Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Zients Family 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.
- $905k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 49%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $333,333
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 52
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 49% of the organizations The Zients Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $218k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 28 | $875k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $866k | 49% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $541k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 52 | $949k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $916,666 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $266,666 | 2 | 0% |
| The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Maret School Inc | $170,000 | 3 | 0% |
| City Year Inc | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Women for Women International | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Partnership for Public Service Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| African Leadership Foundation | $90,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 68 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($460k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Zients Family 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Open Society Institute · The Rockefeller Foundation · The Annette M Lerner and Theodore N Lerner Family Foundation Inc · Bainum Family Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Zients Family Foundation
- How much does The Zients Family Foundation give?
- The Zients Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $905,338 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 52 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Zients Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (30%), Education (15%), Recreation & Sports (8%).
- Who are The Zients Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Barack Obama Foundation ($917k), Northwestern University ($267k), The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc ($210k).
- Does The Zients Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 49% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Zients Family 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 Zients Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation.
- Where is The Zients Family Foundation based?
- The Zients Family Foundation is based in DC.
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