California · Private foundation
The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable 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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $17,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $266k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $51k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $41k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $102k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $50k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $33k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $50k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $37k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $37k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Dance Theater | $134,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association Inc | $37,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Borrego Art Institute | $27,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $13,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Opera4kids | $11,500 | 3 | 8% |
| StandUp for Kids | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Housing Works | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Young Artist Music Academ | $7,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Asso | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Dance Theater | $134,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association Inc | $37,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Borrego Art Institute | $27,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $13,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Opera4kids | $11,500 | 3 | 8% |
| StandUp for Kids | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Housing Works | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Young Artist Music Academ | $7,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Asso | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Myositis Association | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Uss Midway Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bodhi Tree Concerts | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
| San Diego Fire Relief Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Borrego Springs Youth and Senior Center | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $150 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($158k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 San Diego Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation give?
- The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $51,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (64%), Animals (16%), Religion (5%).
- Who are The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Diego Dance Theater ($134k), Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association Inc ($37k), Borrego Art Institute ($27k).
- Does The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable 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 Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation based?
- The Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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