· Private foundation
Donald Zonshine Family 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.
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 · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $99k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $522k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY | $100,000 |
| SAN FRANCISCO CITY IMPACT | $100,000 |
| HILLSIDES | $97,200 |
| Individual grant recipient | $75,000 |
| CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FOOD BANK | $50,000 |
| I CAN DO THAT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | $50,000 |
| THE OCEAN CLEANUP | $50,000 |
| SAN FRANCISCO CITY IMPACT | $25,000 |
| SENTINELS OF FREEDOM | $25,000 |
| SAVE THE FAMILY FARM | $25,000 |
| CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY | $14,125 |
| SAN RAMON VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| KIDNUZ | $2,500 |
| HILLSIDES | $1,250 |
| ALWAYS DREAM FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $630k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those 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.
11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $86k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HHILLSIDES6× · 2019–2024 · $630k · revenue +15%
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION5× · 2018–2024 · $330k · revenue +377%
- FBFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO3× · 2020–2022 · $260k · revenue +55%
Funded once
- COCITY OF HOPEone grant, 2017 · $6k
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +145%
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.
Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what.
The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.
The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…
Our team of experienced journalists, with the time and resources to dig deep, is committed to meaningfully informing Californians about the players, politics, and interests that shape the issues that affect their lives.
Protecting and promoting the right of every child in foster care in California to safety, security, and a permanent home. Teaching others how to advocate for safety, security, and permanency for children in foster care.
All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)
The mission is to empower children facing medical challenges to express themselves through the art of filmmaking. through our programs, children discover their own unique voice and experience the healing power of self-expression. over…
Urban Angels SF (Urban Angels) is a not-for-profit organization with the mission to sustain the homeless of San Francisco while they are in transition from living on the streets to safe permanent housing. Our volunteers provide sustenance…
San francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation (sffcpf) is committed to the prevention and early detection of cancer and providing access to cutting edge care for active and retired members of the san francisco fire department and…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 17 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 San Francisco City Impact ↗
- Who funds HILLSIDES ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO ↗
- Who funds Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation ↗
- Who funds I CAN DO THAT THEATRE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Kidnuz ↗
- Who funds Independent Arts & Media ↗
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Donald Zonshine Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donald Zonshine Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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