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The Zankel Fund at a glance

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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
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$36MArts & Culture$491kHealth$410kEducation$145kEnvironment$99kCivil Rights$37kCommunity Improvement$30kPublic Benefit$25kOther$0
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$125,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$518k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ZANKEL SCALA FAMILY FOUNDATION$125,000
SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (JUDY FRANCIS ZANKEL CHARITABLE FUND)$125,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND (MARK ZANKEL FUND)$125,000
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 (FY20–20, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 7%NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA: $35k → 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

NH
MI
NY
MA
CA
KY
VA
DE
DC
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$36M · 4 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
68

Total granted

$36M
$1.5M

Still filing today

0%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHealthInternationalPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • SC
    SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (MARK ZANKEL CHARITABLE FUND)
    2× · 2020–2021 · $14M
  • SC
    SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (JUDY F ZANKEL CHARITABLE FUND)
    2× · 2020–2021 · $14M
  • FC
    FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND (MARK ZANKEL FUND)
    4× · 2020–2023 · $6.0M

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +51%
  • SO
    SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $155k · revenue +31%
  • RH
    ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue -10%
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
5
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
6
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
7
World Monuments Fund Inc

Wmf is the leading independent organization devoted to safeguarding the world's most treasured places to enrich people's lives and build mutual understanding across cultures and communities. the organization is headquartered in new york…

Arts & Culture
8
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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9
Municipal Art Society of New York

The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…

Arts & Culture
10
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
11
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ms Foundation for Women Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Zankel Scala Family 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

48 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. 48 of the 76 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/48
Grantees still filing
43/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (MARK ZANKEL CHARITABLE FUND): $13,586,740 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (MARK ZANKEL CHARITABLE FUND)SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (JUDY F ZANKEL CHARITABLE FUND): $13,515,498 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (JUDY F ZANKEL CHARITABLE FUND)FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND (MARK ZANKEL FUND): $5,971,290 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND (MARK ZANKEL FUND)SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (JUDY FRANCIS ZANKEL CHARITABLE FUND): $2,681,290 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (JUDY FRANCIS ZANKEL CHARITABLE FUND)+40 more: $597,241 · OtherTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $200,000 · Arts & CultureSOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS INC: $155,000 · Arts & CultureCAPITOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $35,000 · Arts & CultureST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $43,000 · Arts & CultureROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $150,000 · PhilanthropyThe Zankel Scala Family Foundation: $125,000 · PhilanthropyNew Hampshire Charitable Foundation: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $10,000 · HealthGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $35,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 · Environment350ORG: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRURO CONSERVATION TRUST: $5,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $5,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentMUSEUM AT ELDRIDGE STREET: $2,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · Environment
Other$36,352,059Arts & Culture$488,000Philanthropy$325,000Health$170,000Education$90,000Human Services$36,000Environment$30,500

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 CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS INC: $155,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Zankel Scala Family Foundation: $125,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hampshire Charitable Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINNER CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAPITOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHEAD COUNT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJACOB BURNS FILM CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRED RIVER THEATRES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWNET: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRURO CONSERVATION TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDLY KITCHEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MATERIALS FOR THE ARTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM AT ELDRIDGE STREET: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASTERVOICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRASSROOT SOCCER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $500 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.

New Hampshire Charita…Eastern Bank Foundati…Jewish Communal FundThe Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
11report 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.

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 76 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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