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The Zalik Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Zalik Foundation Inc

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.

$112k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$79kArts & Culture$20kRecreation & Sports$18kHuman Services$16kReligion$15kInternational$10kPhilanthropy$6kHealth$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$750
Median grant
8
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE WEBER SCHOOL$50,000
ORBIT THEATRICAL$10,000
AMERICA-ISRAEL COALITION$10,000
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH$10,000
NETZACH EDUCATIONAL NETWORK INC$10,000
PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK$5,000
CHABAD OF RURAL GEORGIA$5,000
URJ HENRY S JACOBS CAMP$3,000
THE DAVIS ACADEMY$2,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA$1,250
HONEYMOON ISRAEL$1,000
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$750
ST MARTIN'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$500
JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES$500
RAMAH DAROM$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 (FY18–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $500 → 16%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $250 → 15%COLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $360 → 16%MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA: $1k → 14%COLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $300 → 16%MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA: $1k → 14%COLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $290 → 16%MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA: $1k → 14%COLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $200 → 16%MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA: $1k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES: $950 → 14%MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA: $750 → 14%MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA: $750 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES: $500 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES: $500 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES: $500 → 14%MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA: $500 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES: $300 → 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

NY
OH
PA
CT
CA
SC
LA
MS
AL
GA
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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$63k · 21 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
7

Total granted

$63k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+11%

Still filing today

52%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MJ
    MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $6k · revenue +50%
  • TA
    THE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +48%
  • JH
    Jewish Home Life Communities Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $4k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • MH
    MOISHE HOUSE
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +11%
  • CT
    CAMP TOCCOA AT CURRAHEE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue 0%
  • PH
    PENN HILLEL
    one grant, 2023 · $500
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
University of Judaism Foundation
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2
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Atlanta Jewish Academy Inc

Atlanta jewish academy is a college preparatory, co-educational, preschool-12th grade, independent jewish day school, guided by modern orthodox values and principles. we embody the ideals of community, tradition, individual development and…

Education
4
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
5
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life At the Penn State University

To enrich the lives of jewish and undergraduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world. penn state hillel's student leaders, professionals, and lay leaders are dedicated to creating a pluralistic, welcoming, and…

—
6
The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life Inc
Religion
7
J Leaders

Our vision is to develop ethical, impactful Jewish young adult leaders to ensure a vibrant Jewish community and make the world a better place. Our mission is to empower and engage Jewish young adults through leadership development and…

Youth Development
8
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
9
B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation At Princeton

Cjl partners with students and other members of the princeton community to sustain and grow a welcoming, multi-faceted and pluralistic jewish community that is fully-integrated into the fabric of campus life and which provides personally…

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10
Gainesville Jewish Student Foundation Inc

The gainesville jewish student foundation, inc. (known as schilit hillel at uf) mission: schilit hillel at uf enriches the lives of jewish students, inspiring them to make an enduring commitment to jewish life, learning, and israel

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11
Jewish Life Foundation
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12
Torah Temimah Jerusalem

The school trains advanced talmudic scholars, enabling them to become high level teachers and religious leaders in israel and the united states using specific methodology combining traditional talmudic study with innovative learning…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Moishe House; the most unlike its peers is The Truma Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 41 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FELICIA PENZELL WEBER JEWISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationTHE FELICIA PENZELL WEBER JEWISH COMMUNITY HIG…Netzach Educational Network Inc: $10,000 · EducationNetzach Educational Network IncTHE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INC: $5,800 · EducationTHE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INCTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $4,350 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA+3 more: $2,500 · EducationURJ HENRY S JACOBS CAMP: $17,800 · OtherURJ HENRY S JACOBS CAMPAMERICA-ISRAEL COALITION: $10,000 · OtherAMERICA-ISRAEL COALITIONST MARTINS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $3,500 · OtherST MARTINS EPISCOPAL SCHOOLTHE TEMPLE: $3,050 · OtherTHE TEMPLEJewish Home Life Communities Inc: $4,000 · OtherJewish Home Life Communities IncANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,450 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE+13 more: $10,700 · Other+13 moreORBIT THEATRICAL INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureORBIT THEATRI…FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UN…+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureMARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC: $2,750 · Human ServicesJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $1,750 · Human ServicesCOLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF BIRMINGHAM: $1,650 · Human ServicesCHABAD OF RURAL GEORGIA INC: $5,000 · ReligionHONEYMOON ISRAEL FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · ReligionJewish Heritage Programs: $1,220 · ReligionMOISHE HOUSE: $500 · ReligionJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $5,188 · PhilanthropyTHE TRUMA FOUNDATION: $192 · PhilanthropyPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $5,000 · HealthJEWISH FERTILITY FOUNDATION INC: $180 · Health
Education$72,650Other$52,500Arts & Culture$20,250Human Services$12,150Religion$8,220Philanthropy$5,380Health$5,180

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 budgetTHE FELICIA PENZELL WEBER JEWISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORBIT THEATRICAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNetzach Educational Network Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA INC: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INC: $5,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $5,188 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $4,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Home Life Communities Inc: $4,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKITTREDGE MAGNET SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $1,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF BIRMINGHAM: $1,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHONEYMOON ISRAEL FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHillels of Georgia Inc: $1,360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Heritage Programs: $1,220 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMOISHE HOUSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP TOCCOA AT CURRAHEE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIRMINGHAM JEWISH FOUNDATION INC: $380 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUMA FOUNDATION: $192 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FERTILITY FOUNDATION INC: $180 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.

The Marcus Foundation…The Scharff Foundatio…The Frank Family Foun…The Zaban Foundation …Cooper Family Foundat…Hertz Douglas J Famil…The Engel Foundation …The Selig Foundation …Lisa and Alan Engel F…Jewish Community Foun…Hookeedoo Foundation …Covenant Foundation I…
The Marcus Foundation IncGA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Marcus Foundation Inc · The Scharff Foundation Inc · The Frank Family Foundation Inc · The Zaban Foundation Inc · Cooper Family Foundation Inc · Hertz Douglas J Family Foundation · The Engel Foundation Inc · The Selig Foundation Inc · Lisa and Alan Engel Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Hookeedoo Foundation Inc · Covenant Foundation Inc

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 Zalik Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Zalik Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 41 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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