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Robert E Zetzmann Family Foundation at a glance

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Robert E Zetzmann 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.

$189k
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$498kArts & Culture$243kHuman Services$193kFood & Nutrition$129kCrime & Legal$128kReligion$118kHousing & Shelter$71kRecreation & Sports$63kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $78k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $111k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TULANE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$30,000
LSU FOUNDATION$27,800
PLEASE FOUNDATION$12,232
SON OF A SAINT$11,220
JESUS PROJECT MINISTRY$10,000
METROPOLITAN CRIME COMMISSION$10,000
EDEN HOUSE$10,000
WWOZ$7,200
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART$6,000
MANNING FAMILY CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$6,000
ST CHARLES AVENUE BAPTIST CHRUCH$6,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$5,000
LOUISIANA MUSEUM FOUNDATION$5,000
NEW ORLEANS WOMENS SHELTER$5,000
HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–23, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ST NICHOLAS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $500 → 17%KINGSLEY HOUSE: $6k → 23%KINGSLEY HOUSE: $5k → 23%KINGSLEY HOUSE: $5k → 23%KINGSLEY HOUSE: $5k → 23%KINGSLEY HOUSE: $2k → 23%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 23%COVENANT HOUSE: $3k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE: $3k → 23%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 47 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
28

Total granted

$1.5M
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
0%

Still filing today

49%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LF
    LSU FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $138k · revenue +103%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $122k · revenue +21%
  • TP
    The Please Foundation
    8× · 2018–2025 · $93k · revenue +344%

Funded once

  • LS
    LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $21k
  • PI
    PRO-VISION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue 0%
  • DM
    DOUGLAS MANSHIP SR THEATRE COMPLEX HOLDING INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -19%
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
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
2
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
3
University of New Orleans Foundation

The University of New Orleans Foundation's mission is to promote the well-being and advancement of the University of New Orleans and all the colleges, schools, departments, and divisions comprising it, and to develop, expand, and improve…

Education
4
New Orleans Educational Telecommunications Consortium

Delivery of higher educational services to the public.

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5
Lsu Health Sciences Foundation in Shreveport

The sole mission of the foundation is to support, enhance and assist the lsu health sciences center at shreveport in its many endeavors.

Philanthropy
6
Lsu Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Faculty Group Practice

No board approved mission statement

Health
7
New Orleans Public Library Foundation

Support of the city of new orleans library system and city wide literacy efforts through parnter organizations, community organizations and initiatives including fundraising and expending funds to supplement library operations.

Education
8
Lsu Alumni Association

The mission is to protect, promote, and foster the welfare of louisiana state university and to create and nurture mutually beneficial relationships between the university and its alumni and friends. the association, using the talents and…

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9
New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation Inc

Support of the new orleans police department and orleans parish criminal justice system along with crime prevention activities with the public. nopjf helps the nopd initiate innovative programs that make new orleans a safer place to live,…

Crime & Legal
10
Louisiana State Bar Association

The mission of the louisiana state bar association is to assist its members in the practice of law, assure access to and aid in the administration of justice, assist the supreme court in the regulation of the practice of law, uphold the…

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11
Laura Center for Creole Heritage
Arts & Culture
12
University of New Orleans Research and Technology Foundation Inc

-To support any and all programs, facilities, research, and educational opportunities offered by the University of New Orleans and the University of Louisiana System.-To encourage teaching, research, scholarship, and services, and increase…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lsu Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Pilots for Patients. 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

37 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. 37 of the 85 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
26/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY FOR GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA: $144,280 · OtherUNITED WAY FOR GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREAMETROPOLITAN CRIME COMMISSION INC: $92,730 · OtherMETROPOLITAN CRIME COMMISSION INCNEW ORLEANS WOMENS SHELTER: $70,500 · OtherNEW ORLEANS WOMENS SHELTERJESUS PROJECT MINISTRY: $68,000 · OtherJESUS PROJECT MINISTRYNEW ORLEANS CITY PARK: $60,300 · OtherNEW ORLEANS CITY PARKHISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION: $43,000 · OtherThe Louisiana Museum Foundation: $40,000 · OtherST GEORGES EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $31,500 · OtherTULANE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherCrimestoppers Inc: $35,000 · Other+51 more: $274,830 · Other+51 moreLSU FOUNDATION: $138,200 · EducationLSU FOUNDATIONTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $58,000 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS…ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL: $55,000 · EducationISIDORE NEWMAN SCH…Southern Methodist University: $13,500 · EducationNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $86,000 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEA…FRIENDS OF WWOZ INC: $34,800 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS O…KID SMART: $8,500 · Arts & CultureKID SMARTDOUGLAS MANSHIP SR THEATRE COMPLEX HOLDING INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $122,050 · Food & NutritionThe Please Foundation: $93,318 · Youth DevelopmentSON OF A SAINT: $11,220 · Youth DevelopmentCLOVER NOLA INC: $22,720 · Human ServicesEDEN CENTERS: $19,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $5,000 · Human Services+3 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesBRIDGE HOUSE CORPORATION: $20,560 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $3,500 · HealthHEARTGIFT FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthLSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS: $2,500 · Health+1 more: $250 · Health
Other$890,140Education$264,700Arts & Culture$137,300Food & Nutrition$122,050Youth Development$104,538Human Services$48,220Health$35,310

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 budgetLSU FOUNDATION: $138,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $122,050 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Please Foundation: $93,318 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN CRIME COMMISSION INC: $92,730 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $86,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $58,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL: $55,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Louisiana Museum Foundation: $40,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCrimestoppers Inc: $35,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF WWOZ INC: $34,800 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LOUISE S MCGEHEE SCHOOL: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCLOVER NOLA INC: $22,720 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGE HOUSE CORPORATION: $20,560 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEDEN CENTERS: $19,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAudubon Nature Institute Inc: $17,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $13,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSON OF A SAINT: $11,220 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKID SMART: $8,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPRO-VISION INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWAKE: $5,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetDOUGLAS MANSHIP SR THEATRE COMPLEX HOLDING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF: $5,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFTW BOOSTER CLUB: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTGIFT FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST NICHOLAS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOGS FOR THE CAUSE INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPILOTS FOR PATIENTS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRED ROCK AND BLUE: $500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $250 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.

  • Who funds LSU FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA ↗
  • Who funds The Please Foundation ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN CRIME COMMISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds The Louisiana Museum Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Crimestoppers Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WWOZ INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LOUISE S MCGEHEE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CLOVER NOLA INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE HOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds EDEN CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds Audubon Nature Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
  • Who funds SON OF A SAINT ↗
  • Who funds KID SMART ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PRO-VISION INC ↗

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.

The Greater New Orlea…Goldring Family Found…Gustaf Westfeldt McIl…Eugenie & Joseph Jone…The Usdin-Weil Founda…Shell USA Company Fou…Baptist Community Min…Louise H Moffett Fami…The Almar Foundationd…Louis & Lillian Glaze…Smallpage Family Foun…The Helis Foundation
The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA38.3× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Founda · Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation · The Usdin-Weil Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · Louise H Moffett Family Foundation · The Almar Foundationdba The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation · Louis & Lillian Glazer Family Foundation · Smallpage Family Foundation · The Helis 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 Robert E Zetzmann Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert E Zetzmann Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 85 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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