· Private foundation
Fnz Foundation Inc
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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of Fnz Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 20 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k34 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
- $250k+2 grants · $7.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC | $7,089,733 |
| DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC | $460,739 |
| TEMPLE BETH AM | $20,000 |
| WASHINGTON HEBREW CONGREGATION | $3,600 |
| SHIH TZU RESCUE | $2,000 |
| ADL ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM | $1,000 |
| FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN | $1,000 |
| GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION | $1,000 |
| FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC | $1,000 |
| ADVENTURE THEATRE INC | $1,000 |
| ASPCA AMERICAN SOCIETY PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | $1,000 |
| MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | $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.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 18% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
55 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 55 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WUWorld Union for Progressive Judaism3× · 2019–2022 · $227k
- UFUnion for Reform Judaism2× · 2021–2022 · $136k
- IMIsrael Movement for Progressive Judaism2× · 2021–2022 · $55k
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $390k
- UU.R.J.one grant, 2019 · $55k
- IRIsrael Religious Action Center - IRACone grant, 2021 · $18k
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Chm decodes technology - its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity.
World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
The mission of the monterey bay aquarium is to inspire conservation of the ocean. millions of people worldwide draw inspiration from the aquarium and look to us to advocate for the ocean and its wildlife.
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 150 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.
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 Kirk Foundation · Westminster Barrington Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Fnz Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fnz Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc: 4% of income from government
- Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
- Adventure Theatre Inc: 2% of income from government
- Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc: 1% of income from government
- The Childrens Museum: 1% of income from government
- Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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