Delaware · Private foundation
The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $92k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $92k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $67k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $59k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $204k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $128k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $61k | 65% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $188k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $183k | 15% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $305,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Northwest Film Forum | $65,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Portland Institute for Contemporary Art | $34,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $32,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Native Fish Society Inc | $32,100 | 4 | 2% |
| Minnesota Ballet Theatre | $30,000 | 4 | 41% |
| Kiap-Tu-Wish Chapter of Trout Unlim | $25,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Oregon Center for Contemporary Art Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Smart Reading | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 87 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($219k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 68 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: The Oregon Community Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Collins Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Seattle Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · The Larson Legacy · Patagoniaorg · Hillman Family Foundations · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc with peer funders
About The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $92,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (56%), Arts & Culture (21%), Education (5%).
- Who are The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: World Wildlife Fund Inc ($305k), Northwest Film Forum ($65k), Portland Institute for Contemporary Art ($34k).
- Does The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc 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 Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, Meyer Memorial Trust.
- Where is The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- The Zephyr Charitable Foundation Inc is based in DE.
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