Michigan · Private foundation
Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman 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.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 15 | $1.8M | 73% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $990k | 78% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $410k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $440k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $440k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alma College | $2,440,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Cherryland Humane Society | $1,400,000 | 5 | 19% |
| Elk Rapids District Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Rascals Cat Sanctuary Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Central Michigan University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Traverse Symphony Orchestra D/B/A Traverse City Philharmonic | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Traverse Bay Humane Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 383 | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alma College | $2,440,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Cherryland Humane Society | $1,400,000 | 5 | 19% |
| Elk Rapids District Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Rascals Cat Sanctuary Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Central Michigan University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Traverse Symphony Orchestra D/B/A Traverse City Philharmonic | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Traverse Bay Humane Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 383 | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Skegemog Raptor Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake County Historical Society | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tc Paw Cat Rescue | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($138k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman 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: Oleson Foundation · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman Charitable Trust
- How much does Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman Charitable Trust give?
- Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman Charitable Trust reported 16 grants totaling $1,772,662 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (60%), Animals (35%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Alma College ($2.4M), Cherryland Humane Society ($1.4M), Elk Rapids District Library ($10k).
- Does Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman 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 Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Oleson Foundation, Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman Charitable Trust based?
- Joseph G and Helen I Zimmerman Charitable Trust is based in MI.
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