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Zebulun Foundation at a glance

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Zebulun Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2026still arriving
22
Grants FY2026still arriving
7
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$42kEnvironment$8kEducation$1kRecreation & Sports$1kFood & Nutrition$1kAnimals$960International$826Human Services$660Other$0
02FY2026 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$240
Median grant
7
States reached
$141k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETH SHOLOM CONGREGATION$1,000
MIDWEST CAMPERS$1,000
CONGREGATION DARCHEI NOAM$1,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA IMREI EMES$518
MESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES$500
AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SANZ INSTITUTIONS$466
MESIVTHA TIFERETH JERUSALEM$466
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$466
AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA$452
JEWISH EDUCATION WORKS$452
YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY$240
SEQUOIA PARKS CONSERVANCY$240
GLOBAL KINDNESS$240
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$226
TOMCHEI SHABBOS$226
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 (FY17–26, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $240 → 11%GLOBAL KINDNESS: $180 → 14%GLOBAL KINDNESS: $240 → 14%GLOBAL KINDNESS: $200 → 14%GLOBAL KINDNESS: $180 → 14%GLOBAL KINDNESS: $100 → 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

NY
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MO
MD
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$58k · 35 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2026, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
41

Total granted

$58k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+10%

Still filing today

51%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $226 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EnvironmentReligionInternationalEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA IMREI EMES I
    8× · 2017–2026 · $3k · revenue +72%
  • MC
    MIDWEST CAMPERS INC
    3× · 2024–2026 · $2k · revenue +14%
  • MO
    MESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES
    6× · 2017–2026 · $2k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • YI
    YOUNG ISRAEL OF SAINT LOUIS
    one grant, 2024 · $500
  • EY
    EZER YOLDOT HAMERCAZI
    one grant, 2017 · $360
  • VH
    VAAD HOEIR OF ST LOUIS
    one grant, 2020 · $240
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
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
2
Sherit Isroel
—
3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
American Friends of Oseh Chayil

To further jewish education in israel

Religion
5
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
—
6
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Torah Ore Seminary

To promote the furtherance of jewish religious and rabbinic education on a college and graduate level in israel and to increase the dissemination of scholarly research works in the fields of torah, talmud and halacha.

Education
8
American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel Inc

To support religious, charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational programs

Education
9
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

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

Religion
10
Chesed Aharon
Philanthropy
11
American Friends of Neveh Zion

To voluntarily assist the house of religious learning known as yeshiva neveh zion in israel

Religion
12
American Friends of Yeshiva High School of Kiryat Arba Inc

Raise funds for religious and educational institutions in the state of israel, and to provide educational and social improvement for the children of kiryat arba, israel.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Aishel Inc. 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

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 78 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTWOOD KEHILA: $14,920 · OtherWESTWOOD KEHILAADAS TORAH: $5,216 · OtherADAS TORAHCONGREGATION DARCHEI NOAM INC: $3,900 · OtherCONGREGATION DARCHEI NOAM INCMESIVTHA TIFERETH JERUSALEM: $3,506 · OtherMESIVTHA TIFERETH JERUSALEMMIDWEST CAMPERS INC: $2,240 · OtherCHMOL INC: $1,956 · Other+50 more: $17,750 · Other+50 moreHEAL THE BAY: $1,420 · EnvironmentHEAL THE BA…THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $1,290 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRID…Save the Whales: $1,140 · EnvironmentSave the Wh…SEQUOIA PARKS CONSERVANCY: $960 · EnvironmentSEQUOIA PAR…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $886 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENT…EARTHJUSTICE: $480 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTIC…NEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $420 · EnvironmentNEW JERSEY …+1 more: $200 · EnvironmentAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA IMREI EMES I: $3,024 · ReligionAMERICAN …Kollel - Los Angeles: $840 · ReligionKollel - …Los Angeles Community Eruv: $660 · ReligionLos Angel…CAMP HASC INC: $480 · ReligionCAMP HASC…HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $360 · ReligionHILLEL TH…ETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $240 · Religion+1 more: $180 · ReligionMESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $1,793 · EducationYESHIVAT NOAM: $180 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEFESH HACHAIM INC: $100 · EducationYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $1,200 · Recreation & SportsTOUCH OF KINDNESS INC: $1,180 · Food & NutritionGLOBAL KINDNESS: $900 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $240 · Human Services
Other$49,488Environment$6,796Religion$5,784Education$2,073Recreation & Sports$1,200Food & Nutrition$1,180Human Services$1,140

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 FRIENDS OF YESHIVA IMREI EMES I: $3,024 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMIDWEST CAMPERS INC: $2,240 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $1,793 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $1,420 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $1,292 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $1,290 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTOUCH OF KINDNESS INC: $1,180 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Whales: $1,140 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSEQUOIA PARKS CONSERVANCY: $960 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL KINDNESS: $900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $886 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKollel - Los Angeles: $840 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Community Eruv: $660 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $660 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SANZ INSTITUTIONS IN ISRAEL INC: $646 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP HASC INC: $480 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $480 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MONO LAKE FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChen Vchesed Vrachamim Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVAT NOAM: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFACTS AND LOGIC ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRELIGIOUS ZIONISTS OF AMERICA MIZRACHI HAPOEL HAMIZRACHI INC: $180 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BIRKAS RIFKA INC: $126 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEFESH HACHAIM INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEBRON FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSurvivor Mitzvah Project: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALUMNI OF THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE KNESSETH ISRAEL OF SLABODKA KOWNA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $50 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 FRIENDS OF YESHIVA IMREI EMES I ↗
  • Who funds MIDWEST CAMPERS INC ↗
  • Who funds MESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds HEAL THE BAY ↗
  • Who funds AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOSEMITE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TOUCH OF KINDNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds Save the Whales ↗
  • Who funds SEQUOIA PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL KINDNESS ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Kollel - Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds Los Angeles Community Eruv ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SANZ INSTITUTIONS IN ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP HASC INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds NEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE ↗

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.

Jewish Community Foun…Jewish Communal FundGoldner Family Founda…The Rav-Noy Family Fo…Zichron Chaim Charity…The Ojc FundJoseph Jacob Abraham …The Sassoon Family Fo…Jay Morris Foundation…Jack Adjmi Family Fou…Jack and Gitta Nagel …The Arthur & Joyce Fe…
Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA32.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Communal Fund · Goldner Family Foundation Inc · The Rav-Noy Family Foundation Inc · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · The Ojc Fund · Joseph Jacob Abraham Foundation · The Sassoon Family Foundation · Jay Morris Foundation Inc · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Jack and Gitta Nagel Foundation · The Arthur & Joyce Fein Family 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 Zebulun Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zebulun 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 Zebulun Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Zebulun 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 78 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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