· Private foundation
The Terry and Julie Smith Zephyrus 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.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KULIKAYO | $15,500 |
| FREE RAIN INTERNATIONAL INC | $12,500 |
| STAND UP PLACER INC | $4,500 |
| SIERRA PREGNANCY & HEALTH | $3,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PLACER COUNTY | $1,500 |
| CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN IN CRIS | $1,500 |
| HOLDING OUT HELP | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 61% of grant dollars ($25k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 39% that went abroad ($16k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 39% of all-years giving ($16k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
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.
Affirming the life of the preborn child, we provide medical and educational services to women in unplanned pregnancies, and those who significantly influence them, by encouraging Christ-centered, life affirming and healthy lifestyle…
Safe Embrace is committed to ending the cycle of domestic and sexual violence with innovative prevention and intervention services. We help victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking become survivors by providing…
To provide abortion alternatives, to educate clients, and provide alternative counsel.
Pregnancy Choices is a Christian ministry caring for those touched by unplanned pregnancy by providing options and resources that promote life.
Choosing Life over Abortion
Protect life of the unborn and provide housing and life skills for homeless pregnant women and mothers with new babies that are accepted into our maternaty home program
The organization offers medical services and resources to women who are or might be pregnant at no cost.
Aid for Women operates pregnancy help centers, pregnancy medical clinics and residential programs to assist women in difficult and unexpected pregnancy situations so that they might choose life.
We are committed to helping victims of sexual assault and abuse and domestic assault and abuse through advocacy support and education. We provide emergency shelter to domestic assault victims. We Also are committed to educating the public…
Tri-Valley Haven for Women provides emergency shelter and services for survivors and their children who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, homelessness, and poverty. Tri-Valley offers a variety of supplemental services…
The mission of SafeHouse Center is to empower survivors of both sexual and intimate partner violence by providing advocacy, support, and promoting social change within our community.
How this is measured
6 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. 6 of the 7 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.
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Terry and Julie Smith Zephyrus Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Terry and Julie Smith Zephyrus Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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