Minnesota · Private foundation
Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust
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.
- $60k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $53k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $63k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $58k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $38k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $59k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $55k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $53k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakefield Food Shelf Inc | $79,500 | 6 | 25% |
| Jackson County Historical Society | $39,000 | 4 | 20% |
| Jackson Food Shelf Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Wild Compass Environmental Education | $8,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bethany Lutheran Church | $7,700 | 1 | 8% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($288k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Robert & Helen Remick Ch Foundation
How this is measured
About Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust
- How much does Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust give?
- Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust reported 6 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (42%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Membership Benefit (10%).
- Who are Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lakefield Food Shelf Inc ($80k), Jackson County Historical Society ($39k), Jackson Food Shelf Inc ($16k).
- Does Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust 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 Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert & Helen Remick Ch Foundation.
- Where is Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust based?
- Frank J Zaher Charitable Trust is based in MN.
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