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James and Sally Zukerkorn Foundation at a glance

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James and Sally Zukerkorn Foundation

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.

$88k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$663kReligion$176kArts & Culture$18kFood & Nutrition$18kHealth$16kYouth Development$15kScience & Tech$5kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $63k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Punahou School$34,000
Temple Emanu-El$29,000
University of Hawaii Foundation$7,660
American Committee for the Weizmann$5,000
Temple Beth Shalom$3,150
Team Prime Time$2,500
Camon Runyon Cancer Research Fnd$1,706
Make-A-Wish Hawaii$1,200
Honolulu Museum of Art$1,000
Jewish Community Services of Hawaii$1,000
Rohr Chabad Center$1,000
Ballet Hawaii$550
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS MAJOR PROJECT: $50 → 19%FEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER: $1k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$848k · 21 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
28

Total granted

$848k
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+25%

Still filing today

67%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PS
    PUNAHOU SCHOOL
    8× · 2018–2025 · $241k · revenue +41%
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO JEWISH ACADEMY
    4× · 2018–2021 · $125k · revenue +39%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $84k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • TU
    TOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue +40%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +14%
  • CU
    Creighton Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +56%
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.

04Its field

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.

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Mohala Pua School Dba Honolulu Waldorf School

See schedule o.at honolulu waldorf school, we educate each child to find meaning, passion, and purpose in life and to contribute to the creation of a better world for all. through a curriculum based on the developmental stages of the human…

Education
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Hawaii Pacific University

Hawaii pacific university is an international learning community set in the rich cultural context of hawaii. students from around the world join us for an american education built on a liberal arts foundation. our innovative undergraduate…

Education
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Hawaii Preparatory Academy

To provide exceptional learning opportunities in a diverse community honoring the traditions of hawaii. see schedule o.

Education
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Kapi'olani Medical Specialists

Kapi'olani medical specialists (dba hawai'i pacific health medical group) is a multispecialty provider group dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region working in partnership with…

Health
5
Hawaii International Film Festival

To foster international cultural awareness and understanding through the medium of film. to act as a creative pipeline for hawaii and the pacific, showcasing new and emerging talent from hawaii, asia, americas, europe, and the pacific…

Arts & Culture
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Kaua'i Medical Clinic

Kaua'i medical clinic, an affliate of hawai'i pacific health, is a multi-specialty clinic dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region in partnership with kapi'olani medical center…

Health
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Hawaii Education Institute
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Hawaii State Teachers Association

Served hsta members as their exclusive collective bargaining agent,administered members' contract negotiations with the state of hawaiiconcerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, fringe benefits, hoursand other employment conditions.

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9
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra

To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…

Arts & Culture
10
'Iolani School

To develop educated, well-rounded individuals who are well prepared for college.

Education
11
Uhiwai O Haleakala

The mission of the corporation shall be to work with partners to protect and restore native ecosystems and watersheds, to improve the quality and quantity of freshwater resources to perpetuate hawaiian cultural resources and practices, to…

Environment
12
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

To improve the health and well-being of our community.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Hawaii; the most unlike its peers is Ocala Symphony Orchestra Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 55 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PUNAHOU SCHOOL: $241,350 · EducationPUNAHOU SCHOOLSAN DIEGO JEWISH ACADEMY: $125,300 · EducationSAN DIEGO JEWISH ACADEMYUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $84,236 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION+6 more: $41,250 · Education+6 moreTEMPLE EMANUEL: $153,500 · OtherTEMPLE EMANUELTHE HAWAII SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $80,000 · OtherTHE HAWAII SCHOOL FOR GIRLSHANAHAUOLI SCHOOL: $60,615 · OtherHANAHAUOLI SCHOOLUNIVERISTY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $36,622 · OtherUNIVERISTY OF HAWAII FOUNDATIONTEMPLE BETH SHALOM: $16,996 · Other+29 more: $41,831 · Other+29 moreHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $6,850 · Arts & CultureMANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND: $2,500 · Arts & CulturePEARL HARBOR AVIATION MUSEUM: $1,900 · Arts & CultureHAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureHAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE: $9,950 · Food & NutritionHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionTEAM PRIME TIME INC: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $5,180 · InternationalISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · InternationalMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $1,200 · HealthKapi'olani Health Foundation: $1,000 · Health
Education$492,136Other$389,564Arts & Culture$12,350Food & Nutrition$11,950Youth Development$7,500International$7,180Health$2,200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPUNAHOU SCHOOL: $241,350 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO JEWISH ACADEMY: $125,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $84,236 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAWAII SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $80,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHANAHAUOLI SCHOOL: $60,615 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADA: $12,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCreighton University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE: $9,950 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTEAM PRIME TIME INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $6,850 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $5,180 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII CULINARY EDUCATION FOUNDATIO: $4,750 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetHAWAII PUBLIC RADIO: $3,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRotary District 5000 Foundation: $3,700 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEARL HARBOR AVIATION MUSEUM: $1,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOcala Symphony Orchestra Inc: $1,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF HAWAII: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKapi'olani Health Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE: $635 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET HAWAII: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPI LAMBDA PHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW ACADEMY OF CLEVELAND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA-HAWAII ELKS MAJOR PROJECT INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

J Watumull FundTradewind Group Found…First Hawaiian Bank F…Bank of Hawaii Charit…Aloha United Way IncAtherton Family Found…The Harry and Jeanett…Mildred Tyson Foundat…Ac Kobayashi Family F…Castiglione A Casauri…The Cades FoundationThe Strong Foundation
J Watumull FundHI30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J Watumull Fund · Tradewind Group Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Aloha United Way Inc · Atherton Family Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Mildred Tyson Foundation · Ac Kobayashi Family Foundation · Castiglione A Casauria Foundation · The Cades Foundation · The Strong Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization James and Sally Zukerkorn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James and Sally Zukerkorn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Ocala Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to James and Sally Zukerkorn Foundation?

Find your warmest path to James and Sally Zukerkorn Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 55 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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