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Emily J Zuckerman Foundation at a glance

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Emily J Zuckerman 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.

$63k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$200kHealth$68kReligion$11kRecreation & Sports$1kEducation$650Housing & Shelter$550Human Services$300Food & Nutrition$200Other$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $500
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $62k
$19,588
Median grant
3
States reached
$622k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHYSICIAN'S COMMITTEE FOR RESPONS M$25,000
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY$19,588
EDEN AUTISM SERVICES FOUNDATION$17,750
HANDICAPPED HIGH RIDERS CLUB INC$500
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 (FY17–23, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Rescue Mission of Trenton: $100 → 11%Rescue Mission of Trenton: $100 → 11%DRESS FOR SUCCESS MERCER COUNTY: $100 → 11%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
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CO
VA
TN
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$293k · 16 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
17

Total granted

$293k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+36%

Still filing today

69%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • RT
    ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $187k · revenue +84%
  • BS
    BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $10k · revenue +1%
  • MCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY
    2× · 2017–2022 · $2k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +95%
  • DP
    DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +22%
  • WT
    WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FOUNDATIONINCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +76%
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
Princeton Ballet Society

Princeton ballet society's mission is to nurture a lifelong love of dance and lift the collective spirit through excellent, relevant, and accessible artistic and educational programs, with a focus on classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
2
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Inc

To offer accessible, high-quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities. its vision is to transform performing arts education in an inclusive community accessible to all.

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3
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
4
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc

The mission of the princeton symphony orchestra is to leverage the power of live music to uplift the human experience.

Arts & Culture
5
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
6
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
7
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
8
The Royal National Theatre

Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…

Arts & Culture
9
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association

For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…

Religion
10
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
11
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
12
New York Shakespeare Festival

As the nation's foremost producer of shakespeare and new work, the public theater is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an american theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Eden Autism Services Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Handicapped High Riders Club Riding High Farm. 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

23 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. 23 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
20/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $186,588 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INCBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $2,815 · Arts & CultureEDEN AUTISM SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $39,620 · OtherEDEN AUTISM SERVICES FOUNDATION INCPHYSICIAN'S COMMITTEE FOR RESPONS M: $26,500 · OtherPHYSICIAN'S COMMITTEE FOR RESPONS MIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMAHARISHI FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherMAHARISHI FOUNDATIONMAHARISHI FOUNDATION USA INC: $4,500 · Other+10 more: $2,262 · OtherTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 · HealthGREENWOOD HOUSE HOME FOR THE JEWISH AGED: $100 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $100 · HealthHANDICAPPED HIGH RIDERS CLUB RIDING HIGH FARM: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsDWIGHT HALL AT YALE: $350 · EducationHOMEFRONT INC: $350 · EducationWEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE: $100 · EducationRescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey: $200 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUCCESS CENTRAL NEW JERSEY: $100 · Human ServicesTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $200 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$199,403Other$93,882Health$1,200Recreation & Sports$1,000Education$800Human Services$300Food & Nutrition$200

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $186,588 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEDEN AUTISM SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $39,620 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAHARISHI FOUNDATION USA INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY: $1,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHANDICAPPED HIGH RIDERS CLUB RIDING HIGH FARM: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDWIGHT HALL AT YALE: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEFRONT INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVALATIE FREE LIBRARY: $200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWNET: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAKER MUSEUM AND LIBRARY: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWOOD HOUSE HOME FOR THE JEWISH AGED: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS CENTRAL NEW JERSEY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRINCETON CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Wawa Foundation I…The Robert Wood Johns…Bristol-Myers Squibb …Princeton Area Commun…Community Foundation …The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
The Wawa Foundation IncPA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Wawa Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Emily J Zuckerman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Emily J Zuckerman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Rescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey: 8% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Williamstown Theatre Foundationinc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 33 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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