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Marie & John Zimmermann Fund at a glance

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Marie & John Zimmermann Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$513k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$584kEducation$434kYouth Development$270kReligion$60kPhilanthropy$59kHuman Services$43kAnimals$32kHealth$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $296k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $182k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Sacred Heart University$65,000
Peter's Valley Craft Center Inc$60,000
The Dream Program Inc$57,000
Decorative Arts Trust$45,000
Chashama Inc$40,000
Hands in 4 Youth Inc$35,000
New York Historical Society$31,000
Fairfield University$30,000
Shelburne Museum Inc$25,000
Dwight Hall at Yale$21,000
Society of North American Goldsmiths$16,000
CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY$15,000
COMMUNITY FON OF THE ENDLESS MOUntains$15,000
Center for Initiative Art & Culture$12,500
Landmark School$10,000
02The need
03

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 (FY22–24, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Society of North American Goldsmiths: $16k → 15%Society of North American Goldsmiths: $10k → 15%Society of North American Goldsmiths: $10k → 15%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

ME
VT
NY
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 28 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
6

Total granted

$1.4M
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+42%

Still filing today

71%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsFood & NutritionCivil RightsEmploymentOther
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

  • SH
    SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED
    3× · 2022–2024 · $190k · revenue +21%
  • PETERS VALLEY SCHOOL OF CRAFT INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $155k · revenue +48%
  • TD
    THE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST
    3× · 2022–2024 · $120k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • CC
    Colby College Concentration
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +42%
  • MZ
    MARIE ZIMMERMANN CENTER FOR ARTS
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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.

1
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
2
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College

Located in south hadley, massachusetts, mount holyoke college is a highly selective, nondenominational, residential, research liberal arts college for women that is gender-diverse and welcomes applications from female, transgender, and…

Education
3
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
4
The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc

The museum's mission is to celebrate maine's role in american art. to accomplish that mission the museum provides an extensive offering of collections, exhibitions, education and retail services to the general public.

Arts & Culture
5
Marymount Manhattan College

Marymount manhattan college is an urban, independent, liberal arts college (see schedule o).

Education
6
School for Advanced Research

The school for advanced research's mission is to advance understanding of humanity through a unique alchemy of creative practice and scholarly research in native american arts, anthropology, and related disciplines. its vision is to be a…

Social Science
7
The Trustees of the Smith College

Smith college educates women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. a college of and for the world, smith college links the power of the liberal arts to excellence in research and scholarship, developing leaders for society's…

Education
8
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
9
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
10
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
11
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
12
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery

The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Queen City Cats. 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST: $120,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUSTCHASHAMA INC: $105,000 · Arts & CultureCHASHAMA INCNew York Historical Society: $95,500 · Arts & CultureNew York Historical SocietySHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureSHELBURNE MUSEUM INCCENTER FOR INITIATIVES IN ART & CULTURE INC: $23,500 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR INITIATIVES IN ART …+1 more: $6,000 · Arts & CultureSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $190,000 · EducationSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INC…Fairfield University: $114,000 · EducationFairfield UniversityDWIGHT HALL AT YALE: $66,000 · EducationDWIGHT HALL AT YALE+1 more: $3,500 · EducationThe Dream Program Inc: $161,000 · OtherThe Dream Program IncCOMMUNITY FON OF THE ENDLESS MOUntains: $30,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FON OF THE ENDLESS…Landmark School: $27,000 · OtherLandmark SchoolATMA VICHARA INC: $25,000 · OtherATMA VICHARA INCColby College Concentration: $25,000 · OtherColby College ConcentrationANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION INC: $29,000 · OtherANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION INCTHE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC: $25,000 · OtherTHE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA B…+16 more: $63,000 · Other+16 morePETERS VALLEY SCHOOL OF CRAFT INC: $155,000 · EmploymentPETERS VALL…HANDS IN FOR YOUTH INC: $107,500 · Recreation & SportsFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $38,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMONWEALTH CHARITABLE MANAGEMENT INC: $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropySOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICAN GOLDSMITHS: $36,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$415,000Education$373,500Other$385,000Employment$155,000Recreation & Sports$107,500Philanthropy$59,000Human Services$36,000

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 budgetSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $190,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPETERS VALLEY SCHOOL OF CRAFT INC: $155,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetTHE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST: $120,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFairfield University: $114,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS IN FOR YOUTH INC: $107,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCHASHAMA INC: $105,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $95,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDWIGHT HALL AT YALE: $66,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $38,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICAN GOLDSMITHS: $36,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION INC: $29,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR INITIATIVES IN ART & CULTURE INC: $23,500 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH CHARITABLE MANAGEMENT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHINESBURG COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $6,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetVERY MERRY THEATRE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHUNGER FREE VERMONT INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLEBURY TRANSITIONAL CARE COALITION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetQueen City Cats: $3,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEATH WITH DIGNITY NATIONAL CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAIL BEYOND CANCER VT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAMA DRAGONS: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Fairfield County's Co…The Vermont Community…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Marie & John Zimmermann Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marie & John Zimmermann Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Hunger Free Vermont Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
  • Hands in for Youth Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 39 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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