Texas · Private foundation
George Zendt Charitable Trust
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.
- $142k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,361
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,361
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations George Zendt Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $142k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $119k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $88k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $161k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $142k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $93k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathway to Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $37,554 | 6 | n/a |
| Erie Neighborhood House | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| The Anti-Cruelty Society | $32,168 | 6 | 0% |
| Izaak Walton League of America Inc | $30,193 | 5 | n/a |
| Chicago Historical Society | $7,361 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathway to Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $37,554 | 6 | n/a |
| Erie Neighborhood House | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $37,554 | 6 | 0% |
| The Anti-Cruelty Society | $32,168 | 6 | 0% |
| Izaak Walton League of America Inc | $30,193 | 5 | n/a |
| Chicago Historical Society | $7,361 | 1 | 0% |
| Learning Ally Inc | $7,361 | 1 | 0% |
| The Izaak Walton League of America | $7,361 | 1 | n/a |
| Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | $7,361 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $7,361 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $7,361 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Square Health Foundation | $7,361 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($369k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George Zendt Charitable Trust 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: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Motorola Solutions Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About George Zendt Charitable Trust
- How much does George Zendt Charitable Trust give?
- George Zendt Charitable Trust reported 20 grants totaling $141,834 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does George Zendt Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Human Services (15%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are George Zendt Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Pathway to Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America ($38k), The Salvation Army ($38k), Erie Neighborhood House ($38k).
- Does George Zendt Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George Zendt 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 George Zendt Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, Motorola Solutions Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is George Zendt Charitable Trust based?
- George Zendt Charitable Trust is based in TX.
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