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The ZAC Foundation for Children's Safety

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.

$207k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$76k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.3MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.0MYouth Development$543kHealth$123kRecreation & Sports$78kEducation$30kCivil Rights$10kCommunity Improvement$10k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $142k
$10,111
Median grant
5
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA$75,500
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$66,836
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$30,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA$10,111
SAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE$10,000
TEAM KAREEM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$10,000
NATIONAL DROWNING PREVENTION ALLIANCE$2,500
NATIONAL DROWNING PREVENTION ALLIANCE$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $404k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $85k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $67k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $66k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $931 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $65k → 11%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK INC: $5k → 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $55k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $30k → 11%A BETTER CHICAGO: $30k → 14%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

MN
IL
NY
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 25% of The ZAC Foundation for Children's Safety’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The ZAC Foundation for Children's Safetylessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 15 repeat orgs$131k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
19

Total granted

$2.3M
$131k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+56%

Still filing today

80%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentHealthHuman ServicesEducationPublic Safety & DisasterRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    4× · 2020–2024 · $463k · revenue +8%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    5× · 2020–2024 · $369k · revenue +38%
  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    3× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • AB
    A Better Chicago
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -16%
  • CC
    CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +68%
  • DD
    DRENNENS DREAMS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Boys and Girls Clubs of Indianapolis Inc

Bgci believes that every young person deserves to live a life filled with hope and opportunity. because we care about our young people, we provide a safe, educational, and positive atmosphere where they can prosper and reach their full…

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2
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County

Youth health and social, educational, and character development of youth.

Recreation & Sports
3
Bellevue Boys & Girls Clubs Inc

To inspire and enable all young people, and especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. we provide prevention-focused programming for youth, ages 2-19, within our core…

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4
Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc

The boys & girls clubs of the greater chippewa valley's mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, caring citizens.

Youth Development
5
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate

The mission of boys and girls clubs of greater washington is to help boys and girls of all backgrounds, especially those who need us most, build confidence, develop character and acquire the skills needed to become productive,…

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6
Washington State Boys & Girls Clubs Asso

To promote exclusively the social welfare of boys and girls in washington; to provide guidance and to promote the health, social, educational, vocational, character, and cultural development of boys and girls in washington without regard…

Youth Development
7
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Southwest Michigan

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us the most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

Youth Development
8
Boys & Girls Clubs Foundation Trust

To provide support for the boys & girls clubs, inc. which provides various educational and recreational services to youth.

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9
Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach

The mission of boys & girls clubs of long beach is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Youth Development
10
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
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The Boys & Girls Clubs Inc

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those most in need of our services, to realize and develop their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens in a global society.

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12
Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica Inc

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as caring, responsible, productive citizens.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nicholas Dworet Memorial Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 36 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
24/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $1,193,695 · OtherMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC+12 more: $143,429 · Other+12 moreMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $679,647 · PhilanthropyMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMP…+2 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $463,111 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS…+7 more: $40,096 · Youth Development+7 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $369,066 · Human ServicesAmerican Natio…A Better Chicago: $30,000 · Human ServicesA Better Chica…+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $60,000 · HealthSAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE: $30,000 · HealthCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $211 · HealthNational Drowning Prevention Alliance: $29,000 · Public Safety & DisasterThe LV Project Inc: $10,000 · Public Safety & Disaster+1 more: $500 · Public Safety & DisasterDiversity in Aquatics: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsNICHOLAS DWORET MEMORIAL FUND INC: $2,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,337,124Philanthropy$694,647Youth Development$503,207Human Services$404,066Health$110,211Public Safety & Disaster$39,500Recreation & Sports$32,500

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 budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $679,647 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $463,111 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $369,066 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Better Chicago: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNational Drowning Prevention Alliance: $29,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLINS HOPE: $17,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH: $15,936 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe LV Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAMDEN COUNTY INC: $6,912 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF STAMFORD INC: $5,243 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $5,168 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMadison Square Boys & Girls Club: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARVER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLADIES OF VIRTUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC: $3,018 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNICHOLAS DWORET MEMORIAL FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 19% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PATERSON AND PASSAIC INC: $1,912 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetABBEY'S HOPE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $211 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $168 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Pool & Hot Tub Founda…Boys & Girls Clubs of…Boys & Girls Clubs of…Enterprise Holdings F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…Good360AbbVie FoundationThe Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…
Pool & Hot Tub FoundationVA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pool & Hot Tub Foundation · Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return) · Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Good360 · AbbVie Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 ZAC Foundation for Children's Safety funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The ZAC Foundation for Children's Safety. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc: 17% of income from government
  • The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich: 7% of income from government
  • Safe Kids Worldwide: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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Find your warmest path to The ZAC Foundation for Children's Safety 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 36 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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