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Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd

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.

$211k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
76%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$110,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 25
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$3.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 76% of the organizations Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd 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; $23k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsArts & CultureInternationalEducationHuman ServicesHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving25$211k40%
FY202421$174k76%
FY202311$187k36%
FY20228$190k25%
FY202125$215k20%
FY202018$152k22%
FY201920$162k25%
FY201816$143k31%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$675kEducation$267kHealth$120kArts & Culture$97kAnimals$79kPublic Safety & Disaster$77kInternational$76kFood & Nutrition$75kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
CT
CA
UT
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
SC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
East Cooper Community Outreach$530,00093%
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc$209,00090%
Spoleto Festival USA Inc$68,00060%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$60,00050%
Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina Inc$45,00061%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$35,00040%
United States Fund for Unicef$35,00040%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$30,00040%
Active Minds Inc$30,00050%
World Central Kitchen Inc$30,00030%
Pet Helpers Incorporated$27,00055%
Americares Foundation Inc$25,00030%
League of Women Voters Education Fund$23,00030%
Rollins College$18,00040%
East Cooper Habitat for Humanity Inc$15,00021%
American College of the Building Arts$15,00020%
Temple Rodef Shalom$11,0001n/a
Oneamerica$10,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Palmetto Project Inc$10,00020%
Share Our Strength$10,00010%
NATIONAL EXCHANGE CLUB Exchange Club of Daniel Island$10,0001n/a
Cornelius Arts Community Center Inc$10,00031%
DC Shiba Inu Rescue$10,00018%
Habitat for Humanity of Berkeley County$5,00010%
Sigma Kappa Foundation$5,00010%
Charleston Animal Society$5,00010%
Indian Creek School Inc$5,00020%
Appalachian Great Pyrenees Association Inc$4,00021%
Northwestern University$3,50020%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$2,50020%
Best Friends Animal Society$2,00020%
Wtvi Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Project on Government Oversight Inc$2,00010%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$2,0001n/a
National Public Radio Inc$1,50020%
Animal Welfare League of Arlington$1,40020%
Animal Welfare League of Alexandria$1,00010%
Pet Harbor Rescue & Referral Inc$1,0001n/a
City Dogs Rescue Inc$1,00010%
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found$1,00010%
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue$50010%
Operation Paws for Homes Inc$50010%
McLean High School Band Parents Asso$1001n/a
Lake Norman Volunteer Fire Dept$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($262k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEast Cooper Community Outreach: $530,000 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetThe University of Tennessee Foundation Inc: $209,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSpoleto Festival USA Inc: $68,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLowcountry Food Bank Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFlorence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina Inc: $45,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetActive Minds Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPet Helpers Incorporated: $27,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLeague of Women Voters Education Fund: $23,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRollins College: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEast Cooper Habitat for Humanity Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican College of the Building Arts: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOneamerica: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalmetto Project Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetShare Our Strength: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornelius Arts Community Center Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetDC Shiba Inu Rescue: $10,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Berkeley County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSigma Kappa Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCharleston Animal Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndian Creek School Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Great Pyrenees Association Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNorthwestern University: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWtvi Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject on Government Oversight Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare League of Arlington: $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare League of Alexandria: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Dogs Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetScreen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLucky Dog Animal Rescue: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Paws for Homes Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLake Norman Volunteer Fire Dept: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Verizon Foundation · Daniel Island Community Fund Inc · Trident United Way · The Joanna Foundation · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Open Society Institute · Chubb Charitable Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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.

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About Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd

How much does Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd give?
Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd reported 25 grants totaling $211,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (43%), Education (17%), Health (8%).
Who are Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: East Cooper Community Outreach ($530k), The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc ($209k), Spoleto Festival USA Inc ($68k).
Does Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 76% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd 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 Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Publix Super Markets Charities Inc, Verizon Foundation.
Where is Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd based?
Irwin and Judy Zazulia Foundation Ltd is based in NC.

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 71 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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