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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 FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$410kReligion$201kHealth$76kAnimals$25kPublic Benefit$20kHuman Services$13kCrime & Legal$10kEducation$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
$3,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$590k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION RODEPH SHALOM$20,000
JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$20,000
LIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER$20,000
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS (PAFA)$10,000
PENNSYLVANIA INNOCENCE PROJECT$10,000
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION$10,000
SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL$3,500
KLEINLIFE$2,500
SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL$2,500
REVIVE SOUTH JERSEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND$1,500
SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL$1,000
LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$1,000
AUDITORY ORAL SCHOOL OF NEW YORK$1,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CONGREGATION RODEPH SHALOM: $20k → 22%MUTTVILLE: $25k → 10%NYU LANGONE HEALTH: $5k → 17%LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW: $5k → 14%PHILADELPHIA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS: $3k → 7%REVIVE SOUTH JERSEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2k → 12%METAVIVOR: $25k → 6%LIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $20k → 7%CONGREGATION RODEPH SHALOM: $20k → 22%UJA FEDERATION OF NY: $5k → 17%CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION: $20k → 14%REVIVE SOUTH JERSEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2k → 12%LIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $20k → 7%CONGREGATION RODEPH SHALOM: $20k → 22%JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $20k → 17%REVIVE SOUTH JERSEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2k → 12%GLADWYNE MONTESORRI: $10k → 7%CONGREGATION RODEPH SHALOM: $20k → 22%JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $15k → 17%CONGREGATION RODEPH SHALOM: $20k → 22%JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $15k → 17%CONGREGATION RODEPH SHALOM: $20k → 22%JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $10k → 17%KLEINLIFE: $5k → 22%JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $10k → 17%KLEINLIFE: $3k → 22%JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $10k → 17%KLEINLIFE: $3k → 22%KLEINLIFE: $3k → 22%PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS (PAFA): $10k → 22%PENNSLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $10k → 22%PENNSYLVANIA INNOCENCE PROJECT: $10k → 22%PENNSLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $10k → 22%PENNSLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $10k → 22%THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS: $10k → 22%FRIENDS SELECT SCHOOL: $2k → 22%PENNSLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $10k → 22%SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL: $110k → 22%SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL: $50k → 22%SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL: $50k → 22%SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL: $50k → 22%SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL: $50k → 22%SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL: $4k → 22%SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL: $3k → 22%MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $10k → 22%MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $5k → 22%MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $5k → 22%MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $5k → 22%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$647k · 10 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
14

Total granted

$647k
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-1%
+12%

Still filing today

70%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SM
    SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA
    6× · 2019–2025 · $317k · revenue +53%
  • RS
    RODEPH SHALOM CONGREGATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $120k
  • JT
    JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $70k

Funded once

  • M
    MUTTVILLE
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -48%
  • MR
    METAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +12%
  • CC
    CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +50%
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
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
2
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
3
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
4
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
8
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
9
Boston Architectural College

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

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10
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
11
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Metavivor Research and Support Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends Select School. 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

18 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. 18 of the 27 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)
17/18
Grantees still filing
9/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: $316,600 · Arts & CultureSETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIAMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONRODEPH SHALOM CONGREGATION: $120,000 · OtherRODEPH SHALOM CONGREGATIONJEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA: $70,000 · OtherJEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AME…Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS (PAFA): $10,000 · OtherJEWISH THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $10,000 · Other+5 more: $18,500 · Other+5 morePENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $50,000 · EducationPENNSYLVAN…CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION: $20,000 · EducationCONVERGENC…+2 more: $2,500 · EducationLIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $40,000 · HealthLIVING BEY…METAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $25,000 · HealthMETAVIVOR …+4 more: $4,500 · Health+4 moreMUTTVILLE: $25,000 · AnimalsRAYMOND AND MIRIAM KLEIN JCC (D/B/A KLEINLIFE): $12,500 · Recreation & SportsSQUASHSMARTS INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE PENNSYLVANIA INNOCENCE PROJECT: $10,000 · Crime & LegalUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$346,600Other$238,500Education$72,500Health$69,500Animals$25,000Recreation & Sports$13,500Crime & Legal$10,000Philanthropy$5,000

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 budgetSETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: $316,600 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMUTTVILLE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRAYMOND AND MIRIAM KLEIN JCC (D/B/A KLEINLIFE): $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AUDITORY ORAL SCHOOL OF NY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDMAX FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCRC RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Pew Charitable Tr…The Philadelphia Foun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
The Pew Charitable TrustsDC13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Zausmer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zausmer 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s 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 · 0–50%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Zausmer Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Zausmer 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 27 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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