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Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$186k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2024
18
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,025
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 28
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$1.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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
Human ServicesEducationCivil RightsHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving28$139k50%
FY202318$92k44%
FY202222$59k41%
FY202115$32k47%
FY202015$82k40%
FY201915$34k47%
FY201828$62k75%
FY201728$78kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$508kReligion$129kRecreation & Sports$41kYouth Development$16kHealth$13kArts & Culture$10kHuman Services$9kInternational$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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NY
IN
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CO
MO
KY
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TN
NC
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OK
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

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

Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Shelton Landmark Foundation$50,00010%
Students for Liberty Inc$35,00040%
St Mark's School of Texas$33,20060%
Folds of Honor Foundation$11,20010%
Turner 12$8,50042%
Mountain States Legal Foundation$5,50020%
Cornerstone Crossroads Academy$5,00010%
Dallas Social Venture Partners$5,00010%
The Crystal Charity Ball$4,50010%
Theological Horizons$3,05040%
Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Open Hand Atlanta Inc$2,50020%
Destiny Builders Inc$2,00011%
Cca Texas Fund$1,45020%
Foundation for Choice$1,20011%
American Bible Society$1,20040%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,10020%
Cato Institute$1,00010%
Rayo de Sol Inc$1,00011%
Per Scholas Inc$1,00010%
Buddy League Inc$1,0001n/a
Austin Street Center$1,00010%
HUMANE SOCIETY OF McCORMICK COUNTY$1,00020%
Hero's Bridge$1,00010%
United to Learn$1,00010%
Citysquare$1,00010%
La Fiesta de Las Seis Banderas Inc$1,00010%
Dallas Symphony Association$96510%
Paws for Purple Hearts$85030%
Atlanta Speech School Inc$75010%
Reconciliation Outreach Ministries Inc$62020%
University Christian Ministries Inc$52010%
Young Survival Coalition Inc$50010%
North Point Ministries Inc$5001n/a
Men and Women for Human Excellence Inc$5001n/a
Texas Lawyers for Children$50010%
Dallas Life Inc$50010%
North Texas Food Bank$46530%
Denison Ministries$4002n/a
Adopt a Platoon Soldier Support Effort Inc$26410%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$25010%
American Diabetes Association$25010%
Students for Life of America Inc$25010%
Live Action$25010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$25010%
Highland Park Girls Lacrosse$15010%
For the Troops$14010%
Citizens United Foundation$10010%
Proverbs 31 Ministry Inc$10010%
Union Gospel Mission Inc$10010%
Peachtree Road Methodist Church$501n/a
Children's Miracle Network$5010%
Goshen Valley Foundation Inc$2010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($385k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetShelton Landmark Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetStudents for Liberty Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSt Mark's School of Texas: $33,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $11,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTurner 12: $8,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetMountain States Legal Foundation: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCornerstone Crossroads Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDallas Social Venture Partners: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Crystal Charity Ball: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTheological Horizons: $3,050 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVirginia Student Aid Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Hand Atlanta Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDestiny Builders Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCca Texas Fund: $1,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Choice: $1,200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Bible Society: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRayo de Sol Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPer Scholas Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAustin Street Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF McCORMICK COUNTY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHero's Bridge: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited to Learn: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitysquare: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa Fiesta de Las Seis Banderas Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Symphony Association: $965 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws for Purple Hearts: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReconciliation Outreach Ministries Inc: $620 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity Christian Ministries Inc: $520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Survival Coalition Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Lawyers for Children: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Life Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $465 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt a Platoon Soldier Support Effort Inc: $264 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Appalachian Project Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLive Action: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighland Park Girls Lacrosse: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFor the Troops: $140 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProverbs 31 Ministry Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Miracle Network: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoshen Valley Foundation Inc: $20 over 1y, 0.0% 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 48.

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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.

Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX22.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Farrell Family Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ge Aerospace 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 Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc

How much does Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc give?
Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc reported 30 grants totaling $185,715 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Religion (17%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
Who are Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Shelton Landmark Foundation ($50k), Students for Liberty Inc ($35k), St Mark's School of Texas ($33k).
Does Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, The Dallas Foundation.
Where is Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc based?
Celeste and Kurt Zuch Family Foundation Inc is based in TX.

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 104 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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