Iowa · Private foundation
Ellen Glazer Ziegler 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.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $148,012
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,321,855
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Ellen Glazer Ziegler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $2.2M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.4M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $1.0M | 80% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $881k | 62% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drake University | $2,516,707 | 3 | 1% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $918,720 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa | $343,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charitable Gift America Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Barrow Neurological Foundation | $162,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Scottsdale Museum of the West Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arizona Jewish Historical Society | $100,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drake University | $2,516,707 | 3 | 1% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $918,720 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa | $343,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charitable Gift America Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Barrow Neurological Foundation | $162,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Scottsdale Museum of the West Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arizona Jewish Historical Society | $100,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arizona Science Center | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Temple Solel | $32,765 | 3 | n/a |
| Trends Charitable Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Arizona Women's Board | $25,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Public Justice Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Treasure House | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ort America Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ellen Glazer Ziegler Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Robert H McKee and Mary Ellen McKee Charitable Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ellen Glazer Ziegler Foundation
- How much does Ellen Glazer Ziegler Foundation give?
- Ellen Glazer Ziegler Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $2,187,277 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ellen Glazer Ziegler Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Youth Development (26%), Health (9%).
- Who are Ellen Glazer Ziegler Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Drake University ($2.5M), Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($919k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa ($343k).
- Does Ellen Glazer Ziegler Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ellen Glazer Ziegler 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 Ellen Glazer Ziegler Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust, Robert H McKee and Mary Ellen McKee Charitable Family Foundation.
- Where is Ellen Glazer Ziegler Foundation based?
- Ellen Glazer Ziegler Foundation is based in IA.
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