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Mb and Edna Zale Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
143
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$3.0MEducation$2.1MArts & Culture$1.3MHealth$1.1MReligion$866kFood & Nutrition$814kHousing & Shelter$508kYouth Development$501kOther$0
02FY2024 · 143 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k95 grants · $214k
  • $10k–50k45 grants · $949k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $304k
$5,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER DALLAS$200,000
HARLEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FUND INC$54,000
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$50,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER DALLAS$45,000
HEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JIR$36,000
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC$36,000
UVALDE CISD MOVING FORWARD FOUNDATION$36,000
DALLAS HOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM$35,000
TEMPLE EMANU-EL$30,000
GOLDRINGWOLDENBERG INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE$30,000
DALLAS JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$30,000
BBYO$25,000
DALLAS SPARK$25,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS$25,000
CHILD POVERTY ACTION LAB (CPAL)$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $80k → 14%ISLAND HARVEST: $10k → 7%CHILD CARE INC: $13k → 16%UVALDE CISD MOVING FORWARD FOUNDATION: $36k → 25%JAFCO CHILDRENS ABILITY CENTER: $50k → 13%JEWISH FREE LOAN CHICAGO: $18k → 13%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $18k → 14%CHILD CARE INC: $13k → 16%JEWISH ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE OPTIONS: $30k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE - HOUSTON: $60k → 16%JEWISH ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE OPTIONS: $20k → 13%CHILD CARE INC: $55k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE- HOUSTON: $55k → 16%JAFCO CHILDRENS ABILITY CENTER: $14k → 13%WOMENS STORYBOOK PROJECT OF TEXAS: $20k → 10%CHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $20k → 14%OREGON COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE INC: $8k → 12%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 12%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $18k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $10k → 12%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $8k → 12%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $8k → 12%METRO DALLAS HOMELESS ALLIANCE: $10k → 14%ISLAND HARVEST: $22k → 6%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE - DALLAS: $469k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER DALLAS: $200k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE - DALLAS: $132k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE - DALLAS: $116k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE - DALLAS: $114k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE - DALLAS: $100k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE - DALLAS: $60k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER DALLAS: $45k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE - DALLAS: $45k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE - DALLAS: $25k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE - DALLAS: $25k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER DALLAS: $25k → 14%DOROT INC: $20k → 17%DOROT INC: $12k → 17%DOROT INC: $12k → 17%DOROT INC: $10k → 17%DOROT INC: $10k → 17%DOROT INC: $8k → 17%DOROT INC: $8k → 17%METRO DALLAS HOMELESS ALLIANCE: $10k → 14%BACHMAN LAKE TOGETHER: $10k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $25k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$10M · 199 repeat orgs$691k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +42% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

199 repeat relationships — 63 still active in FY2024, 136 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

199
101

Total granted

$10M
$415k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+23%

Still filing today

82%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +263%
  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $411k · revenue +72%
  • DF
    DALLAS FURNITURE BANK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $385k · revenue +174% · 28% of their budget

Funded once

  • BB
    B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORG
    one grant, 2022 · $61k
  • GW
    GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER
    one grant, 2023 · $36k
  • TB
    Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $34k · revenue +28%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
2
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
5
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
8
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
9
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
10
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc and the most unlike its peers is Abide Womens Health Services. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Community FoundationsFood Banks and PantriesIndependent K-12 SchoolsAffordable Housing Developm…Domestic Violence ServicesCancer Support ServicesPregnancy Support ServicesWomen & Girls Leadership De…Community Arts CentersPublic Library OperationsAnimal Rescue and ShelterEnvironmental Conservation …Christian Youth CampsLocal Food System Organizat…School Parent OrganizationsChristian Missionary Organi…Elementary Literacy TutoringYouth Sports ProgramsSenior Support ServicesSchool District FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Policy Research and AdvocacyLgbtq+ Community SupportDevelopmental Disabilities …Health Access Advocacy and …Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Jewish Community Organizati…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%3%<5yr16%5%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr16%25%20–35yr10%26%35–55yr13%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%1%<5yr16%2%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr10%40%35–55yr13%19%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%3/287
the rest of the field
15%
20,232/136,517

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 266 of the 342 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
62
Early backer (in before they grew)
263/266
Grantees still filing
195/266
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $1,364,145 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALL…DALLAS FURNITURE BANK — $385,450 · Human ServicesDALLAS FURNITURE BANKJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $122,250 · Human ServicesSWIPE OUT HUNGER — $99,000 · Human Services+29 more — $940,325 · Human Services+29 moreBIBLICAL ARTS CENTER — $406,000 · OtherBIBLICAL ARTS CENTERTEMPLE EMANU-EL — $242,980 · OtherTEMPLE EMANU-ELHEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION — $180,000 · OtherHARLEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FUND INC — $162,850 · OtherEDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC — $150,000 · OtherAVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC — $135,000 · OtherB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION — $133,500 · Other+82 more — $2,063,010 · Other+82 moreDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum — $567,000 · Arts & CultureDallas Holocaust…THE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES INC — $303,500 · Arts & CultureTHE LEGACY SENIO…ALL STARS PROJECT INC — $227,750 · Arts & CultureALL STARS PROJEC…Dallas SPARK — $109,000 · Arts & CultureDallas SPARKMUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE — $100,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE SO…INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE — $96,250 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE OF SOU…FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC — $83,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more — $128,950 · Arts & Culture+10 moreTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND — $410,850 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRAT…Texas A&M Foundation — $193,000 · EducationTexas A&M Found…AUSTIN COLLEGE — $185,500 · EducationAUSTIN COLLEGEFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $155,000 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTI…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $100,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF…MOREHOUSE COLLEGE — $60,000 · EducationGREENHILL SCHOOL — $57,100 · Education+18 more — $327,200 · Education+18 morePEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — $105,200 · PhilanthropyUndies for Everyone — $100,000 · PhilanthropyDALLAS JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $91,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION — $52,500 · PhilanthropyHEALTHY FUTURES OF TEXAS — $50,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS — $48,000 · PhilanthropySweet Dream Makers Inc — $40,000 · PhilanthropyWESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $35,000 · PhilanthropyPHILANTHROPY SOUTHWEST — $23,200 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC — $20,700 · Philanthropy+5 more — $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $118,600 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC — $115,200 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC — $111,950 · HealthRUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC — $28,000 · HealthRESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS INC — $25,000 · HealthAUTISM SCIENCE FOUNDATION — $20,500 · HealthSharsheret Inc — $20,000 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY NORTH TEXAS — $20,000 · Health+6 more — $53,500 · HealthBOCA HELPING HANDS INC — $235,000 · Food & NutritionTHE INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK INC — $70,700 · Food & NutritionBRIDGE STEPS — $67,500 · Food & NutritionSt Johns Bread & Life Program Inc — $32,500 · Food & NutritionWICHITA FALLS AREA FOOD BANK — $27,000 · Food & NutritionCROSSROADS COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $22,500 · Food & NutritionPORCH CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO — $18,300 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$2,911,170Other$3,473,340Arts & Culture$1,615,450Education$1,488,650Philanthropy$595,600Health$512,750Food & Nutrition$473,500

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $1,364,145 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum — $567,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND — $410,850 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS FURNITURE BANK — $385,450 over 8y, 28% of budgetTHE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES INC — $303,500 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC — $235,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetALL STARS PROJECT INC — $227,750 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation — $193,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN COLLEGE — $185,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHARLEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FUND INC — $162,850 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $155,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC — $150,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetAVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC — $135,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION — $133,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $122,250 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $118,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC — $115,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC — $111,950 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDallas SPARK — $109,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — $105,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUndies for Everyone — $100,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE — $100,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSWIPE OUT HUNGER — $99,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetINSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE — $96,250 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTEXAS HILLEL FOUNDATION — $93,400 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetDALLAS JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $91,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPEDIPLACE INC — $86,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetDOROT INC — $86,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD CARE INC — $85,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC — $83,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHALLAH FOR HUNGER — $82,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetMY POSSIBILITIES — $80,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $78,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK INC — $70,700 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY COMPASS — $67,650 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetBRIDGE STEPS — $67,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM INC — $65,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetJAFCO Children's Ability Center Inc — $63,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFAMILY GATEWAY INC — $61,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER — $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE — $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAttitudes & Attire — $60,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD — $57,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGREENHILL SCHOOL — $57,100 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Family Place — $55,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE & HEALTH PROJECT INC — $54,100 over 8y, 17% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION — $52,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum ↗
  • Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS FURNITURE BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA HELPING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL STARS PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC ↗
  • Who funds AVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Dallas SPARK ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Undies for Everyone ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE ↗
  • Who funds SWIPE OUT HUNGER ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS HILLEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEDIPLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds DOROT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds CHALLAH FOR HUNGER ↗
  • Who funds MY POSSIBILITIES ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY COMPASS ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Dallas FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…Dallas Jewish Communi…Hillcrest FoundationTexas Women's Foundat…Communities Foundatio…The Addy FoundationW P & Bulah Luse Foun…Hoblitzelle FoundationMorton H Meyerson Fam…Katherine C Carmody C…The Moody Foundation
The Dallas FoundationTX51.8× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dallas Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Addy Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation · Katherine C Carmody Charitable Tuw · The Moody Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Mb and Edna Zale Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Neighborhood House Inc — 53% of income from government
  • Outside in — 33% of income from government
  • The Petey Greene Program Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Oregon Community Warehouse Inc — 24% of income from government
  • Brandeis University — 9% of income from government
  • Food for Lane County — 5% of income from government
  • Sharsheret Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Join — 4% of income from government
  • Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Gateway Community Outreach Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Keshet Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
60report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Mb and Edna Zale Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mb and Edna Zale Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 342 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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