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Zavatsky Brott Foundation at a glance

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Zavatsky Brott Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$50k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Philanthropy$12kEnvironment$10kArts & Culture$9kAnimals$9kHousing & Shelter$6kEducation$4kHealth$1kCrime & Legal$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER CINCINNATI HOMELESS COALITION - STREET VIBES$5,000
LOFT CINEMA$5,000
MILL CREEK ALLIANCE$4,000
WALNUT HILLS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI$4,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CINCINNATI$4,000
ANGEL'S WATCH$4,000
SPCA CINCINNATI$4,000
SONORAN INSTITUTE$4,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA$3,000
THE NATION FUND FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM$3,000
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT GROUP$1,000
SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE$1,000
LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP$1,000
FLORENCE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT$1,000
LIVING STREETS ALLIANCE$1,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $5k → 15%THE NATION FUND FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: $3k → 17%SPCA CINCINNATI: $4k → 16%USO: $1k → 7%JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $3k → 15%MILL CREEK ALLIANCE: $4k → 16%OLD PUEBLO COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 15%WALNUT HILLS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI: $4k → 16%SONORAN INSTITUTE: $4k → 15%GREATER CINCINNATI HOMELESS COALITION - STREET VIBES: $5k → 16%FRIENDS OF PIMA ANIMAL CARE CENTER: $1k → 15%UNITED WAY OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $4k → 16%LOFT CINEMA: $5k → 15%ANGEL'S WATCH: $4k → 16%WATERSHED MANAGEMENT GROUP: $1k → 15%LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP: $1k → 15%ISKASHITAA REFUGEE NEWWORK: $1k → 15%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 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
Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection

The Coalition's mission is to protect the biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert in Southern Arizona through science-based advocacy, education, and collaboration.

Environment
2
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.

Arts & Culture
3
Friends of the Verde River

To work collaboratively for a healthy flowing verde river system.

Philanthropy
4
Southern Arizona Leadership Council Inc

To improve greater tucson and the state of arizona by bringing together resources and leadership to enhance the economic climate and quality of life in our communities.

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5
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
6
San Juan Citizens Alliance

The San Juan Citizens Alliance advocates for clean air, pure water, and healthy lands - the foundations of resilient communities, ecosystems and economies in the San Juan Basin.

Environment
7
Grand Canyon Conservancy

As the official philanthropic and collaborative partner of the grand canyon national park, grand canyon conservancy's mission is to inspire generations of park champions to cherish and support the natural and cultural wonder of the grand…

Environment
8
Big Thompson Watershed Coalition

Vision: a healthy and resilient big thompson watershed benefitting fish, wildlife, and the people itserves through collaborative efforts for current and future generations. mission: working with others to take action that protects and…

Environment
9
Wild Earth Society Incorporated

Wildlands Network works to reconnect, restore and rewild North America so that life-in all its diversity-can thrive.

Arts & Culture
10
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
11
Wild Arizona

Wild Arizonas mission is to protect, unite, and restore wild lands and waters across Arizona and beyond, for the enrichment and health of all generations, and to ensure Arizona's native plants and animals a lasting home in wild nature.

Environment
12
Tohono Chul Park Inc

We are a community oasis where reverence for the cultural and natural ecology of the sonoran desert region inspires responsible stewardship so that future generations may thrive.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater Cincinnati; the most unlike its peers is Live Theatre Workshop. 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

17 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. 17 of the 20 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
7/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $8,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF S…United Way of Greater Cincinnati: $4,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Greater CincinnatiNATION FUND FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISMINC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyNATION FUND FOR INDEPENDENT JOUR…Old Pueblo Community Services: $1,000 · PhilanthropyOld Pueblo Community ServicesGREATER CINCINNATI HOMELESS COALITION - STREET VIBES: $5,000 · OtherGREATER CINCINNATI HOMELES…WALNUT HILLS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI: $4,000 · OtherWALNUT HILLS HIGH SCHOOL A…USO: $1,000 · OtherUSOHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED: $1,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCO…FLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $1,000 · OtherFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUG…LIVING STREETS ALLIANCE: $1,000 · OtherLIVING STREETS ALLIANCEANGELS WATCH INC: $4,000 · AnimalsANGELS WATCH INCTHE HAMILTON COUNTY SPCA INC DBA SPCA CINCINNATI: $4,000 · AnimalsTHE HAMILTON COUNT…Friends of Pima Animal Care Center: $1,000 · AnimalsFriends of Pima An…LOFT CINEMA INC FKA TUCSON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureLOFT CINEMA …Live Theatre Workshop: $1,000 · Arts & CultureLive Theatre…MILL CREEK ALLIANCE: $4,000 · EnvironmentMILL CREEK A…Watershed Management Group Inc: $1,000 · EnvironmentWatershed Ma…SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE: $1,000 · EnvironmentSKY ISLAND A…THE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC: $4,000 · EducationISKASHITAA REFUGEE NETWORK: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$16,000Other$13,000Animals$9,000Arts & Culture$6,000Environment$6,000Education$4,000Food & Nutrition$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOFT CINEMA INC FKA TUCSON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANGELS WATCH INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMILL CREEK ALLIANCE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAMILTON COUNTY SPCA INC DBA SPCA CINCINNATI: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATION FUND FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISMINC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWatershed Management Group Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSKY ISLAND ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISKASHITAA REFUGEE NETWORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLive Theatre Workshop: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIVING STREETS ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOld Pueblo Community Services: $1,000 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.

Community Foundation …Arizona Community Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Zavatsky Brott Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zavatsky Brott Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s 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 · 0–75%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Zavatsky Brott Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Zavatsky Brott 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 20 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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