Colorado · Public charity
Zephyr Impact
ZEPHYR IMPACT is an impact accelerator, designing ambitious and high-impact philanthropic initiatives to address society's most urgent social issues. This 501c3 platform connects and supports donors, social entrepreneurs, and subject-matter experts to maximize impact through connected and system-wide solutions, achieve meaningful…
- $5.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Zephyr Impact 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 | 13 | $3.0M | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $420k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $380k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindful Life Project | $1,000,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Sarara Institute | $505,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector | $400,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Education Reimagined | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montessori Public Policy Initiative | $400,000 | 1 | 74% |
| Indaba Education Fund Inc DBA Indaba Foundation | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Dakota Education Equity Coalition | $300,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Pr Education Initiative Corp | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kidogo Early Years Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Hadanou Collective | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindful Life Project | $1,000,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Sarara Institute | $505,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector | $400,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Education Reimagined | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montessori Public Policy Initiative | $400,000 | 1 | 74% |
| Indaba Education Fund Inc DBA Indaba Foundation | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Dakota Education Equity Coalition | $300,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Pr Education Initiative Corp | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kidogo Early Years Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Hadanou Collective | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Upstream Education Inc | $52,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Propel Nonprofits | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mentors of Minorities In Education Inc | $26,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Peace in Schools | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Open Future Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Our Minds Matter | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Plus Me Project | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Good Natured Learning | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Zephyr Impact supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Wend II Inc · California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Zephyr Impact
- How much does Zephyr Impact give?
- Zephyr Impact reported 15 grants totaling $5,043,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Zephyr Impact fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (54%), Philanthropy (33%), Environment (8%).
- Who are Zephyr Impact's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Mindful Life Project ($1.0M), Sarara Institute ($505k), National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector ($400k).
- Does Zephyr Impact fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Zephyr Impact?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wend II Inc, California Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Zephyr Impact based?
- Zephyr Impact is based in CO.
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