Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Richard a Zappala Family Foundation
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.
- $331k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $67,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Richard a Zappala Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 31 | $331k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $365k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $225k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $163k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $75k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $197k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $249k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $205k | 24% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Botanic Garden | $594,750 | 9 | 4% |
| La Roche University | $225,000 | 9 | 0% |
| United Way of Martin County Inc | $135,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Project Lift Inc | $70,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Amd3 Foundation | $67,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Florida Oceanographic Society Inc | $52,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Christ Church Washington Parish | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Mary's Shelter of the Treasure Coast Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | $23,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Neighborhood Academy | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($391k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard a Zappala Family Foundation 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: Hillman Family Foundations · The Community Foundation - Martin / St Lucie Inc · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Burke Foundation · The Burke Family Foundation · The Fine Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Double Eagle Foundation 4191-06-43 · Eqt Foundation · Mathieson Family Foundation · The Simpson Family Foundation U/A Dtd 10/19/1999 · The Rust Foundation
How this is measured
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About Richard a Zappala Family Foundation
- How much does Richard a Zappala Family Foundation give?
- Richard a Zappala Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $331,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Richard a Zappala Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Education (17%), Health (16%).
- Who are Richard a Zappala Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pittsburgh Botanic Garden ($595k), La Roche University ($225k), United Way of Martin County Inc ($135k).
- Does Richard a Zappala Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard a Zappala Family Foundation 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 Richard a Zappala Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hillman Family Foundations, The Community Foundation - Martin / St Lucie Inc, The Pittsburgh Foundation.
- Where is Richard a Zappala Family Foundation based?
- Richard a Zappala Family Foundation is based in PA.
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