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Zamora Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$22k
Granted FY2021
12
Grants FY2021
7
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.

Human Services$11kYouth Development$7kHealth$6kReligion$4kFood & Nutrition$4kHousing & Shelter$3kArts & Culture$250Education$250Other$0
02FY2021 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY'S CHILD$3,155
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$2,500
HOPE WORKS$2,500
ST JUDES HOSPITAL$2,000
SALVATION ARMY$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ROAD RUNNER FOOD BANK$1,933
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$1,750
JOY JUNCTION$1,750
SHRINERS HOSPITAL$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
AMERICA NEEDS FATIMA$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $450 → 11%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

OR
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$32k · 9 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +99% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
5

Total granted

$32k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+99%
+16%

Still filing today

56%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21
HealthEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • H'
    HOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $6k · revenue +308%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $3k · revenue +99%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $3k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • TC
    TEEN CHALLENGE OF NM
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • FF
    FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $410 · revenue -20%
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
The Shriners' Hospital for Children

Shriners children's is committed to compassionate, high-quality care that improves children's lives, in a family-centered and collaborative environment. (continued on schedule o)

Health
3
Wsnchs North Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
4
Children's Hospital

Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…

Health
5
Chs Physician Partners Pc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
6
Christel House International Inc

Chi prepares graduates of the christel house schools operated by its affiliated entities, which chi funds and oversees, to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and become empowered to identify and realize their…

International
7
Philabundance

PHILABUNDANCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY WHILE HEALTHY FOOD GOES TO WASTE. OUR MISSION IS TO DRIVE HUNGER FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND TO END HUNGER FOR GOOD. We have a commitment to always…

Food & Nutrition
8
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
9
St Marys Hospital for Children Inc

St. mary's hospital for children ("smh"), the flagship of st. mary's healthcare system for children, is committed to improving the health and quality of life for children and young adults with special healthcare needs. a nationally…

Health
10
Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc

Nationwide children's hospital (nationwide children's) is committed to best outcomes and health equity for all children, ensuring every child has access to the best care regardless of their ability to pay. upon this fundamental belief,…

Health
11
Saint Joseph's Health System Inc

We, saint joseph's health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. honoring the heritage and advancing the ministry of the sisters of…

Health
12
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shriners Hospitals for Children; the most unlike its peers is Roadrunner Food Bank 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

9 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. 9 of the 17 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $4,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATIONJOY JUNCTION INC: $3,450 · OtherJOY JUNCTION INCSALVATION ARMY: $3,450 · OtherSALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $2,450 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTEEN CHALLENGE OF NM: $1,000 · OtherTEEN CHALLENGE OF NMIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+1 more: $250 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,450 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEA…COMMUNITYS CHILD INC: $3,155 · HealthCOMMUNITYS CHILD INCSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2,250 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR C…HOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC: $6,250 · EducationHOPEWORKS 'N CAMDE…THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $250 · EducationROADRUNNER FOOD BANK INC: $3,133 · Food & NutritionROADRUNNE…FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $410 · Food & NutritionFOOD FOR …WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,200 · Human ServicesWOUNDED W…THE FOUNDATION FOR A CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION INC: $500 · Religion
Other$17,600Health$8,855Education$6,500Food & Nutrition$3,543Human Services$3,200Religion$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 budgetHOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC: $6,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITYS CHILD INC: $3,155 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROADRUNNER FOOD BANK INC: $3,133 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR A CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $410 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $250 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.

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Zamora Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zamora Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Maryland School for the Blind: 47% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 17 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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