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Taylor-Zemo Foundation Inc at a glance

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Taylor-Zemo Foundation Inc

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.

$22k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$27kYouth Development$14kEducation$11kReligion$10kArts & Culture$6kFood & Nutrition$5kHealth$4kInternational$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$350k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
A BETTER CHANCE IN RIDGEFIELD$10,000
KIDS IN DISTRESS$2,500
RIDGEFIELD SCHOLARSHIP GROUP INC$1,100
FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC$1,053
THE RIDGEFIELD LIBRARY$1,000
ASSOCIATION OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES DANBURY$1,000
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM$1,000
RIDGEFIELD EMERGENCY FUND$1,000
SOUP KITCHEN IN PROVINCETOWN$500
FULL COURT PEACE$500
AMERICARES$260
ANN'S PLACE$257
ST MICHAEL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$253
RIDGEFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY$250
LAUNDRY LOVE OF GREATER DANBURY$250
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 (FY20–25, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KIDS IN DISTRESS: $3k → 13%KIDS IN DISTRESS: $3k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 17%KIDS IN DISTRESS: $3k → 13%KIDS IN DISTRESS: $3k → 13%KIDS IN DISTRESS: $3k → 13%KIDS IN DISTRESS: $3k → 13%ANN'S PLACE: $500 → 9%ANN'S PLACE: $257 → 9%REGIONAL HOSPICE OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT: $250 → 9%ANN'S PLACE: $200 → 9%PROSPECTS OPPORTUNITY AND ENRICHMENT INC: $500 → 9%PROSPECTS OPPORTUNITY AND ENRICHMENT INC: $500 → 9%PROSPECTS OPPORTUNITY AND ENRICHMENT INC: $250 → 9%PROSPECTS OPPORTUNITY AND ENRICHMENT INC: $100 → 9%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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$54k · 31 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 9 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

31
13

Total granted

$54k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+24%

Still filing today

68%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsHealthEducationOther
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

  • RL
    Ridgefield Library Association Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +25%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +39%
  • WS
    WOOSTER SCHOOL CORPORATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $2k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • KI
    KIDS IN CRISIS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +67%
  • SS
    ST SPEPHENS EPISCAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • SS
    ST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
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
Land Conservancy of Ridgefield Inc

The Land Conservancy of Ridgefield, Inc. ("the Land Conservancy"), founded in 1967, preserves and protects, for the general benefit of the public, Ridgefield, Connecticut's natural resources including land and water resources, the plant…

Environment
2
Ridgefield Community Kindergarten Inc

To provide preschool education for children ages 2-5.

—
3
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
4
Wilton Land Conservation Trust

Protecting, enhancing and conserving open spaces encompassing meadows, woodlands, wetlands, and waterways in the town of wilton ct.

Environment
5
Wethersfield Historical Society

The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.

Arts & Culture
6
Connecticut Cancer Foundation Inc

To provide funds to benefit families affected by cancer and to support cancer research and education.

—
7
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
8
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
9
Wpkn Incorporated

WPKN's mission is to strengthen and enrich the community by broadcasting independent, listener-supported, and commercial-free programming.

Arts & Culture
10
The Rhode Island Public Health Foundation

The organization's mission is to eliminate health disparities in rhode island and beyond. the organization develops innovative public health programs, conducts translational and policy research, provides clinical services, and trains…

Health
11
The Rowan Center Inc

We counsel victims and survivors as they process their experiences of sexual violence from the past, we advocate for them as they navigate the circumstances of the present, and we educate our communities to prevent sexual violence in the…

—
12
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids in Distress Inc; the most unlike its peers is Looking Glass Animal Rescue. 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

34 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. 34 of the 54 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
20/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIDS IN CRISIS INC: $10,000 · OtherKIDS IN CRISIS INCA Better Chance in Ridgefield Inc: $10,000 · OtherA Better Chance in Ridgefield IncST SPEPHENS EPISCAL CHURCH: $4,900 · OtherST SPEPHENS EPISCAL CHURCHST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $4,150 · OtherST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHARCHBISHOP STEPINAC HIGH SCHOOL: $3,000 · OtherARCHBISHOP STEPINAC HIGH SCHOOLTHE RIDGEFIELD LIBRARY: $3,000 · OtherTHE RIDGEFIELD LIBRARYWOOSTER SCHOOL CORPORATION: $2,000 · OtherRIDGEFIELD EMERGENCY FUND: $2,000 · Other+27 more: $15,923 · Other+27 moreKIDS IN DISTRESS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesKIDS IN DISTRESS INCPROSPECTS OPPORTUNITY AND ENRICHMENT INC: $1,350 · Human ServicesPROSPECTS OPPORTUNITY…ANNS PLACE INC: $957 · Human ServicesANNS PLACE INC+2 more: $350 · Human ServicesKEELER TAVERN: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureThe Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Inc: $750 · Arts & CultureACT OF CONNECTICUT: $250 · Arts & CultureRIDGEFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $250 · Arts & CultureFULL COURT PEACE INC: $4,054 · Youth DevelopmentSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,600 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $1,000 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $1,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $260 · InternationalRidgefield Library Association Inc: $2,100 · EducationRIDGEFIELD SCHOLARSHIP GROUP INC: $1,100 · EducationFRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC: $2,053 · Community Improvement
Other$54,973Human Services$17,657Arts & Culture$5,250Youth Development$4,054International$3,860Education$3,200Community Improvement$2,053

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 budgetKIDS IN DISTRESS INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetA Better Chance in Ridgefield Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFULL COURT PEACE INC: $4,054 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetRidgefield Library Association Inc: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC: $2,053 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWOOSTER SCHOOL CORPORATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKEELER TAVERN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROSPECTS OPPORTUNITY AND ENRICHMENT INC: $1,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUP KITCHEN IN PROVINCETOWNINC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRIDGEFIELD SCHOLARSHIP GROUP INC: $1,100 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMEALS-ON-WHEELS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE FOR MOVIES AND THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANNS PLACE INC: $957 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRidgefield Operation for Animal Rescue Inc: $850 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCASTLEMAN DISEASE COLLABORATIVE NETWORK: $700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHARE SELF-HELP FOR WOMEN WITH BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRVNAHEALTH INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOOKING GLASS ANIMAL RESCUE: $350 over 2y, 0.3% of budget1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $260 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACT OF CONNECTICUT: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL HOSPICE AND HOME CARE OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIDGEFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 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.

Ridgefield Thrift Sho…Synchrony FoundationThe Goldstone Family …Anna-Maria and Stephe…The Ayco Charitable F…Fairfield County's Co…Pf & Rj Morganti Foun…Patrick FoundationConnecticut Humanitie…Anne S Richardson Fun…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Ibm International Fou…
Ridgefield Thrift Shop IncCT32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc · Synchrony Foundation · The Goldstone Family Foundation · Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co LLP · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Pf & Rj Morganti Foundation · Patrick Foundation · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Anne S Richardson Fund Xxxxx3004 · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Ibm International 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 Taylor-Zemo Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Taylor-Zemo Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut Inc: 17% of income from government
  • The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Ridgefield Historical Society Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Rvnahealth Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Act of Connecticut: 1% of income from government
  • The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Kids in Distress Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get 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 · 0–60%
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 54 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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