Florida · Private foundation
Zimmerman Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $388k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Zimmerman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 15 | $388k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $343k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $185k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $75k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Arts of Central Florida Inc | $183,150 | 3 | 1% |
| Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando Inc | $155,000 | 3 | 4% |
| University of Miami | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chabad of Altamonte Springs Inc | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Winter Park Library Association Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shalom Orlando Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marine Discovery Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Orlando | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Winter Park Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Arts of Central Florida Inc | $183,150 | 3 | 1% |
| Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando Inc | $155,000 | 3 | 4% |
| University of Miami | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chabad of Altamonte Springs Inc | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Winter Park Library Association Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shalom Orlando Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marine Discovery Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Orlando | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Winter Park Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Mead Botanical Garden Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Adult Literacy League Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Atlantic Center for the Arts Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lift Orlando Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allison Taylor Zimmon Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 31% |
| The Nemours Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Zimmerman Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation Inc · James T and Diana P Barnes Foundation Inc · Central Florida Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Zimmerman Foundation Inc
- How much does Zimmerman Foundation Inc give?
- Zimmerman Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $388,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Zimmerman Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (59%), Human Services (16%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Zimmerman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The University of Florida Foundation Inc ($275k), United Arts of Central Florida Inc ($183k), Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando Inc ($155k).
- Does Zimmerman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zimmerman Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Zimmerman Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation Inc, James T and Diana P Barnes Foundation Inc, Central Florida Foundation.
- Where is Zimmerman Foundation Inc based?
- Zimmerman Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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