· Private foundation
Dave and Judi Zaches Charitable 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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Dave and Judi Zaches Charitable Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Community Foundation For Monterey County, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Dave and Judi Zaches Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $188k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k11 grants · $39k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $149k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Land Watch | $22,500 |
| Big Sur Land Trust | $20,000 |
| Salvation Army | $18,000 |
| Food Bank of Monterey County | $15,000 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium | $15,000 |
| Ocean Conservancy | $14,000 |
| Youth Music Monterey | $12,500 |
| United Help Ukraine | $12,000 |
| Friends of Monterey Public Library | $10,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Mar Monte | $10,000 |
| Monterey Symphony | $7,500 |
| Friends of Hopkins Marine Lab | $6,000 |
| Monterey High School Music Dept | $5,000 |
| Save Our Shores | $5,000 |
| SPCA of Monterey County | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2022, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
- BSBig Sur Land Trust6× · 2017–2022 · $83k · revenue +101%
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2022 · $82k · revenue +105%- OCOCEAN CONSERVANCY6× · 2017–2022 · $82k · revenue +97%
Funded once
- LPLucille Packard Foundation for Chilone grant, 2020 · $3k
- LPLucille Packard Children's Hospitalone grant, 2021 · $2k
The Ocean Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +55%
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.
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.
The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.
To improve the economic health and quality of life in the monterey bay region.
To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.
To ensure sustainable fisheries, resilient communities and a healthy ocean for years to come.
California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.
To inspire and facilitate film and media production throughout monterey county, creating positive economic impact.
Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…
The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…
The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.
Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 40 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Big Sur Land Trust ↗
- Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC ↗
- Who funds MONTEREY COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOC INC ↗
- Who funds SAVE OUR SHORES ↗
- Who funds YOUTH MUSIC MONTEREY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAY ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Carmel Bach Festival Inc ↗
- Who funds Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County ↗
- Who funds United Help Ukraine Inc ↗
- Who funds Smuin Ballet ↗
- Who funds The Ocean Foundation ↗
- Who funds Cabrillo College Foundation ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MONTAGE HEALTH ↗
- Who funds KQED INC ↗
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: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Barnet Segal Charitable Trust · Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The Frank and Judith Marshall Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dave and Judi Zaches Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dave and Judi Zaches Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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