New York · Private foundation
The Zankel Fund
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.
- $250k
- Granted FY2023
- 3
- Grants FY2023
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 71
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $518k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Zankel Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3 | $375k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $5.1M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $18M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 71 | $14M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Carnegie Hall Corporation | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Society of Illustrators Inc | $155,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Zankel Scala Family Foundation | $125,000 | 1 | 37% |
| The Hunter College Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Capitol Center for the Arts | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Reproductive Freedom for All | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($36M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Zankel Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Zankel Fund
- How much does The Zankel Fund give?
- The Zankel Fund reported 3 grants totaling $250,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 71 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Zankel Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (90%), Arts & Culture (1%), Health (1%).
- Who are The Zankel Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: The Carnegie Hall Corporation ($200k), Society of Illustrators Inc ($155k), Robin Hood Foundation ($150k).
- Does The Zankel Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Zankel Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Zankel Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is The Zankel Fund based?
- The Zankel Fund is based in NY.
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