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Zeve Family Foundation at a glance

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Zeve Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$205k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$377kPhilanthropy$220kHousing & Shelter$20kAnimals$18kArts & Culture$18kHuman Services$10kCommunity Improvement$10kHealth$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $7k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$1,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$197k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAF Giving 360 Schwab Donor Advised$199,797
Rescue Ranch$2,000
Options for Homeless Resident of As$1,500
Oregon Shakespeare Festival$1,500
Ashland Community Food Bank$1,000
Sexual Assualt Response Team$500
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 (FY24–24, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Jeremy Wilson Foundation: $500 → 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

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
CO
MD
NC
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.

19%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$131k · 14 repeat orgs$562k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
29

Total granted

$131k
$361k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+19%

Still filing today

64%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $201k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • OS
    OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $11k · revenue +75%
  • RR
    RESCUE RANCH INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $10k · revenue +11%
  • MP
    MASLOW PROJECT
    4× · 2019–2024 · $9k · revenue +104%

Funded once

  • UJ
    United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh
    one grant, 2020 · $259k
  • TP
    THE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $43k · revenue +37%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $14k
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
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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2
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
3
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

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4
Jefferson Regional Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…

Health
5
Artsfund

Artsfund strengthens the community by supporting the arts through leadership, advocacy, and grant making.

Arts & Culture
6
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
7
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
8
United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
9
Priority Oregon

To support public policies that will help oregon's economy and create new family supporting jobs in oregon.

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10
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

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11
Muskegon-Oceana Community Action Partnership Inc

Through dedicated staff and community partnerships we provide services, resources, education and advocacy to improve the quality of life for all residents of muskegon and oceana counties.

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12
Fisk University

Fisk university produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. our faculty and administrators emphasize the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Humane Society for Seattleking County; the most unlike its peers is Seattle University. 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

22 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. 22 of the 46 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh: $259,375 · OtherUnited Jewish Federation of PittsburghDAF Giving 360 Schwab Donor Advised: $199,797 · OtherDAF Giving 360 Schwab Donor AdvisedSage College Centennial Commitment: $60,000 · OtherSage College Centennial Commitment+31 more: $75,800 · Other+31 moreTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $43,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTS…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY…UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $8,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…RESCUE RANCH INC: $10,200 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $2,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $500 · AnimalsOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $10,500 · Arts & CultureMASLOW PROJECT: $8,700 · Youth DevelopmentMT ASHLAND ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentOPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING RESOURCES AND: $8,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER ROGUE VALLEY CHILDREN'S RELIEF NURSERY: $4,300 · EducationJPR FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Education
Other$594,972Philanthropy$61,000Animals$12,700Arts & Culture$10,500Youth Development$9,700Housing & Shelter$8,500Education$5,300

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 budgetTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $43,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE RANCH INC: $10,200 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASLOW PROJECT: $8,700 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING RESOURCES AND: $8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER ROGUE VALLEY CHILDREN'S RELIEF NURSERY: $4,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON COUNTY CHILD ABUSE TASK FORCE DBA CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER: $4,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTELLURIDE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMAN DBA TELLURIDE ARTS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASA OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $2,800 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMT ASHLAND ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMULTNOMAH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJACKSON COUNTY SART: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLITERARY ARTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJPR FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMY WILSON FOUNDATION THE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational OCD Foundation Inc: $500 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.

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.

The Oregon Community …Carrico Family Founda…The Carpenter Foundat…The Roundhouse Founda…The Autzen FoundationFirst Interstate Banc…Joe & Frances Naumes …Raymond Family Founda…Providence Health & S…The Avista FoundationThe Collins FoundationThe Ford Family Found…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR25.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Carrico Family Foundation · The Carpenter Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Joe & Frances Naumes Family Foundation · Raymond Family Foundation · Providence Health & Services - Oregon · The Avista Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Ford 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 Zeve Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zeve Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Family Nurturing Center Rogue Valley Children's Relief Nursery: 38% of income from government
  • Maslow Project: 22% of income from government
  • Jackson County Sart: 14% of income from government
  • United Way of Jackson County Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Literary Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Casa of Jackson County Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Zeve Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Zeve Family 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 46 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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