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The Zander Family Foundation at a glance

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The Zander Family 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.

$124k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.1MHuman Services$260kHealth$110kCrime & Legal$75kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kAnimals$35kRecreation & Sports$25kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $74k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE$50,000
FAST$25,000
THISTLE FARMS$25,000
Individual grant recipient$14,000
MAKE A WISH$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $10k → 6%THE SHARING CONNECTION: $10k → 7%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $10k → 6%LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES: $30k → 13%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.
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 12 repeat orgs$340k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
17

Total granted

$1.5M
$265k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+56%

Still filing today

42%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureCrime & LegalAnimalsRecreation & 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

  • BM
    BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED
    5× · 2018–2022 · $585k · revenue +25%
  • JA
    JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS
    4× · 2018–2021 · $250k · revenue +71%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
    2× · 2021–2023 · $100k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • LH
    LIFE HAPPENS
    one grant, 2022 · $45k
  • FF
    FRANKIE'S FRIENDS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue -19%
  • LT
    LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +634%
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
Suncoast Center Inc

For 80 years, suncoast center, inc. has held true to its mission of "strengthening, protecting, and restoring lives for a healthy community" by providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based services that address emotional wellness,…

Health
2
Southlight Healthcare Inc

Southlight healthcare provides access to high-quality mental health and substance use treatment, fostering a resilient community by supporting individuals in their recovery.

Health
3
Cooperriis Inc

Mission: our healing mission is to improve the lives of individuals struggling with mental illness or other mental health challenges by helping them work towards achieving their highest levels of functioning and fulfillment. vision: we…

Health
4
Childsafe Colorado Inc

Mission: our mission is to break the cycle and heal the childhood trauma resulting from abuse and neglect with specialized treatment, education and community outreach. we believe in a comprehensive, community-based approach to the problem…

Crime & Legal
5
Binspired

Cancer survivors to go on a healing retreat

Human Services
6
The Family Violence Prevention Center Inc

Dedicated to ending the cycle of domestic and sexual violence in wake county, nc. interact is a private, nonprofit agency that saves lives, rebuilds lives, and secures safer futures for victims, survivors, and their families. the agency…

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7
The Aspen Strong Foundation
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8
Hickory Cove Bible Camp

Tohelpequipchildrenandteenstobelifelongfollowersofjesusthrough campministries.

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9
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte

The ymca of greater charlotte is dedicated to putting christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. inspired by christian principles, we aim to enhance community well-being, equip…

Human Services
10
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
11
Camp Rise Above Inc

Camp rise above provides life-changing camp programs for children and adults with serious illnesses, disabilities, and life challenges.

Recreation & Sports
12
Artists and Musicians in Recovery
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shining Stars Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Frankie's Friends Inc. 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

10 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. 10 of the 31 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)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED: $585,000 · OtherBREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATEDIndividual grant recipient: $168,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $151,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $100,000 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINATHISTLE FARMS INC: $75,000 · OtherFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE: $50,000 · Other+18 more: $326,500 · Other+18 moreJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $250,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT ASPEN-S…LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES: $30,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGE ASPEN: $20,000 · Human ServicesSHARING CONNECTIONS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFRANKIE'S FRIENDS INC: $30,236 · AnimalsPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $25,000 · Crime & LegalSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,455,600Arts & Culture$250,000Human Services$60,000Animals$30,236Crime & Legal$25,000Recreation & Sports$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED: $585,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $250,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRANKIE'S FRIENDS INC: $30,236 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetLAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES: $30,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHALLENGE ASPEN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSHARING CONNECTIONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

  • Who funds BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds THISTLE FARMS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANKIE'S FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGE ASPEN ↗
  • Who funds SHARING CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds SHINING STARS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH11.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 31 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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