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James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2020
13
Grants FY2020
13
Organizations funded FY2020
92%
First-time grantees FY2020
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Median grant, FY2020
$40,000
Largest grant, FY2020
$525,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 30
FY2017 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020
5
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 92% of the organizations James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $631k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20
Crime & LegalHealthReligionArts & CultureCivil RightsEducationOther
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
FY202013$1.2M92%
FY201920$25k45%
FY201830$57k60%
FY201722$85kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Housing & Shelter$562kEducation$260kHealth$206kReligion$173kInternational$23kPhilanthropy$10kFood & Nutrition$6kPublic Benefit$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
OH
CA
CO
MO
VA
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Metropolitan Ministries Inc$525,95031%
Lutheran High School Association of Greater Milwaukee$200,0001n/a
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church$100,0001n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$60,00010%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$57,50010%
AdventHealth Foundation Inc$40,00010%
Chapters Health Foundation Inc$20,41410%
Samaritan's Purse$20,00010%
The Catholic Foundation$10,0001n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$7,00130%
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All grantees of James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Metropolitan Ministries Inc$525,95031%
Lutheran High School Association of Greater Milwaukee$200,0001n/a
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church$100,0001n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$60,00010%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$57,50010%
AdventHealth Foundation Inc$40,00010%
Chapters Health Foundation Inc$20,41410%
Samaritan's Purse$20,00010%
The Catholic Foundation$10,0001n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$7,00130%
Bread For The World Inc$6,30030%
Concordia Seminary$5,5002n/a
Eyewitness For Life LTD$5,4131n/a
Loving Hands Ministries Inc$5,00011%
The Eisenhower Foundation$3,25430%
Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel$3,07015%
Make A Difference Inc$3,00012%
Eternal Word Television Network Inc$1,25020%
Cleveland Lutheran High School Association$1,0001n/a
Paralyzed Veterans of America$95020%
The Fort Ticonderoga Association$80020%
Life Outreach International Association of Churches Inc$7502n/a
Christians for Revival of Americas Values In$75011%
Prison Fellowship International$75010%
Home Missioners of America$7002n/a
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$70010%
Faith and Freedom Coalition Inc$50010%
Young America's Foundation$45110%
Priests for Life$4501n/a
Habitat for Humanity Inc$4501n/a
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund$45010%
The Navigators$4502n/a
General Secretariat of the Franciscan Missions Inc$4001n/a
American Conservative Union Inc$3001n/a
Convention of States Action$2501n/a
Cops Direct$25010%
American Constitutional Rights Union$22410%
National Center for Police Defense Inc$20010%
Students for Life of America Inc$10010%

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($238k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMetropolitan Ministries Inc: $525,950 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $57,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdventHealth Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChapters Health Foundation Inc: $20,414 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $7,001 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBread For The World Inc: $6,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLoving Hands Ministries Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $3,254 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRotary Club of Wesley Chapel: $3,070 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetMake A Difference Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetEternal Word Television Network Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fort Ticonderoga Association: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristians for Revival of Americas Values In: $750 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPrison Fellowship International: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFaith and Freedom Coalition Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $451 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLaw Enforcement Legal Defense Fund: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCops Direct: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Constitutional Rights Union: $224 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Center for Police Defense Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $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 25.

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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.

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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 James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc

How much does James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc give?
James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $1,156,240 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
What does James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (42%), Education (20%), Health (16%).
Who are James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Metropolitan Ministries Inc ($526k), Lutheran High School Association of Greater Milwaukee ($200k), Our Redeemer Lutheran Church ($100k).
Does James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc 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 James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farrell Family Foundation, Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation, Ebs Foundation.
Where is James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc based?
James P and Margaret L Zehnder Foundation Inc is based in FL.

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 62 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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