California · Private foundation
The Zemeckis Charitable 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.
- $56k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 92%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 26
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $176k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 92% of the organizations The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 24 | $56k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $72k | 92% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $65k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oceana Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Laguna Blanca School | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation | $8,334 | 1 | 1% |
| State Street Ballet | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beloved Asheville | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aha Attitude Harmony Achievement | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Ca Tri Counties Branch of Intl Dyslexia | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Jewish Committee | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oceana Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Laguna Blanca School | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation | $8,334 | 1 | 1% |
| State Street Ballet | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beloved Asheville | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aha Attitude Harmony Achievement | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Ca Tri Counties Branch of Intl Dyslexia | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Jewish Committee | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Aspen Indigenous Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Pitzer College | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Heal the Ocean Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dalmatian Dreams Dba Dream Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sarcoma Foundation of America | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Angel Flight West Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Star Paws Rescue Foundation | $900 | 2 | 2% |
| Wespark Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| The Eagles Charitable Foundation Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Loveleo Rescue | $300 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Mosher Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Www Foundation · Manitou Fund · The Spivey Family Foundation Inc · G a Fowler Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation give?
- The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $55,840 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 26 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (6%), Arts & Culture (5%), Education (5%).
- Who are The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Oceana Inc ($50k), Laguna Blanca School ($15k), Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation ($8k).
- Does The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation 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 Zemeckis Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mosher Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation.
- Where is The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation based?
- The Zemeckis Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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