Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Zausmer 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.
- $103k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $590k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Zausmer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $103k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $136k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $161k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $106k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $66k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $130k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $79k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement Music School of Philadelphia | $316,600 | 6 | 1% |
| Rodeph Shalom Congregation | $120,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $70,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Living Beyond Breast Cancer | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of the American Revolution | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Muttville | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metavivor Research and Support Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Convergence Center for Policy Resolution | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Raymond and Miriam Klein Jcc (D/B/A Kleinlife) | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement Music School of Philadelphia | $316,600 | 6 | 1% |
| Rodeph Shalom Congregation | $120,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $70,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Living Beyond Breast Cancer | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of the American Revolution | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Muttville | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metavivor Research and Support Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Convergence Center for Policy Resolution | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Raymond and Miriam Klein Jcc (D/B/A Kleinlife) | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Pennsylvania Innocence Project | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends Select School | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Auditory Oral School of Ny | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Abington Health Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dmax Foundation | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Squashsmarts Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crc Recovery Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Zausmer Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Pew Charitable Trusts · The Philadelphia Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Zausmer Foundation
- How much does Zausmer Foundation give?
- Zausmer Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $103,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Zausmer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Religion (26%), Health (10%).
- Who are Zausmer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Settlement Music School of Philadelphia ($317k), Rodeph Shalom Congregation ($120k), Jewish Theological Seminary of America ($70k).
- Does Zausmer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zausmer Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Zausmer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Philadelphia Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Zausmer Foundation based?
- Zausmer Foundation is based in PA.
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