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The Zeelander Foundation at a glance

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The Zeelander Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$61k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$56kArts & Culture$35kHealth$34kEducation$29kPhilanthropy$14kInternational$9kCommunity Improvement$8kCivil Rights$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,032
Median grant
12
States reached
$305k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WXPN$6,500
TJU JEFFERSON FOUNDATION$5,000
Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel$4,615
Individual grant recipient$3,935
UPENN$3,000
WPRB$2,552
EDUCATION LAW CENTER PA$2,500
EDUCATION LAW CENTER$2,500
PUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION$2,033
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND$2,033
University of Southern Cal$2,000
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART$2,000
LENFEST INSTITUTE$2,000
Union of Concerned Scientists$1,776
HIAS$1,750
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 (FY17–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE OKOA PROJECT: $540 → 7%NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA: $200 → 14%JEWISH CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $200 → 14%NARAL PROCHOICE AMERICA: $1k → 14%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $100 → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $525 → 22%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $500 → 22%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $200 → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $38 → 22%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $2k → 22%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $500 → 22%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

IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
LA
AL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$161k · 44 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

44 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
53

Total granted

$161k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+84%

Still filing today

41%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 & CultureHealthEducationInternationalReligionOther
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

  • Education Law Center - PA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $7k · revenue +44%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $3k · revenue +16%
  • THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • MB
    MYRNA BRIND CENTER FOR MINDFULNESS
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • BM
    BONE MARROW & CANCER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -1%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PENN
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
2
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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3
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
4
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
9
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
10
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
11
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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12
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Ford 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

47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 117 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/47
Grantees still filing
32/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE BETHZION-BETH ISRAEL: $47,218 · OtherTEMPLE BETHZION-BETH ISRAELTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY FUND - MBSR: $20,000 · OtherTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY FUND - MBSRMINDFULLNESS INST AT JEFFERSON HOSPITAL: $15,100 · OtherMINDFULLNESS INST AT JEFFERSON HOSPITALPHILADELPHIA CHAMBER OF MUSIC: $9,362 · OtherPHILADELPHIA CHAMBER OF MUSIC+79 more: $79,531 · Other+79 moreEducation Law Center - PA: $6,530 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $6,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,000 · Education+6 more: $755 · EducationBONE MARROW & CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $3,066 · HealthHealthTree Foundation Inc: $1,250 · Health+4 more: $545 · HealthNEW ISRAEL FUND: $6,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $2,701 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $600 · InternationalPhiladelphia Chamber Music Society: $2,500 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $2,325 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $710 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC: $600 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $307 · Arts & CultureBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $2,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $1,225 · Human ServicesREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $1,200 · Human ServicesMOVING HEALTH INC FKA THE OKOA PROJECT INC: $540 · Human ServicesJewish Child and Family Services: $200 · Human Services+2 more: $138 · Human ServicesPUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $2,033 · Crime & Legal
Other$171,211Education$15,785Health$9,861International$9,301Arts & Culture$8,442Human Services$5,303Crime & Legal$2,033

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 budgetEducation Law Center - PA: $6,530 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBONE MARROW & CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $3,066 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $2,701 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Chamber Music Society: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $2,325 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $2,033 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHealthTree Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $1,225 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $1,033 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIBE VIDEO CENTER INC: $1,032 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $710 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMOVING HEALTH INC FKA THE OKOA PROJECT INC: $540 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPhilabundance: $501 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR RESCUE AT SEA INC: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $209 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIMMEL CENTER INC: $207 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Child and Family Services: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION INC DBA FAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPOTLIGHT PA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION US INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF KING SCHOOL: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMUEL S FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TIKVAH FUND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FORD FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $38 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $36 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC: $19 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.

  • Who funds Education Law Center - PA ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds BONE MARROW & CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Philadelphia Chamber Music Society ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds BROAD STREET MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds HealthTree Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗

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 William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Foun…Jewish Federation of …Lasko Family Foundati…Lincoln Financial Fou…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Performing Arts Found…The Honickman Foundat…Future Standard Found…Henry L Kimelman Fami…Wyncote FoundationLindback Cr & Mf Foun…
The William Penn FoundationPA21× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Lasko Family Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Performing Arts Foundation · The Honickman Foundation · Future Standard Foundation · Henry L Kimelman Family Foundation · Wyncote Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 117 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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