· Private foundation
William E Orzolek & Munja Orzolek 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $32k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ENOB INC | $12,000 |
| THE KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NY | $10,000 |
| KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL ED CENTER | $10,000 |
| METROPOLITAN OPERA | $5,500 |
| JCC MANHATTAN | $5,000 |
| UNITED SOUND | $5,000 |
| GLOBAL CHILDRENS FDN | $5,000 |
| ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND | $5,000 |
| AHL FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA | $3,000 |
| DREAM OCHESTRA | $3,000 |
| ST JOSEPH FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $98k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +67% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- EIENOB INC9× · 2017–2025 · $104k · revenue +80%
- TJTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC9× · 2017–2025 · $62k · revenue +6%
- TATHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA9× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +80%
Funded once
- NFNEXT FOR AUTISM INCone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -20%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $5k
- YAYOUNG ADULT INSTITUTE INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +67%
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.
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.
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
The jazz education network is dedicated to building the jazz arts community by advancing education, promoting performance, and developing new audiences.
Midori & friends harnesses the power of music to transform the lives of children and enrich their communities.
Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…
Sing for hope harnesses the power of the arts to create a better world. our creative programs bring hope, healing, and connection to millions of people in hospitals, schools, care facilities, and public spaces worldwide. a non-profit…
NYFOS is dedicated to creating intimate song concerts of great beauty and originality, weaving music, poetry, history and humor into unforgettable evenings of compelling theater, entertaining, educating and creating community among…
The mission of jazz at lincoln center, inc. is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education and advocacy. jazz at lincoln center, fosters appreciation of jazz as an art form, (continued on…
The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…
Kaufman music center stimulates appreciation of and participation in music through music performance and education in ways that awaken creativity, advance innovation, and create a sense of wonder among performers, students, teachers, and…
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 24 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds ENOB INC ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC ↗
- Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AHL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds New York University ↗
- Who funds DREAM ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED SOUND INC ↗
- Who funds Jazz Foundation of America Inc ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN'S CANCER ↗
- Who funds NEXT FOR AUTISM INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG ADULT INSTITUTE INC ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William E Orzolek & Munja Orzolek Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William E Orzolek & Munja Orzolek Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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