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Zcm Foundation Trust

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.

$39k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$131kInternational$43kPhilanthropy$15kEducation$12kHuman Services$2kHealth$2kArts & Culture$500Science & Tech$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$3,878
Median grant
2
States reached
$632k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Talmud Torah Darchei Avoseinu$10,000
THE OJC FUND$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
VARIOUS$3,878
Agudath Israel of America$3,745
Sanz Institutions of Israel$2,611
CHAI LIFELINE$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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%American Freinds of the Old City Ch: $500 → 11%KAHAL MEKOR CHAIM: $10k → 14%KRETCHNIF: $2k → 14%CHAI LIFELINE: $1k → 17%CONGREGATION DARKEI AVOS SANZ INC: $3k → 20%Talmud Torah Darchei Avoseinu: $10k → 11%KAHAL MEKOR CHAIM: $10k → 14%Agudath Israel of America: $4k → 17%Tzedek For Life: $395 → 20%KEREN HASHVIIS INC: $3k → 11%KAHAL MEKOR CHAIM: $2k → 14%AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $2k → 17%AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SANZ: $28k → 20%DARCHEI NOAM INC: $1k → 11%Bais Binyomin Academy: $1k → 14%Agudath Israel of America: $1k → 17%AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SANZ: $15k → 20%Vaad harabanim: $1k → 11%MOSDOS SANZ OF MONSEY: $10k → 14%AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $1k → 17%GEMILAS CHASUDIM TIFERES CHAIM INC: $13k → 20%Emunas Yisroel Lakewood: $180 → 11%YESHUOS YISRAEL: $2k → 14%VARIOUS: $6k → 20%MOSDOS SANZ OF MONSEY: $500 → 14%VARIOUS: $6k → 20%SHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC: $500 → 14%Sanz Institutions of Israel: $5k → 20%CONGREGATION EZRAS YISROEL: $44k → 20%MISC CHARITIES 1000: $4k → 20%THE OJC FUND: $10k → 20%VARIOUS: $4k → 20%kerestir: $2k → 20%CONGREGATION OHR SHEVA: $4k → 20%KEREN EZRA MEMITZUKA INC: $2k → 20%Sanz Institutions of Israel: $3k → 20%Bnos Chaya Pessel: $1k → 20%Sanz Institutions of Israel: $2k → 20%AMIDEI ZION OF BOBOV INC: $500 → 20%Ezrat Achim: $1k → 20%Kollelei Hashas: $1k → 20%Kollelei Hashas: $1k → 20%SHEFA CHAIM: $22k → 20%SHEFA CHAIM: $8k → 20%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEFA CHAIM: $8k → 20%Technology Awareness Group: $500 → 20%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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$133k · 7 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +237% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
22

Total granted

$133k
$92k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+237%
-13%

Still filing today

29%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalReligionPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEducationHealthOther
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

  • AC
    AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SANZ INSTITUTIONS IN ISRAEL INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $43k · revenue -14%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2024–2025 · $29k
  • KM
    KAHAL MEKOR CHAIM
    3× · 2019–2022 · $22k

Funded once

  • CE
    CONGREGATION EZRAS YISROEL
    one grant, 2020 · $44k
  • GC
    GEMILAS CHASUDIM TIFERES CHAIM INC
    one grant, 2021 · $13k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEFA CHAIM
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
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
Tzohar Halev Inc

Support of tzohar-a school for special needs children located in israel

Education
2
Keren Hayeshivot Fund Inc

Keren hayeshivot fund supports religious institutions of higher education in the united states and israel to raise the level of torah and halachic observance in the sephardic orthodox jewish community.

Philanthropy
3
Shaare Mordechai Inc

The organization's primary mission is charitable and religious in nature, supporting judaic and rabbinical education by providing financial assistance to institutions of jewish learning, currently through grants to shaare mordechai in…

Religion
4
Yeshivah Beth Israel Tifereth Menachem Foundation

To provide support to jewish religious education in israel and around the world, and provide financial assistance to and on behalf of yeshivah beth israel tifereth menachem.

Education
5
American Friends of Oseh Chayil

To further jewish education in israel

Religion
6
Keren Hayeshivot Trust

Keren hayeshivot trust supports religious institutions of higher education in the united states and israel to raise the level of torah and halachic observance in the sephardic orthodox jewish community.

Philanthropy
7
American Friends of Tzohar

Support of tzohar-a school for special needs children located in israel

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8
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
9
Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah Inc

An institution for higher learning and study of talmudic law for post high school students, and students returning from their studies in israel, where they can further their education.

Religion
10
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
11
Shaarei Zion Yerushalyim Inc

To help the orthodox jewish community in the united states and internationally by funding programs for the community, funding the building of orthodox synagogues, and providing for their upkeep.

Health
12
Adi Israel Foundation Inc

Aleh Israel Foundation, Inc.(The Foundation)is a Foundation that provides support to rehabilitative centers caring for most severely disabled children in Israel.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Committee for Sanz Institutions in Israel Inc; the most unlike its peers is Share of New Square Inc Dba Chesed 247. 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

11 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. 11 of the 33 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
4/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION EZRAS YISROEL: $44,000 · OtherCONGREGATION EZRAS YISROELIndividual grant recipient: $29,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKAHAL MEKOR CHAIM: $21,826 · OtherKAHAL MEKOR CHAIMVARIOUS: $16,298 · OtherVARIOUSGEMILAS CHASUDIM TIFERES CHAIM INC: $13,000 · OtherGEMILAS CHASUDIM TIFERES CHAIM INCTalmud Torah Darchei Avoseinu: $10,000 · OtherTalmud Torah Darchei AvoseinuSanz Institutions of Israel: $9,926 · OtherSanz Institutions of IsraelAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $8,262 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEFA CHAIM: $7,500 · Other+14 more: $22,499 · Other+14 moreAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SANZ INSTITUTIONS IN ISRAEL INC: $43,000 · InternationalAMERICAN COMMITTEE …+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalMOSDOS SANZ OF MONSEY: $10,500 · EducationMOSDOS SA…THE OJC FUND: $10,000 · EducationTHE OJC F…KEREN HASHVIIS INC: $2,500 · ReligionVAAD HARABBANIM L'INYANEI TZEDUKA INC: $1,000 · ReligionKeren Ezra Memitzuka Inc: $1,500 · PhilanthropyDARCHEI NOAM INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCHAI LIFELINE INC: $1,000 · HealthSHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC DBA CHESED 247: $500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$182,411International$44,000Education$20,500Religion$3,500Philanthropy$2,500Health$1,000Food & Nutrition$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 budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SANZ INSTITUTIONS IN ISRAEL INC: $43,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMOSDOS SANZ OF MONSEY: $10,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE OJC FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $8,262 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKEREN HASHVIIS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKeren Ezra Memitzuka Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEZRAT ACHIM FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVAAD HARABBANIM L'INYANEI TZEDUKA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDARCHEI NOAM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC DBA CHESED 247: $500 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SANZ INSTITUTIONS IN ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds MOSDOS SANZ OF MONSEY ↗
  • Who funds THE OJC FUND ↗
  • Who funds AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds KEREN HASHVIIS INC ↗
  • Who funds Keren Ezra Memitzuka Inc ↗
  • Who funds EZRAT ACHIM FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds VAAD HARABBANIM L'INYANEI TZEDUKA INC ↗
  • Who funds DARCHEI NOAM INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OF NEW SQUARE INC DBA CHESED 247 ↗

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 Ojc FundGreenzweig Family Fou…Jack Adjmi Family Fou…Jewish Communal FundAmerican Committee fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Ojc FundNY33.2× affinity16 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Greenzweig Family Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · American Committee for Sanz Institutions in Israel Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Zcm Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zcm Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 Zcm Foundation Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Zcm Foundation Trust 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 33 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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