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Zicarelli 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.

$265k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
36
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
28 to 36
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$2.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Zicarelli Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving36$265k3%
FY202436$259k33%
FY202328$218k7%
FY202228$223k7%
FY202130$243k13%
FY202028$191k14%
FY201932$252k6%
FY201833$250k27%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$887kEducation$363kHealth$256kArts & Culture$209kEnvironment$81kInternational$64kAnimals$61kFood & Nutrition$46kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
AZ
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 56 grantees
All grantees of Zicarelli Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
We Make Noise Inc$84,50068%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$72,00080%
Courage Kenny Foundation$71,50060%
Bennington College Corporation$64,50080%
Friends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa$60,00030%
St Olaf College$50,00090%
Mahoosuc Land Trust Inc$42,00091%
Mount Washington Observatory$41,00090%
The American Radio Relay League Inc$39,00070%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$33,40090%
Gateway School$30,00090%
Northwestern University$26,75090%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$26,0004n/a
Allina Health Foundation$26,00020%
Carleton College$24,50090%
Phoenix Symphony Association$20,00010%
Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc$19,37590%
Rio Verde Community Church$15,5009n/a
Indexical Inc$15,00054%
Bethel Area District Exchange and Food Pantry$15,00022%
Harvestworks Inc$15,00072%
Western Foothills Land Trust$15,00041%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$14,50050%
Hospice of the Valley$13,00090%
The Wildcat Sanctuary$11,50050%
The Eyebeam Atelier Inc$10,50030%
Scottsdale Training & Rehabilitation Services Inc$10,00020%
Pollen Initiative$10,00021%
Earthjustice$8,00050%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$7,25050%
The Arizona Animal Welfare League$6,00020%
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$5,00020%
International Computer Music Assoc Incorporated$5,0001n/a
Cobalt Advocates$4,00031%
Friends of the Peace Parks Inc$3,00020%
Women in Music Inc$3,00022%
Givedirectly Inc$3,00020%
Prison Journalism Project Inc$3,00020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$2,50020%
Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc$2,5001n/a
Houston Zoo Inc$2,50010%
Involve Mn$2,00020%
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Great River Passage Conservancy$2,00010%
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County$2,00020%
Global Footprint Network Inc$2,00010%
Children's Literacy Center Inc$2,00020%
The American Exchange Project Inc$2,00020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,55020%
Achieve Twin Cities$1,50010%
350org$1,50010%
Multiplier$1,50010%
Kuumbwa Jazz Society$1,00020%
Hispanic Federation Inc$1,00010%
Public Media Company$1,0001n/a
African Community and Conservation Foundation Inc$80010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Zicarelli Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWe Make Noise Inc: $84,500 over 6y, 7.6% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $72,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCourage Kenny Foundation: $71,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBennington College Corporation: $64,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSt Olaf College: $50,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMahoosuc Land Trust Inc: $42,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetMount Washington Observatory: $41,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetThe American Radio Relay League Inc: $39,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Zoo Foundation: $33,400 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGateway School: $30,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $26,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAllina Health Foundation: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarleton College: $24,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Symphony Association: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc: $19,375 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetIndexical Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetBethel Area District Exchange and Food Pantry: $15,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHarvestworks Inc: $15,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetWestern Foothills Land Trust: $15,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Valley: $13,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wildcat Sanctuary: $11,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Eyebeam Atelier Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetScottsdale Training & Rehabilitation Services Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPollen Initiative: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetEarthjustice: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $7,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arizona Animal Welfare League: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Debt Resolution Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCobalt Advocates: $4,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFriends of the Peace Parks Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWomen in Music Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetGivedirectly Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPrison Journalism Project Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInvolve Mn: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreat River Passage Conservancy: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLand Trust of Santa Cruz County: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Footprint Network Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Literacy Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe American Exchange Project Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAchieve Twin Cities: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350org: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMultiplier: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 51.

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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.

Xcel Energy FoundationMN14.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Xcel Energy Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

Compare Zicarelli Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Zicarelli Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Zicarelli 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.

About Zicarelli Foundation

How much does Zicarelli Foundation give?
Zicarelli Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $265,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Zicarelli Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Education (17%), Health (12%).
Who are Zicarelli Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: We Make Noise Inc ($85k), Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($72k), Courage Kenny Foundation ($72k).
Does Zicarelli Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Zicarelli 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 Zicarelli Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Xcel Energy Foundation, Hardenbergh Foundation, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
Where is Zicarelli Foundation based?
Zicarelli Foundation is based in AZ.

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 69 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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