Massachusetts · Private foundation
Zeien Family 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.
- $62k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $32,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $32,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $981k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Zeien Family Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $62k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $70k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $50k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $26k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | $137,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tommy's Place Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.
About Zeien Family Foundation Trust
- How much does Zeien Family Foundation Trust give?
- Zeien Family Foundation Trust reported 2 grants totaling $62,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Zeien Family Foundation Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (49%), Human Services (22%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are Zeien Family Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Buzzards Bay Coalition ($137k), Tommy's Place Foundation Inc ($60k), Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Inc ($10k).
- Does Zeien Family Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zeien Family Foundation Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Zeien Family Foundation Trust based?
- Zeien Family Foundation Trust is based in MA.
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