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Edward N Ziegler and Gladys P Ziegler Private Foundation at a glance

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Edward N Ziegler and Gladys P Ziegler Private 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.

$56k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$190kHealth$126kReligion$55kArts & Culture$15kHousing & Shelter$5k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Friends of WWOZ Inc$10,000
Gone Fishing Ministries Inc$9,000
Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc$9,000
Manna Food Bank Inc$9,000
Las Vegas Rescue Mission$5,000
Anne Frank Center USA$5,000
Nutritionfacts Org Inc$3,500
Cure Childhood Cancer Inc$3,500
Research to Prevent Blindness Inc$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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.

area typical 11%Las Vegas Rescue Mission: $5k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
NV
PA
MD
NC
LA
MS
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$366k · 9 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against -23% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
1

Total granted

$366k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
-23%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Food & NutritionHealthArts & CultureHuman 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MO
    Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +126%
  • MANNA FOOD BANK INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +153%
  • Cure Childhood Cancer Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $44k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • TS
    THREE SQUARE
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -23%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
2
Feeding the Carolinas

The mission of the Organization is to coordinate, support, and advocate for member Food Banks across the Carolinas to create lasting solutions to address hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
4
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County

Second harvest food bank's mission is to end hunger and malnutrition by educating and involving the community.

Food & Nutrition
5
The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

The food bank of northeast arkansas provides hunger relief to people in need in twelve counties in northeast arkansas by raising awareness, securing resources, and distributing food through a network of non-profit agencies and programs.

Human Services
6
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance

Manna uses nutrition to improve health for people with serious illnesses who need nourishment to heal. by providing medically tailored meals and nutrition education, we empower people to improve their health and quality of life.

Food & Nutrition
7
Northwest Louisiana Food Bank

Nw la food bank's mission is to be the primary resource for fighting hunger in northwest louisiana.

Food & Nutrition
8
Food Bank Association of New York State

The mission of feeding new york state is to lead a unified effort for a hunger-free state of new york. the mission of food banking is to obtain food and deliver it to emergency food programs. feeding new york state works to end hunger by…

Food & Nutrition
9
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc

To lead a network of partners to alleviate hunger, prevent food waste, and nourish the communities we serve. our vision is that all people have the nutritious food they need to thrive.

Food & Nutrition
10
Federation of Virginia Food Banks

Facilitating statewide collaboration among Virginia's food banks, partners, and neighbors to improve nutrition security and empower strong, healthy communities.

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11
Manna Food Bank Inc

To offer emergency food assistance, service the food-related needs of vulnerable populations, and engage the entire community in the fight against hunger. we are nonsectarian, community focused, and volunteer supported.

Food & Nutrition
12
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

The organization's mission is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in our community. to fulfill its mission, the food bank:* sources and acquires nutritious food and other products and distribute them to people experiencing nutrition…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Three Square; the most unlike its peers is Research to Prevent Blindness Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 13 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc: $55,000 · Food & NutritionMeals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County IncMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $55,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD BANK INCSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $46,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIA…Nutritionfactsorg Inc: $29,000 · Food & NutritionNutritionfactsorg Inc+1 more: $5,000 · Food & NutritionGONE FISHING MINISTRIES INC: $55,000 · OtherGONE FISHING MINISTRIES INCNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $33,200 · OtherNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEA…Anne Frank Center USA: $5,000 · OtherAnne Frank Center USACure Childhood Cancer Inc: $44,200 · HealthCure Childhood Cancer IncRESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS INC: $25,000 · HealthRESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDN…MemoryCare Inc: $23,500 · HealthMemoryCare IncFRIENDS OF WWOZ INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 · Human Services
Food & Nutrition$190,000Other$93,200Health$92,700Arts & Culture$10,000Human Services$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMeals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc: $55,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $46,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCure Childhood Cancer Inc: $44,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $33,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNutritionfactsorg Inc: $29,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetRESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS INC: $25,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMemoryCare Inc: $23,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF WWOZ INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Edward N Ziegler and Gladys P Ziegler Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward N Ziegler and Gladys P Ziegler Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 13 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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