Illinois · Private foundation
F J Zimmermann Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $191k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations F J Zimmermann Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $191k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $150k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $173k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $121k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $151k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $108k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $127k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $145k | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Independent Futures | $52,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $49,212 | 3 | n/a |
| St Brendan School | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Marlborough School | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hokuloa United Church of Christ | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| McPhs University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Emma Willard School | $16,564 | 9 | 0% |
| St Pauls United Church of Christ | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The V Foundation | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($971k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget F J Zimmermann Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About F J Zimmermann Foundation
- How much does F J Zimmermann Foundation give?
- F J Zimmermann Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $191,214 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does F J Zimmermann Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (78%), Religion (6%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are F J Zimmermann Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Center for Independent Futures ($53k), Regents of the University of Michigan ($49k), St Brendan School ($35k).
- Does F J Zimmermann Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does F J Zimmermann Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as F J Zimmermann Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, American Endowment Foundation, AbbVie Foundation.
- Where is F J Zimmermann Foundation based?
- F J Zimmermann Foundation is based in IL.
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