· Private foundation
The Robert E and Polly A Zimmerman Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k20 grants · $57k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $12,000 |
| Washburn University Foundation | $8,500 |
| Catholic Charities | $5,000 |
| New Mexico State Univ Fdn | $4,000 |
| Alpha Pointe | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,500 |
| El Caldito Soup Kitchen | $3,000 |
| Nature Conservancy | $3,000 |
| Sister Servants of Mary | $3,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Las Cruces | $3,000 |
| Dona Ana Humane Soc | $3,000 |
| Jewish Community Ctr | $2,000 |
| Embrace Grace | $2,000 |
| North Texas Food Bank | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–26, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 41% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2026, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WUWASHBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION10× · 2017–2026 · $79k · revenue +262%
- AALPHAPOINTE10× · 2017–2026 · $54k · revenue +34%
- NMNew Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc10× · 2017–2026 · $20k · revenue +131%
Funded once
- CCCatholic Charities of NEone grant, 2021 · $7k
- MLMETROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRYone grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue -15%
- HSHFE Share It Forwardone grant, 2024 · $5k
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.
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.
Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us
The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.
Addressing the causes and effects of poverty by uniting staff, individuals, families, and community partners to provide quality, comprehensive services through compassionate, respectful relationships.
United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.
End hunger together.
To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.
The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.
As the charitable arm of the archdiocese of denver and inspired by god's love and compassion, catholic charities extends the healing ministry of jesus christ to the poor and those in need. catholic charities of the archdiocese of denver…
How this is measured
29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 59 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds WASHBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALPHAPOINTE ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LAS CRUCES ↗
- Who funds EL CALDITO SOUP KITCHEN ↗
- Who funds Amethyst Place Inc ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds CHILD PROTECTION CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds City Union Mission ↗
- Who funds JUST HOMES ↗
- Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Embrace Grace Inc ↗
- Who funds BASE ACADEMY OF MUSIC ↗
- Who funds WAYSIDE WAIFS INC ↗
- Who funds THE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds NEW MEXICO ADVOCATES FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds KC COMMON GOOD INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC ↗
- Who funds SHEFFIELD PLACE ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY ↗
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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Hallmark Corporate Foundation · Hall Family Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Servant Foundation · John W and Effie E Speas Memorial Trust · Constance M Cooper Charitable Foundation · Menorah Heritage Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · Health Forward Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Robert E and Polly A Zimmerman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert E and Polly A Zimmerman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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