How much does Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation give?

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation reported 53 grants totaling $235,359,065 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 113 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Health (33%), Science & Tech (10%).

Who are Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Inc ($383M), Gates Philanthropy Partners ($63M), New Schools Fund ($54M).

Does Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Chan Zuckerberg Initiative 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 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

Where is Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation based?

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation is based in CA.

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative 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.

$235M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 53
Grants FY2024: 50
Organizations funded FY2023: 12%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $1,200,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $60,000,000
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 113; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 17
Total assets, FY2024: $7.5B
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	45	$205M	16%
FY2023	50	$117M	12%
FY2022	96	$239M	42%
FY2021	113	$230M	65%
FY2020	82	$197M	62%
FY2019	36	$155M	83%
FY2018	12	$76M	75%
FY2017	3	$51M	n/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$628MHealth$513MScience & Tech$165MPhilanthropy$136MEnvironment$43MCommunity Improvement$17MCrime & Legal$14MPublic Benefit$14MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

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

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Inc	$382,645,983	8	26%
Gates Philanthropy Partners	$62,551,909	4	64%
New Schools Fund	$54,300,000	5	28%
The Primary School - East Palo Alto	$46,392,173	7	88%
University of Hawaii Foundation	$44,304,001	4	9%
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation	$30,000,000	3	70%
Summit Public Schools	$28,802,779	2	6%
Fwdus Education Fund Inc	$25,559,296	4	69%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley	$16,624,968	6	n/a
Resolve to Save Lives Inc	$15,000,000	3	10%

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All grantees of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Inc	$382,645,983	8	26%
Gates Philanthropy Partners	$62,551,909	4	64%
New Schools Fund	$54,300,000	5	28%
The Primary School - East Palo Alto	$46,392,173	7	88%
University of Hawaii Foundation	$44,304,001	4	9%
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation	$30,000,000	3	70%
Summit Public Schools	$28,802,779	2	6%
Fwdus Education Fund Inc	$25,559,296	4	69%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley	$16,624,968	6	n/a
Resolve to Save Lives Inc	$15,000,000	3	10%
University of Washington	$15,000,000	5	n/a
The Just Trust for Education	$10,277,956	3	100%
Gradient Learning	$9,000,000	1	29%
The Primary School Bay Area	$8,219,661	3	21%
The Broad Institute Inc	$7,928,785	4	1%
The Howard University	$6,900,000	3	0%
Meharry Medical College	$6,900,000	3	1%
Morehouse School of Medicine	$6,900,000	3	1%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	$6,898,521	4	1%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc	$5,670,000	2	4%
Yale University	$5,626,938	3	n/a
Human Cell Atlas Inc	$5,500,000	3	57%
Prime Coalition Inc	$5,000,000	1	24%
National Center for Civic Innovation In	$5,000,000	4	8%
Climateworks Foundation	$5,000,000	2	1%
Center for Carbon Removal	$5,000,000	3	17%
The Primary School Lab	$4,950,000	2	25%
Education Leaders of Color Inc	$4,900,000	5	33%
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science	$4,600,000	2	2%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated	$4,596,152	3	n/a
Equal Opportunity Schools	$4,500,000	5	11%
New Profit Inc	$4,500,000	1	6%
Regents of the University of Michigan	$4,108,591	5	n/a
Civic Nation	$4,000,000	1	15%
Northwestern University	$4,000,000	3	0%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc	$3,999,022	3	4%
Beloved Community Inc	$3,650,000	3	82%
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management	$3,500,000	1	2%
Alliance for Safety and Justice	$3,500,000	1	n/a
Search Institute	$3,350,000	4	40%
Center for Collaborative Education Inc	$3,200,000	3	36%
Fpf Education and Innovation Foundation	$3,000,000	3	11%
Kingmakers of Oakland	$3,000,000	3	16%
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards	$3,000,000	3	5%
Possibility Labs	$3,000,000	1	7%
Surge Institute	$3,000,000	3	25%
Latinos for Education Inc	$3,000,000	3	58%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego	$2,399,968	3	n/a
Chiefs for Change	$2,200,000	2	20%
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc	$2,144,500	3	8%
Griptape Org Inc	$2,100,000	3	49%
Knowledgeworks Foundation	$2,096,171	2	30%
Activate Global Inc	$2,046,718	2	10%
Innovate Public Schools	$2,000,000	2	13%
Center for Democracy and Technology	$2,000,000	2	10%
Meb Alliance for Educator Diversity Inc	$2,000,000	2	9%
Johns Hopkins University	$2,000,000	1	0%
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation	$2,000,000	3	2%
Village Of Wisdom	$2,000,000	3	30%
Educationsuperhighway	$2,000,000	2	19%
Baylor College of Medicine	$1,999,293	3	0%
International Society for Technology in Education	$1,900,000	2	9%
Wilcox Health Foundation	$1,806,150	1	49%
The Leadership Academy Inc	$1,800,000	1	18%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc	$1,800,000	2	4%
Data Quality Campaign Inc	$1,800,000	3	14%
Child Trends Inc	$1,800,000	3	2%
Flourish Agenda	$1,800,000	3	22%
University of California San Francisco	$1,782,029	2	n/a
Washington University	$1,700,000	3	0%
First Nations Development Institute	$1,600,000	1	10%
Project Evident Inc	$1,592,859	2	16%
The Aspen Institute Inc	$1,500,000	1	1%
The Character Lab Inc	$1,500,000	2	11%
The Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color Inc	$1,500,000	3	35%
The Pew Charitable Trusts	$1,500,000	1	0%
Faithacts for Education Inc	$1,500,000	2	34%
Transcend Inc	$1,500,000	3	4%
Naca-Inspired Schools Network	$1,500,000	3	11%
Greatschools Inc	$1,500,000	3	8%
Turnaround for Children Inc	$1,500,000	2	13%
Rise Colorado	$1,500,000	2	21%
The Oakland REACH	$1,500,000	2	28%
Pave Inc Dba Parents Amplifying Voices in Education	$1,500,000	2	29%
Learning Policy Institute	$1,500,000	1	5%
Teach for America Inc	$1,500,000	1	1%
Illustrative Mathematics	$1,500,000	1	18%
Free Fellowship for Race & Equity in Education	$1,500,000	3	52%
Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio	$1,500,000	1	n/a
Editorial Projects in Education Inc	$1,500,000	2	4%
United Way of Summit and Medina	$1,500,000	1	10%
Californians For Justice Education Fund	$1,500,000	2	8%
University of Chicago	$1,499,876	3	0%
Joslin Diabetes Center Inc	$1,499,835	3	1%
New York Genome Center Inc	$1,499,472	3	1%
Leading Educators Inc	$1,400,000	2	7%
Our Turn Inc	$1,250,000	2	34%
Fresno Barrios Unidos	$1,250,000	2	34%
Regents of the University of California	$1,175,000	1	n/a
Quansight LLC	$1,164,211	3	n/a
Instruction Partners	$1,100,000	3	2%
Teach Plus Inc	$1,100,000	2	6%
Cajon Valley Union School District	$1,100,000	3	n/a
Addgene Inc	$1,050,659	1	5%
Global Genomic Medicine Collaborative	$1,000,000	1	59%
The Freedom Bound Center	$1,000,000	3	19%
Benefits Data Trust	$1,000,000	1	6%
Donorschooseorg	$1,000,000	1	1%
Asian Law Caucus	$1,000,000	1	5%
Barr Center	$1,000,000	2	7%
United Negro College Fund Inc	$1,000,000	1	0%
Asian American Futures	$1,000,000	1	25%
Rare Cancer Research Foundation	$1,000,000	1	93%
Women's Foundation of California	$1,000,000	1	8%
Khmer Girls in Action	$1,000,000	1	53%
Forward Together	$1,000,000	1	13%
Solidaire Network Inc	$1,000,000	1	3%
Casa Inc	$1,000,000	1	12%
Groundswell Fund	$1,000,000	1	4%
Urban Youth Alliance Internationalinc	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Oneamerica	$1,000,000	1	16%
National Public Education Support Fund	$1,000,000	1	17%
Instituto Familiar de la Raza	$1,000,000	1	7%
Health Leads Inc	$1,000,000	1	27%
East Bay Asian Youth Center	$1,000,000	1	14%
Northern California Indian Development Council Inc	$1,000,000	1	4%
American Indian College Fund	$1,000,000	1	2%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	$999,900	3	0%
Code for America Labs Inc	$800,000	1	5%
New Meridian Corporation	$800,000	1	4%
Lifemoves	$750,000	1	1%
Pahara Institute Inc	$750,000	1	25%
The Education Trust Inc	$750,000	1	3%
Forward Justice	$750,000	1	13%
Indiana University School of Medicine	$749,676	3	n/a
Local Media Foundation	$682,500	2	17%
The Primary School	$670,000	1	18%
Battelle for Kids	$650,000	2	6%
Wested	$650,000	1	n/a
Black Teacher Collaborative	$650,000	1	26%
Native American Community Academy Foundation	$650,000	1	39%
Our Voice Nuestra Voz	$650,000	2	62%
Frameworks Institute	$640,000	2	5%
Pennsylvania State University	$590,000	1	n/a
Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation	$500,000	1	13%
Alameda County Board of Supervisors	$500,000	1	n/a
Youth United for Change	$500,000	2	35%
Western States Center	$500,000	1	9%
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition	$500,000	1	4%
Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services Inc	$500,000	3	11%
The African American Policy Forum Inc	$500,000	1	4%
Genesis la Economic Growth Corporation	$500,000	1	2%
Cheyenne River Youth Project Inc	$500,000	1	10%
Theiagen Global Health Initiative Inc	$450,000	1	50%
Boston Debate League Incorporated	$425,000	2	3%
Empowered Families Inc	$400,000	2	22%
Duke University	$400,000	2	0%
Northeastern University	$399,675	3	0%
Education Training and Research Associates	$370,000	1	2%
Project South Inc	$350,000	1	1%
Benola Inc	$300,000	1	39%
Economic Innovation Group Inc	$225,000	1	5%
Locus Impact Investing	$139,000	2	1%
Center for Community Self-Help	$130,625	1	2%
North Bay Organizing Project	$100,000	1	6%
Louisiana Parole Project Inc	$75,000	1	7%
University of Arizona Foundation	$60,369	1	0%
Redwood Empire Food Bank	$50,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($233M), not named here.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 38 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 151 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 151.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Gates FoundationWA74.6× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gates Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Carnegie Corporation of New York · WK Kellogg Foundation · New Schools Fund · New Profit Inc · Skyline Foundation · Raikes Foundation · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · New Venture Fund

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 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation

How much does Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation give?: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation reported 53 grants totaling $235,359,065 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 113 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Health (33%), Science & Tech (10%).
Who are Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Inc ($383M), Gates Philanthropy Partners ($63M), New Schools Fund ($54M).
Does Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Chan Zuckerberg Initiative 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 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Where is Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation based?: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation is based in CA.