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Zcz Family Foundation at a glance

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Zcz Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$830kFood & Nutrition$132kRecreation & Sports$20kHealth$10kHuman Services$8k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS$12,500
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA$7,500
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$7,500
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY$7,500
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS$5,000
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER$5,000
TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY$2,500
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$2,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MOMMIES IN NEED: $1k → 14%MOMMIES IN NEED: $5k → 14%MOMMIES IN NEED: $1k → 14%MOMMIES IN NEED: $1k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
WI
IN
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
AR
OK
GA
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$917k · 30 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
7

Total granted

$917k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+50%

Still filing today

23%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • FS
    Frisco Student Fastpacs
    2× · 2017–2018 · $132k · revenue +71% · 26% of their budget
  • LU
    LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $20k · revenue +28%
  • TC
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $18k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • ST
    ST THOMAS AQUINAS SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • WA
    WOMENS AUXILIARY TO THE CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +132%
  • LC
    LUCAS CHRISTIAN ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +49%
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
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
2
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
3
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
4
Whitworth University

Since 1890, whitworth has held fast to its founding mission of providing "an education of mind and heart" through rigorous intellectual inquiry guided by dedicated christian scholars.

Education
5
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
6
Dordt University

As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…

Education
7
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
8
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
9
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
10
North Central University

North central university is a christian university with a commitment to academic excellence.

Education
11
Taylor University

The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.

Education
12
Lubbock Christian University

Lubbock christian university is a christ-centered, academic community of learners, transforming the hearts, minds, and hands of students for lives of purpose and service.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Abilene Christian University; the most unlike its peers is Frisco Student Fastpacs. 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

14 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. 14 of the 40 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEXAS AM UNIVERSITY: $135,000 · OtherTEXAS AM UNIVERSITYFrisco Student Fastpacs: $132,000 · OtherFrisco Student FastpacsTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $82,500 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $60,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMATHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS: $60,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS: $52,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS: $37,500 · OtherTEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · Other+20 more: $259,350 · Other+20 moreLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 · EducationLIBERTY UN…University of Notre Dame du Lac: $20,000 · EducationUniversity…TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $17,500 · EducationTEXAS CHRI…UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationWASHINGTON…CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationCENTRAL ME…+3 more: $8,000 · Education+3 moreWOMENS AUXILIARY TO THE CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 · HealthMOMMIES IN NEED: $8,000 · Human Services
Other$888,850Education$90,500Health$10,000Human Services$8,000

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 budgetFrisco Student Fastpacs: $132,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetHarding University Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMENS AUXILIARY TO THE CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOMMIES IN NEED: $8,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLUCAS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColorado Christian University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $2,500 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 Frisco Student Fastpacs ↗
  • Who funds Harding University Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL ↗
  • Who funds WOMENS AUXILIARY TO THE CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MOMMIES IN NEED ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LUCAS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Christian University ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗

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.

Communities Foundatio…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Zcz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zcz Family Foundation. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 40 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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