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The Zwick Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Zwick 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.

$223k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$216k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$216kSocial Science$25kRecreation & Sports$24kArts & Culture$10kEducation$7kAnimals$5kHealth$5kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $216k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST$216,056
AYN RAND INSTITUTE$5,000
UCSB FOUNDATION$2,000
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 (FY17–17, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNITY SHOPPE: $3k → 14%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.
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.

9%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28k · 5 repeat orgs$270k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +86% since the first grant, against +68% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
11

Total granted

$28k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+86%
+68%

Still filing today

100%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $218k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • TA
    THE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM
    2× · 2019–2025 · $8k · revenue +312%
  • CF
    COMMITTEE FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE TOMORROW
    2× · 2020–2021 · $7k · revenue +47%
  • CO
    Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • AF
    ATHLETES FOR LIFE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $23k · revenue +880%
  • AR
    AYN RAND INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • RE
    REEL EAST TEXAS FILM FESTIVALgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue +68%
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
Santa Barbara Foundation

The mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.

Philanthropy
2
Ucsb Charitable Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
3
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College

The sbcc foundation fuels the excellence of santa barbara city college by engaging the community, building relationships, and inviting the generosity of donors. the resources raised and managed by the foundation enrich college programs,…

Education
4
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation

The santa barbara public library foundation supports the long-term health and sustainability of the santa barbara public library through public-private partnerships.

Public Benefit
5
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Education
6
Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara

To enhance community awareness and appreciation of architecture and the built environment.

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7
Fund for Santa Barbara Inc

Provide cash grants and free consulting to grassroots organizations in santa barbara county.

Philanthropy
8
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay

To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.

Education
9
University of California Santa Barbara Alumni Association

To serve the University, to involve UCSB alumni and students in its affairs and to enlist alumni talents in the preservation and promotion of UCSB's image, tradition, pride and status as a world class university.

Education
10
Opera Santa Barbara

See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…

Arts & Culture
11
Santa Barbara Museum of Art

To integrate art into the lives of people, fostering imagination, stimulating thought, and creating personally rewarding experiences.

Arts & Culture
12
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Northern Trust Company Charitable Trust. 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

14 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. 14 of the 19 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST: $216,056 · OtherTHE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUSTATHLETES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $22,500 · OtherATHLETES FOR LIFE FOUNDATIONAYN RAND INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM: $10,000 · Other+7 more: $13,500 · OtherREEL EAST TEXAS FILM FESTIVAL: $9,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM: $8,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA COURTHOUSE LEGACY FOUNDATION: $1,100 · Arts & CultureCouncil on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse: $5,000 · HealthSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $4,200 · AnimalsUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationUNITY SHOPPE INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $300 · Philanthropy
Other$262,056Arts & Culture$18,100Health$5,000Animals$4,200Education$4,000Human Services$2,500Environment$2,000Philanthropy$300

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 budgetATHLETES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetTHE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE TOMORROW: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCouncil on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $4,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ATHLETIC ROUND TABLE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSANTA BARBARA COURTHOUSE LEGACY FOUNDATION: $1,100 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $300 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.

American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH8.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Zwick Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Zwick Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 19 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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