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Zapis Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Zapis Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$115k
Granted FY2020
7
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

70% of Zapis Charitable Foundation Inc’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Zapis Charitable Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $115k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

4
’17
1
’18
7
’19
5
’20
3
’21

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Philanthropy$575kHuman Services$216kHealth$208kEducation$133kFood & Nutrition$110kAnimals$65kArts & Culture$10kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2020 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BUCKEYE FOOD ALLIANCE$35,000
CLEVELAND FOOD BANK$30,000
WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY$25,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$10,000
ST DEMETRIOS CHURCH$5,140
EDWIN'S LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INS$5,000
THE GATHERING PLACE$5,000
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 (FY19–21, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%EDWINS FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%REFUGEE RESPONSE: $10k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $5k → 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.
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$436k · 7 repeat orgs$378k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2020, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
16

Total granted

$436k
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+86%

Still filing today

29%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $213k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationHuman ServicesAnimalsHealthInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • SD
    ST DEMETRIOS CHURCH
    5× · 2017–2021 · $181k
  • UH
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
    3× · 2017–2019 · $75k
  • BF
    BUCKEYE FOOD ALLIANCE
    2× · 2019–2020 · $60k

Funded once

  • CZ
    CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +72%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $11k · revenue +17%
  • AF
    AMES FAMILY HOSPICE
    one grant, 2017 · $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
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

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2
Ohio Bankers League

Provide comprehensive services that benefit the financial institution industry in ohio.

Community Improvement
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
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
5
Cincinnati Zoo Foundation Inc

Perform fundraising functions, provide financial support, carryout the purpose and otherwise operating for the benefit of the zoological society of cincinnati.

Animals
6
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
7
Oberlin College

Oberlin College and Conservatory educate students for lives of intellectual, musical and artistic rigor and breadth, sustained inquiry, creativity and innovation, and leadership. Oberlin aims to prepare graduates with the knowledge,…

Education
8
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
9
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.

—
10
Genfed Financial Credit Union Inc

To provide lending, savings, and other financial services to its members at terms generally better than available in the marketplace and with a service-based emphasis that recognizes the members' status as owners.

—
11
International Life Sciences Institute

Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…

Science & Tech
12
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cleveland Zoological Society; the most unlike its peers is The Flyweight Fund. 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

16 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. 16 of the 32 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
15/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $525,000 · PhilanthropyRenaissance Charitable Foundation IncTHE FLYWEIGHT FUND: $50,219 · PhilanthropyTHE FLYWEIGHT FUNDST DEMETRIOS CHURCH: $180,923 · OtherST DEMETRIOS CHURCHUNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $75,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALSBUCKEYE FOOD ALLIANCE: $60,000 · OtherBUCKEYE FOOD ALLIANCECSU JOHN MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW: $53,000 · OtherCSU JOHN MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAWSAINT IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL: $35,000 · OtherSAINT IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL+13 more: $84,000 · Other+13 moreGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionCLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 · AnimalsTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $25,000 · AnimalsTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationEDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE: $5,000 · EducationBelmont University: $5,000 · EducationEDWINS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesRESOURCE CLEVELAND: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACE: $5,000 · Human ServicesALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $11,000 · HealthSIEGEL RARE NEUROIMMUNE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Health
Philanthropy$575,219Other$587,923Food & Nutrition$50,000Animals$50,000Education$35,000Human Services$25,000Health$16,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $525,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDWINS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRESOURCE CLEVELAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBelmont University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSIEGEL RARE NEUROIMMUNE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE ERIE NATURE AND SCIENCE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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.

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 32 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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