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The Edith and Robert Zinn Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Edith and Robert Zinn Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$218k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$306kEducation$159kHuman Services$151kCrime & Legal$88kReligion$80kInternational$79kArts & Culture$23kPhilanthropy$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMERY WEINER SCHOOL$100,000
VITA-LIVING INC$20,000
THE LIGHTHOUSE OF HOUSTON$15,000
CHILD BUILDERS$15,000
EVELYN RUBENSTEIN JCC$10,000
TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CHILD ADVOCATES INC$10,000
CENTER FOR PURSUIT$10,000
JB GOLDBERG B'NAI B'RITH TOWERS$7,000
NEUHAUS EDUCATION CENTER$5,000
TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER ORCHESTRA$4,000
CAMP ARANZAZU$2,000
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 (FY17–24, $182k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CAMP ARANZAZU: $5k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU: $5k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU: $2k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF HOUSTON: $50k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF HOUSTON: $50k → 16%THE CENTER FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%THE CENTER FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%THE CENTER FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%THE CENTER FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%CENTER FOR PURSUIT: $10k → 16%CENTER FOR PURSUIT: $10k → 16%CENTER FOR PURSUIT: $10k → 16%CENTER FOR PURSUIT: $8k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $10k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $10k → 16%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

NY
MA
CA
VA
MD
DC
LA
GA
TX
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$769k · 28 repeat orgs$250k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
20

Total granted

$769k
$136k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+14%

Still filing today

71%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureInternationalEducationEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $100k · revenue +10%
  • C
    CHILDBUILDERS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +10%
  • CA
    CHILD ADVOCATES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $66k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -15%
  • HG
    HOUSTON GALVESTON INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +14%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
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
Central Houston Inc

See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.

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2
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
3
Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
4
Collaborative for Children

The mission of Collaborative for Children is to meaningfully improve the quality of early childhood education and care for Greater Houston's children through those most influential in their lives.

Human Services
5
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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6
Central Houston Civic Improvement Inc

Central houston civic improvement lnc.'s mission is to ensure the continued vitality and to support development of downtown and the central city that is critical to the continued health and growth of houston.

Community Improvement
7
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
8
Breakthrough Houston

The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.

Education
9
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
10
Evolve Houston

Improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by supporting and enabling the greater houston area to increase ev adoption.

Environment
11
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
12
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Depelchin Children's Center; the most unlike its peers is Ocean Conservancy. 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

38 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. 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
27/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EMERY WEINER SCHOOL: $100,000 · OtherEMERY WEINER SCHOOLVITA LIVING INC: $62,000 · OtherVITA LIVING INCJB GOLDBERG B'NAI B'RITH TOWERS: $37,000 · OtherJB GOLDBERG B'NAI B'RITH TOWERSHOUSTON EYE ASSOCIATES FOUNDATION: $24,000 · OtherTAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $22,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $21,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherTHE UNITED WAY INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE CLEAR FUND: $18,000 · Other+22 more: $188,100 · Other+22 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $100,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICETHE CENTER FOR PURSUIT: $37,500 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR PURSUI…DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S …Camp Aranzazu Inc: $12,000 · Human ServicesCamp Aranzazu IncPURSUIT FOUNDATION: $12,000 · Human ServicesPURSUIT FOUNDATIONHEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHILDBUILDERS: $90,000 · HealthCHILDBUILDERSLighthouse For The Blind Of Houston Inc: $65,000 · HealthLighthouse For T…CHILD ADVOCATES INC: $66,400 · Crime & LegalTECHNOSERVE INC: $17,000 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $10,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $10,000 · InternationalINDIA DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND INC: $10,000 · InternationalREFUGEE PROTECTION INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,000 · InternationalEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston: $42,500 · ReligionHouston Public Media Foundation: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHouston Symphony Society: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTEXAS MEDICAL CENTER ORCHESTRA: $4,000 · Arts & Culture4TH WALL THEATRE COMPANY: $1,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA IN THE HEIGHTS: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC IN CONTEXT: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCHAMBER MUSIC HOUSTON INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$512,100Human Services$196,500Health$155,000Crime & Legal$66,400International$54,000Religion$42,500Arts & Culture$23,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $100,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDBUILDERS: $90,000 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $66,400 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLighthouse For The Blind Of Houston Inc: $65,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetVITA LIVING INC: $62,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston: $42,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR PURSUIT: $37,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSTON EYE ASSOCIATES FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON GALVESTON INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Aranzazu Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPURSUIT FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTGP Public Schools: $12,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMP-U-DOPT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Public Media Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIA DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Texas: $8,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREFUGEE PROTECTION INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Symphony Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS MEDICAL CENTER ORCHESTRA: $4,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERA IN THE HEIGHTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC IN CONTEXT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC HOUSTON INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Greater Houston Commu…Albert & Ethel Herzst…Shell USA Company Fou…The Brown Foundation …The Elkins FoundationStrake FoundationThe Brodsky FoundationMD Anderson FoundationHarry S & Isabel C Ca…The Fondren FoundationVivian L Smith Founda…The William Stamps Fa…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX30.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · The Elkins Foundation · Strake Foundation · The Brodsky Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Fondren Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund

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 Edith and Robert Zinn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Edith and Robert Zinn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Edith and Robert Zinn Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Edith and Robert Zinn 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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