New Jersey · Private foundation
Zg Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $972k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $25M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Zg Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $972k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $985k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.1M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $533k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $38k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Trends Association | $825,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc | $710,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Project Drawdown | $425,000 | 4 | 3% |
| EcoTrust | $290,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Natura Bolivia Foundation | $228,000 | 3 | 14% |
| United Nations Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Protect Our Winters | $163,340 | 4 | 1% |
| Elevate Energy | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Step Closer Therapeutic Horsemanship Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Earthecho International Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($670k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Zg Foundation Inc 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Zg Foundation Inc
- How much does Zg Foundation Inc give?
- Zg Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $972,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Zg Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (79%), Food & Nutrition (13%), International (6%).
- Who are Zg Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Forest Trends Association ($825k), Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc ($710k), Project Drawdown ($425k).
- Does Zg Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zg Foundation Inc 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 Zg Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Zg Foundation Inc based?
- Zg Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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