New York · Private foundation
The Bill and Ann Ziff 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.
- $42k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $41,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $41,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $334k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 20% of the organizations The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $42k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.3M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $5.6M | 38% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $4.1M | 10% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $7.4M | 35% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $7.6M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $5.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $12,828,036 | 5 | 2% |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $2,195,230 | 6 | 1% |
| Museum Associates | $1,499,402 | 5 | 0% |
| Sing for Hope Inc | $917,500 | 5 | 15% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $255,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $175,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lang Lang International Music Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 4% |
| World Science Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| William Jewell College | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Original Music Workshop Inc | $96,280 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 29 grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Howard and Sarah D Solomon Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Ford Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · The Wallace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation
- How much does The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation give?
- The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $41,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (94%), Environment (2%), Education (1%).
- Who are The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ($13M), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc ($2.2M), Museum Associates ($1.5M).
- Does The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bill and Ann Ziff 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 The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Howard and Sarah D Solomon Foundation, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation based?
- The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation is based in NY.
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