York Historical Society
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +5%
  • WM
    WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
    4× · 2020–2024 · $650k · revenue +69%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $450k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR NATIONAL INTEREST
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • NS
    NYU SCHOOL OF LAW
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
2
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
5
The Royal National Theatre

Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…

Arts & Culture
6
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
7
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association

For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…

Religion
8
American Museum of the Moving Image

See schedule omuseum of the moving image (momi) is the only museum in the u.s. that explores the central technology of the present moment.screens are all around us. we use them to educate, entertain, and communicate. the moving…

Arts & Culture
9
The Diller-Quaile School of Music Inc

For more than a century, diller-quaile has offered an environment where music can flourish in all its aspects, enriching the lives of students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. the belief that music is a fundamental part of human life…

Arts & Culture
10
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
11
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
12
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York City Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

New York Historical Society: $1,164,846 · Arts & CultureNew York Historical SocietyWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $650,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $450,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC+10 more: $89,900 · Arts & CultureTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,494,348 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CIT…University of Miami: $200,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiLEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC: $179,000 · EducationLEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INCCornell University: $144,967 · EducationCornell University+2 more: $50,000 · EducationTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $131,900 · OtherTHE MILKEN…92ND STREET YMCA: $90,000 · Other92ND STREE…CENTER FOR NATIONAL INTEREST: $50,000 · OtherCENTER FOR…COUNCIL ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS: $50,000 · OtherCOUNCIL ON…BABY2BABY: $27,350 · OtherBABY2BABYMUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS INC: $26,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF …NYU SCHOOL OF LAW: $25,000 · Other+10 more: $73,200 · Other+10 moreCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $100,000 · InternationalTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $51,000 · Social ScienceUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $46,000 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$2,354,746Education$2,068,315Other$473,450International$100,000Social Science$51,000Recreation & Sports$46,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,494,348 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $1,164,846 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $650,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $450,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEHRMAN COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC: $179,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCornell University: $144,967 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $131,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $51,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $46,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBABY2BABY: $27,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $24,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $23,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHED NYC INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET HISPANICO OF NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Barbara and David Zalaznick Foundation Barbara Zalaznick Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barbara and David Zalaznick Foundation Barbara Zalaznick Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 39 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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