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Zafirovski Family Foundation at a glance

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Zafirovski 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.

$522k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$929kHuman Services$823kReligion$465kRecreation & Sports$175kCommunity Improvement$125kSocial Science$100kArts & Culture$75kHealth$59kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $380k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT$90,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$75,000
MACEDONIA 2025$64,500
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE$50,000
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY$50,000
GOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION$50,000
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY$25,000
ASPIRO$25,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$15,000
GREEN LIGHT FUND$10,000
THE ACADEMY OF URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP$10,000
HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION$10,000
REDEEMER CITY TO CITY$10,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$10,000
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TRUST$6,500
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, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%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

IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
VA
NC
DC
GA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 13 repeat orgs$229k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
4

Total granted

$2.5M
$138k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+67%

Still filing today

77%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationRecreation & SportsHealthArts & CultureInternationalSocial ScienceOther
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

  • Bucknell University
    3× · 2019–2025 · $450k · revenue +24%
  • GA
    GOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
    6× · 2019–2025 · $180k · revenue +66%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $175k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $75k · revenue +67%
  • M2
    MACEDONIA 2025
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
2
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

—
6
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Drake University

See schedule o.drake's mission is to provide an exceptional learning environment that prepares students for meaningful personal lives, professional accomplishments, and responsible global citizenship. the drake experience is distinguished…

Education
9
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
11
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Teach for America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cup O Joy Ministries Inc. 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

20 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. 20 of the 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LURIE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $812,500 · OtherLURIE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONCHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $445,000 · OtherCHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRITEDINBORO UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · OtherEDINBORO UNIVERSITYGOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING: $180,000 · OtherGOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING+8 more: $104,000 · Other+8 moreBucknell University: $450,000 · EducationBucknell UniversityEDINBORO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationEDINBORO UNIVERSITY FOU…ASPIRO INC: $25,000 · Education+5 more: $48,750 · Education+5 moreSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $175,000 · Recreation & SportsCUP O JOY MINISTRIES INC: $9,500 · Recreation & SportsMACEDONIA 2025: $114,500 · InternationalAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $100,000 · Social ScienceNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Human Services
Other$1,741,500Education$573,750Recreation & Sports$184,500International$114,500Social Science$100,000Arts & Culture$75,000Human Services$20,000

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 budgetBucknell University: $450,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING: $180,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $175,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMACEDONIA 2025: $114,500 over 2y, 17% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEDINBORO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLENWOOD ACADEMY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChampions Community Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCUP O JOY MINISTRIES INC: $9,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE FOREST ACADEMY: $3,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Ayco Charitable F…Baird Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…The Chicago Community…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodNatl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY15.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Zafirovski Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zafirovski Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Zafirovski Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Zafirovski Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 26 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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