Michigan · Private foundation
Carol and Gene Zamler Family 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.
- $91k
- Granted FY2023
- 22
- Grants FY2023
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
56% of Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Detroit, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $91k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,250
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $28,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 22 | $91k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $163k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $102k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $89k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $60k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $63k | 42% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $53k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Israel of Detroit | $55,328 | 9 | n/a |
| Henry Ford Health System | $50,050 | 4 | 0% |
| Friendship Circle | $40,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Jarc | $23,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Ort America Inc | $8,425 | 6 | 0% |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Inc | $6,450 | 5 | 0% |
| Yeshivath Beth Yehudah | $5,190 | 8 | n/a |
| Kids Kicking Cancer Inc | $3,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Temple Emanu-El | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aish Hatorah Detroit | $2,833 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Israel of Detroit | $55,328 | 9 | n/a |
| Henry Ford Health System | $50,050 | 4 | 0% |
| Friendship Circle | $40,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Jarc | $23,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Ort America Inc | $8,425 | 6 | 0% |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Inc | $6,450 | 5 | 0% |
| Yeshivath Beth Yehudah | $5,190 | 8 | n/a |
| Kids Kicking Cancer Inc | $3,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Temple Emanu-El | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aish Hatorah Detroit | $2,833 | 5 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $800 | 6 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple Beth El | $320 | 1 | n/a |
| William Beaumont Hospital | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($515k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation 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: The Bruce H and Rosalie N Rosen Family Foundation · Grosfeld Foundation · Jewish Federation of Detroit · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation
- How much does Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation give?
- Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $91,068 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (51%), International (11%), Health (11%).
- Who are Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Temple Israel of Detroit ($55k), Henry Ford Health System ($50k), Friendship Circle ($40k).
- Does Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carol and Gene Zamler Family 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 Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bruce H and Rosalie N Rosen Family Foundation, Grosfeld Foundation, Jewish Federation of Detroit.
- Where is Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation based?
- Carol and Gene Zamler Family Foundation is based in MI.
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