Massachusetts · Private foundation
Zeitz Foundation
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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $73k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Zeitz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 12 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $4k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $4k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $4k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $4k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $4,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $4,250 | 9 | 0% |
| The Commonwealth School Inc | $3,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Beth El Temple Center of Belmont Inc | $2,250 | 9 | n/a |
| Health Care for All Inc | $2,200 | 9 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Legal Services Inc | $2,100 | 9 | 0% |
| Metrowest Legal Services Inc | $1,850 | 9 | 0% |
| National Celiac Association Inc | $1,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc | $1,650 | 5 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $1,250 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $4,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $4,250 | 9 | 0% |
| The Commonwealth School Inc | $3,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Beth El Temple Center of Belmont Inc | $2,250 | 9 | n/a |
| Health Care for All Inc | $2,200 | 9 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Legal Services Inc | $2,100 | 9 | 0% |
| Metrowest Legal Services Inc | $1,850 | 9 | 0% |
| National Celiac Association Inc | $1,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc | $1,650 | 5 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $1,250 | 8 | 0% |
| La Colaborativa Inc | $650 | 3 | 0% |
| Hampshire College Trustees | $550 | 4 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Zeitz Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Zeitz Foundation
- How much does Zeitz Foundation give?
- Zeitz Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $4,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Zeitz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Civil Rights (19%), Religion (17%).
- Who are Zeitz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc ($5k), Southern Poverty Law Center Inc ($4k), The Commonwealth School Inc ($3k).
- Does Zeitz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zeitz Foundation 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Zeitz Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Zeitz Foundation based?
- Zeitz Foundation is based in MA.
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