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Zephyr Impact

ZEPHYR IMPACT is an impact accelerator, designing ambitious and high-impact philanthropic initiatives to address society's most urgent social issues.

$5.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$3.3MPhilanthropy$2.0MEnvironment$505kInternational$200kCommunity Improvement$50kHealth$20kYouth Development$20kHuman Services$20k
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $37k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $402k
  • $250k+9 grants · $4.6M
$300,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW VENTURE FUND$1,000,000
AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$1,000,000
THE SARARA FOUNDATION$505,000
MONTESSORI PUBLIC POLICY INITIATIVE$400,000
EDUCATION REIMAGINED$400,000
NATIONAL CENTER FOR MONTESSORI IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR$400,000
PR EDUCATION INITIATIVE CORP$300,000
SOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATION EQUITY COALITION$300,000
THE INDABA EDUCATION FUND INC$300,000
KIDOGO EARLY YEARS INC$200,000
THE HADANOU COLLECTIVE$100,000
UPSTREAM EDUCATION INC$52,000
PROPEL NONPROFITS$50,000
MENTORS OF MINORITIES IN EDUCATION$26,500
GOOD NATURED LEARNING$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%Peace in Schools: $20k → 12%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
NY
OR
SD
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
FL
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 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.

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Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
2
The National Center on Education and the Economy

The Center is dedicated to providing tools the nation needs to lead the world in education & training in a swiftly globalizing world economy.

Public Benefit
3
PowerMyLearning Inc

We design evidence-based programs, innovative tools, and professional learning that reveal how students think about mathematics, giving educators deeper insights that save time and improve instruction. For more than 25 years,…

Science & Tech
4
National Equity Project

To transform the experiences, outcomes, and life options for children & families who have been historically underserved by our institutions and systems.

Education
5
Opening Minds

Opening minds facilitates healthy development and quality education for young children.

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6
Learning Policy Institute

The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) conducts and disseminates independent, high-quality research to improve learning for all children. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, LPI connects policymakers and stakeholders at the local, state,…

Education
7
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc

To create and inspire better ways to give every student an educational foundation for lifelong success. we imagine a world where every student attends a school that meets them where they are, adapts to the unique ways they learn, and…

Education
8
Out Teach

Out teach's mission is to inspire and prepare today's elementary students to explore the wonders of science and become tomorrow's innovators. out teach works to ensure that all studentsregardless of race, zip code, or access to…

Education
9
Partners in School Innovation

To transform teaching and learning in the lowest-performing public schools so that every student, regardless of background, thrives.

Philanthropy
10
Blue Engine Inc

Blue engine optimizes how educators work together to create engaging, individualized learning experiences for students.

Education
11
Yes Every Kid Inc

yes. every kid. is a leading advocacy team with a families-first approach to transform America's education policy landscape.

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12
Editorial Projects in Education Inc

Editorial projects in education, inc. (epe) was established to raise the level of awareness and understanding among professionals and the public of important issues in american education through a variety of targeted products and media.…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Education Reimagined; the most unlike its peers is Indaba Education Fund Inc Dba Indaba Foundation. 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

21 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL CENTER FOR MONTESSORI IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: $400,000 · EducationNATIONAL CENTER FOR MONTESSORI IN THE…EDUCATION REIMAGINED: $400,000 · EducationEDUCATION REIMAGINEDMontessori Public Policy Initiative: $400,000 · EducationMontessori Public Policy InitiativeSOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATION EQUITY COALITION: $300,000 · EducationSOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATION EQUITY COALITI…PR EDUCATION INITIATIVE CORP: $300,000 · EducationPR EDUCATION INITIATIVE CORPTHE HADANOU COLLECTIVE: $100,000 · Education+4 more: $108,500 · Education+4 moreNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,000,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUNDSARARA INSTITUTE: $505,000 · EnvironmentSARARA INSTITUTEAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitable F…Indaba Education Fund Inc DBA Indaba Foundation: $300,000 · PhilanthropyIndaba Education Fund In…PROPEL NONPROFITS: $50,000 · PhilanthropyMindful Life Project: $1,000,000 · Youth DevelopmentMindful Life Proje…+1 more: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentKidogo Early Years Inc: $200,000 · OtherPEACE IN SCHOOLS: $20,000 · Human ServicesOPEN FUTURE INSTITUTE: $20,000 · Arts & CultureOUR MINDS MATTER: $20,000 · Health
Education$2,008,500Environment$1,505,000Philanthropy$1,350,000Youth Development$1,020,000Other$200,000Human Services$20,000Arts & Culture$20,000Health$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMindful Life Project: $1,000,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR MONTESSORI IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: $400,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetMontessori Public Policy Initiative: $400,000 over 1y, 74% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATION EQUITY COALITION: $300,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetTHE HADANOU COLLECTIVE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUPSTREAM EDUCATION INC: $52,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetPROPEL NONPROFITS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEACE IN SCHOOLS: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOPEN FUTURE INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetOUR MINDS MATTER: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE PLUS ME PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

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.

Wend II IncCalifornia Community …Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Wend II IncAR30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Zephyr Impact funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zephyr Impact. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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How do I get to Zephyr Impact?

Find your warmest path to Zephyr Impact 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 21 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 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home