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The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation at a glance

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The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
217
Grants FY2024still arriving
32
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$14MEducation$6.6MArts & Culture$2.8MHousing & Shelter$2.5MReligion$1.8MAnimals$1.3MInternational$1.1MYouth Development$1.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 217 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k174 grants · $94k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $441k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $800k
  • $250k+10 grants · $8.3M
$100
Median grant
32
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,000,000
UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$1,316,702
Individual grant recipient$1,000,000
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$1,000,000
JEWISH CENTER OF THE HAMPTONS$750,000
FLOATING DOCTORS$500,000
LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$500,000
LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$500,000
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$400,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY$300,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$200,000
WNET$150,000
AGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$100,000
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$100,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY$100,000
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 (FY21–24, $385k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $100 → 12%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 6%EAST END HOSPICE: $5k → 7%JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF GREATER CONEY ISLAND: $100 → 20%BOYS TOWN: $100 → 12%EAST END HOSPICE: $5k → 7%JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF GREATER CONEY ISLAND: $100 → 20%JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF GREATER CONEY ISLAND: $100 → 20%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $500 → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%RETREAT: $25k → 7%RETREAT: $25k → 7%THE RETREAT: $25k → 7%RETREAT: $25k → 7%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES: $50k → 17%RISING GROUND: $100 → 17%RETREAT: $500 → 7%ELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $500 → 7%SUNRISE DAY CAMP-LONG ISLAND: $1k → 6%BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD CARE & RECREATIONAL CENTER: $100k → 7%BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD CARE & RECREATIONAL CENTER: $50k → 7%BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD CARE & RECREATIONAL CENTER: $35k → 7%CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: $1k → 6%PORT WASHINGTON SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $10k → 6%PORT WASHINGTON SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER: $4k → 6%PORT WASHINGTON SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $4k → 6%HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER: $1k → 6%CHILDREN'S AID: $5k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID: $5k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID: $5k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID: $1k → 17%BELEV ECHAD: $100 → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$32M · 183 repeat orgs$4.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

183 repeat relationships: 109 still active in FY2024, 74 since wound down; 84 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

183
122

Total granted

$32M
$4.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+11%

Still filing today

69%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $685k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalEnvironmentOther
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

  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Society
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +2%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +69%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • WM
    William & Mary Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2.0M · revenue +366%
  • HU
    HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue +16%
  • F
    FIMRC
    one grant, 2023 · $300k
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.

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New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
National September 11 Memorial and Museum At the World Trade Center

The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…

Arts & Culture
4
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
5
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
6
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
7
Municipal Art Society of New York

The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…

Arts & Culture
8
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital

To be a leader in the provision of world class patient care, teaching, research, and service to local, state, national, and international communities. newyork-presbyterian hospital is one of the nation's most comprehensive, integrated…

Health
9
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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10
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
11
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
12
Nyu Langone Hospitals

The board adopted mission statement is: nyu langone hospitals (the "hospital") will operate with new york university's medical schools a health system ("nyu langone health") devoted to excellence in patient care, education and research. in…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Realty Foundation of New York 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

233 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. 233 of the 391 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)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
232/233
Grantees still filing
147/233
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $11,935,000 · HealthNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATIONST FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000,400 · HealthST FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCPARASITES WITHOUT BORDERS INC: $596,000 · Health+11 more: $623,600 · HealthLAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,185,000 · OtherLAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI…UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $2,416,702 · OtherUNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSEJEWISH CENTER OF THE HAMPTONS: $1,683,600 · OtherJEWISH CENTER OF THE HAMPTONSIndividual grant recipient: $1,055,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $800,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE+124 more: $2,628,751 · Other+124 moreMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,200,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLIT…MicrobeTV Inc: $800,000 · Arts & CultureMicrobeTV …WNET: $550,000 · Arts & CultureWNETMuseum of Modern Art: $125,000 · Arts & Culture+21 more: $638,796 · Arts & Culture+21 moreWilliam & Mary Foundation: $2,000,000 · EducationWilliam &…HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 · EducationHOFSTRA U…+15 more: $225,550 · Education+15 moreWildlife Conservation Society: $1,264,345 · Animals+4 more: $62,700 · AnimalsUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RELIEF OF CHILDREN: $40,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $19,100 · PhilanthropyGirl Scouts of Greater NY Inc: $800,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF OYSTER BAY - EAST NORWICH: $188,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $600 · Youth Development
Health$15,155,000Other$11,769,053Arts & Culture$3,313,796Education$3,225,550Animals$1,327,045Philanthropy$1,059,100Youth Development$988,600

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $11,935,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetST FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000,400 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetWilliam & Mary Foundation: $2,000,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $1,264,345 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOFSTRA UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMicrobeTV Inc: $800,000 over 2y, 57% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater NY Inc: $800,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $800,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPARASITES WITHOUT BORDERS INC: $596,000 over 3y, 79% of budgetWNET: $550,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFLOATING DOCTORS INC: $500,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF OYSTER BAY - EAST NORWICH: $188,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetBridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc: $185,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $125,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: $125,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE EAST END I: $101,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $101,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRetreat Inc: $100,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $100,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFIORELLO H LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE REALTY FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK INC: $75,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $51,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTETON SCIENCE SCHOOLS INC: $51,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPORT WASHINGTON PARENT RESOURCE CTR: $40,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RELIEF OF CHILDREN: $40,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER: $39,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAZARETH HOUSING INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $21,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPORT WASHINGTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE PORT WASHINGTON LIBRARY: $20,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetEAST HAMPTON VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPORT WASHINGTON ADULT ACTIVITIES CENTER INC: $18,000 over 3y, 5.3% 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.

The New York Communit…Peter & Jeri Dejana F…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundThe Maryam and Hervey…Andrew Sabin Family F…The Jct FoundationMutual of America Fou…Kate Cassidy Foundati…David B Kriser Founda…J & Ar FoundationThe Robert and Joyce …
The New York Community TrustNY29.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Peter & Jeri Dejana Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The Maryam and Hervey Seley Foundation · Andrew Sabin Family Foundation · The Jct Foundation · Mutual of America Foundation · Kate Cassidy Foundation · David B Kriser Foundation Inc · J & Ar Foundation · The Robert and Joyce Menschel Family Fdn

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 The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
51report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 391 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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