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Randolph and Josephine Zelov Charitable Trust at a glance

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Randolph and Josephine Zelov Charitable Trust

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$583k
Granted FY2018
21
Grants FY2018
5
States reached
$94k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Religion$171kEducation$109kHuman Services$82kHealth$68kArts & Culture$55kFood & Nutrition$54kEnvironment$27kAnimals$14kOther$0
02FY2018 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • $10k–50k16 grants · $272k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $312k
$13,585
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER$94,290
CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL$54,340
THE SALVATION ARMY$54,340
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE$54,340
PHILABUNDANCE$54,340
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF PHILADELPH$27,170
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$27,170
BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$27,170
EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT$27,170
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SPCA$13,585
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$13,585
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES$13,585
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART$13,585
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA$13,585
BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE$13,585
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 (FY18–18, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $27k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $14k → 14%BEAUMONT RETIREMENT SERVICES INC: $14k → 10%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.
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 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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
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
5
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
6
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
7
Bryn Mawr College

Provide a rigorous education and encourage pursuit of knowledge as preparation for life and work.

Education
8
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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9
Randolph College Inc

See detailed description of organization's primary mission provided on schedule o

Education
10
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
12
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is International Cultic Studies Association Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
13/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER: $144,290 · OtherCHURCH OF THE REDEEMERTHE SALVATION ARMY: $54,340 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $27,170 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION: $27,170 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGIO…NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES: $13,835 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $13,585 · OtherINTERNATIONAL CULTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION INC: $13,585 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $13,584 · OtherTHE HARRITON FOUNDATION: $13,584 · Other+1 more: $15 · OtherCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $54,340 · EducationCONNECTICUT COLLEGECHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $54,340 · EducationCHOATE ROSEMARY HAL…Philabundance: $54,340 · Food & NutritionPhilabund…EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $27,170 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL…BEAUMONT RETIREMENT SERVICES INC: $13,585 · Human ServicesBEAUMONT …WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $13,584 · Human ServicesWOUNDED W…PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $13,585 · Arts & CultureBRYN MAWR THEATRE FILM INSTITUTE: $13,585 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $13,584 · Arts & CultureTHE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $27,170 · HealthMontgomery County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $13,585 · AnimalsTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $13,585 · Community Improvement
Other$321,158Education$108,680Food & Nutrition$54,340Human Services$54,339Arts & Culture$40,754Health$27,170Animals$13,585Community Improvement$13,585

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPhilabundance: $54,340 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $54,340 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $54,340 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $27,170 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $27,170 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $27,170 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION: $27,170 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEAUMONT RETIREMENT SERVICES INC: $13,585 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMontgomery County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $13,585 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $13,585 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $13,585 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRYN MAWR THEATRE FILM INSTITUTE: $13,585 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $13,584 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $13,584 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Randolph and Josephine Zelov Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Randolph and Josephine Zelov Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report 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 22 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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