South Carolina · Private foundation
Belina Lee Lazzar Trust
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.
- $739k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $31,097
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $233,226
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 16
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Belina Lee Lazzar Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $739k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $672k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $578k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $651k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $542k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $493k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $411k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $1,233,724 | 7 | 1% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $584,586 | 5 | 0% |
| Return to Freedom Inc | $411,241 | 7 | 3% |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $287,869 | 7 | 0% |
| Lifesavers Inc | $216,838 | 7 | 2% |
| Horsepower Sanctuaries Inc Dba Redwings Horse Sanctuary | $205,622 | 7 | 3% |
| DreamCatcher Wild Horse and Burro Sanctuary Inc | $166,751 | 6 | 14% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $123,371 | 7 | 0% |
| California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance | $84,387 | 5 | 3% |
| San Diego Opera Association | $82,246 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $1,233,724 | 7 | 1% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $584,586 | 5 | 0% |
| Return to Freedom Inc | $411,241 | 7 | 3% |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $287,869 | 7 | 0% |
| Lifesavers Inc | $216,838 | 7 | 2% |
| Horsepower Sanctuaries Inc Dba Redwings Horse Sanctuary | $205,622 | 7 | 3% |
| DreamCatcher Wild Horse and Burro Sanctuary Inc | $166,751 | 6 | 14% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $123,371 | 7 | 0% |
| California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance | $84,387 | 5 | 3% |
| San Diego Opera Association | $82,246 | 7 | 0% |
| Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation | $82,246 | 7 | 0% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $82,246 | 7 | 0% |
| Morris Animal Foundation | $82,246 | 7 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $41,124 | 7 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($400k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Belina Lee Lazzar Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Gat Family Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Belina Lee Lazzar Trust
- How much does Belina Lee Lazzar Trust give?
- Belina Lee Lazzar Trust reported 14 grants totaling $738,548 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 16 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Belina Lee Lazzar Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (90%), Arts & Culture (6%), Environment (4%).
- Who are Belina Lee Lazzar Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Helen Woodward Animal Center ($1.2M), Zoological Society of San Diego ($585k), Return to Freedom Inc ($411k).
- Does Belina Lee Lazzar Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Belina Lee Lazzar Trust 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 Belina Lee Lazzar Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gat Family Foundation, Bradford Family Foundation, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
- Where is Belina Lee Lazzar Trust based?
- Belina Lee Lazzar Trust is based in SC.
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