Wisconsin · Private foundation
John and Peggy Zimdars 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.
- $44k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $129k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $43k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $54k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $68k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $43k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $46k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $95k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $48k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $52k | 47% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel | $211,450 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $62,450 | 9 | 0% |
| Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Time of Grace Ministry | $41,000 | 7 | 0% |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $13,620 | 7 | 0% |
| Access Community Health Centers Inc | $9,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc | $7,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 34 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel | $211,450 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $62,450 | 9 | 0% |
| Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Time of Grace Ministry | $41,000 | 7 | 0% |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $13,620 | 7 | 0% |
| Access Community Health Centers Inc | $9,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc | $7,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The River Food Pantry Inc | $4,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Andrew Lutheran Church | $2,750 | 5 | n/a |
| Holy Cross Lutheran Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fund for Campus Servant Leadership Inc | $1,425 | 4 | n/a |
| Zion Lutheran Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gps Education Partners Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ridges Sanctuary Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| St Johns Lutheran Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wels Lutherans for Life Metro Milwaukee Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Badger Honor Flight Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Madison Public Art Project Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthouse Youth Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| First Immanuel Lutheran Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Door Childrens Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Lutheran Womens Missionary Society | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Ephraim Historical Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Philharmonic Chorus of Madison | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior League of Madison Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Ephraim Mens Club | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation 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: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation · Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation · Neumann Family Foundation Inc · Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The Evjue Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation
- How much does John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation give?
- John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $44,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Education (22%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel ($211k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($62k), Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc ($48k).
- Does John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation 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 John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation, Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc.
- Where is John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation based?
- John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation is based in WI.
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