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The Zod Family Foundation at a glance

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The Zod Family Foundation

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.

$43k
Granted FY2025still arriving
48
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Health$37kEnvironment$11kInternational$4kArts & Culture$4kPhilanthropy$4kHousing & Shelter$3kCivil Rights$3kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k47 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$250
Median grant
10
States reached
$495k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIFE SCIENCE CARES INC$20,000
PROJECT HOME$2,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC$1,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA$1,500
THE CLEAR FUND$1,500
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$1,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED$1,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC$1,000
ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY$1,000
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$1,000
WHYY INC$1,000
NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA$800
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC$750
AMISTAD LAW PROJECT$600
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $500 → 13%MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $300 → 13%PROJECT HOME: $2k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $1k → 22%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $800 → 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

WA
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MD
NC
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 34% of The Zod Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Zod Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$64k · 32 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
2

Total granted

$64k
$300

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

91%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
EnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • WHYY INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +9%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +48%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • SU
    SHELTERBOX USA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $200 · revenue 0%
  • CF
    COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100 · revenue 0%
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
3
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
4
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
5
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
6
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
7
Watttime Corporation

To raise awareness about the potential to reduce environmental harm by shifting electricity use to particular times; to encourage the development and spread of common protocols for this practice.

Science & Tech
8
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
9
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest

The environmental law & policy center (elpc) is the midwest's leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and ecobusiness innovation organization, and among the nation's leaders. we develop and lead successful strategic…

Environment
10
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
11
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
12
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

45 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. 45 of the 49 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
12/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIFE SCIENCE CARES INC: $35,000 · HealthLIFE SCIENCE CARES INC+4 more: $1,400 · HealthCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,700 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL …NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,600 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOUR…GREENPEACE FUND INC: $900 · EnvironmentGREENPEACE FUN…THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $500 · EnvironmentTHE ALLIANCE F…Dogwood Alliance Inc: $400 · EnvironmentAppalachian Mountain Club: $400 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $400 · EnvironmentFAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY: $350 · Environment+1 more: $250 · EnvironmentJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $3,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FE…THE CLEAR FUND: $2,700 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEAR…PROJECT HOME: $3,000 · Human ServicesNATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $800 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $800 · Human ServicesBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $400 · Human ServicesSHELTERBOX USA INC: $200 · Human ServicesWHYY INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureARDEN THEATRE COMPANY: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT: $744 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE: $200 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,200 · OtherNATIONAL PARK …THE JOHN BARTRAM ASSOCIATION: $600 · OtherTHE JOHN BARTR…PRX INCORPORATED: $500 · OtherPRX INCORPORAT…BOSTON CARES INC: $450 · OtherBEITEINU CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $400 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,250 · OtherMEDECINS SANS …THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $500 · OtherTHE UNION OF C…AMISTAD LAW PROJECT: $1,200 · OtherAMISTAD LAW PR…Elders Action Network Inc: $350 · OtherTINY WPA: $350 · Other+10 more: $2,275 · Other+10 moreANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,600 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $900 · Civil Rights
Health$36,400Environment$9,000Philanthropy$6,200Human Services$5,200Arts & Culture$4,444Other$9,075Civil Rights$2,500

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 budgetLIFE SCIENCE CARES INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMISTAD LAW PROJECT: $1,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARDEN THEATRE COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT: $744 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOHN BARTRAM ASSOCIATION: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON CARES INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDogwood Alliance Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElders Action Network Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTINY WPA: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSIDE CLIMATE NEWS INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MONTGOMERY AND D: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATE CENTRAL INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF EBEYS LANDING NATIONAL HISTORICAL RESERVE: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRISON BOOK PROGRAM: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHBAY EDUCATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ALS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $100 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.

The William Penn Foun…The Cigna Group Found…The Philadelphia Foun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Silicon Valley Commun…The Robert Wood Johns…Vanguard Charitable E…Chubb Charitable Foun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…
The William Penn FoundationPA19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment 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 Zod Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Zod Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Northbay Education Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 49 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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