Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc
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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,760
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 33
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $246k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 30 | $14k | 47% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $14k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $13k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $15k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Sholom in Broomall | $6,145 | 4 | n/a |
| Villanova University | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Drexel University | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Saint Joseph's University | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| West Nottingham Academy | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Sacopee Rescue Unit Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Maine Historical Society | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Hiram Historical Society | $2,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Bryn Mawr Fire Company | $1,550 | 5 | 0% |
| Bryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute | $1,295 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Sholom in Broomall | $6,145 | 4 | n/a |
| Villanova University | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Drexel University | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Saint Joseph's University | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| West Nottingham Academy | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Sacopee Rescue Unit Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Maine Historical Society | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Hiram Historical Society | $2,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Bryn Mawr Fire Company | $1,550 | 5 | 0% |
| Bryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute | $1,295 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Golden Cradle Adoption Services Inc | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Delaware County Community College | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Ukraine House DC Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Horizon House Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Har Zion Temple | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Sports Fans Coalition Ny Inc | $60 | 1 | 0% |
| White House Historical Association | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $10 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc 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: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc
- How much does Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc give?
- Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc reported 30 grants totaling $14,123 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 33 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Arts & Culture (17%), Religion (11%).
- Who are Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Temple Sholom in Broomall ($6k), Villanova University ($5k), Drexel University ($4k).
- Does Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lotsch Zelman 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 Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc based?
- Lotsch Zelman Foundation Inc is based in PA.
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