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Zimmerman Foundation Inc at a glance

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Zimmerman Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$388k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$371kHuman Services$101kArts & Culture$91kReligion$45kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $312k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC$100,000
UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA$92,150
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO$70,000
CHABAD OF ALTAMONTE SPRINGS INC$50,000
Winter Park Library Assn$15,000
WINTER PARK INSTITUTE INC$10,000
THE MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER$10,000
Chabad-Lubavitch of Greater Orlando Inc$10,000
ADULT LITERACY LEAGUE$10,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$5,000
ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC$5,000
LIFT ORLANDO INC$5,000
The Aspen Institute Inc (Aspen Words program)$3,000
THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION$2,000
ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA$1,200
02The need
03

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 (FY23–25, $155k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO: $70k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO: $60k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO: $25k → 13%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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$903k · 7 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
6

Total granted

$903k
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+55%

Still filing today

86%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • UA
    UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $183k · revenue +53%
  • UO
    University of Miami
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +19%
  • WP
    WINTER PARK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $45k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • YO
    YMCA OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $16k
  • MB
    MEAD BOTANICAL GARDEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +55%
  • EL
    EARLY LEARNING COALITION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
University of Miami
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2
Orlando Philharmonic
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3
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
4
The Florida Aquarium Inc

The florida aquarium's mission focuses on our shared purpose of a commitment to save marine wildlife, with a vision to be florida's leading conservation-based aquarium. (continued on schedule o)

Animals
5
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc

Frost science inspires and connects people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy science and technology, and to better understand ourselves and our world.

Arts & Culture
6
Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corp Inc

To promote visitation to florida by strengthening florida's share of the global travel market with the goal of maximizing the economic impact of travel and tourism to florida.

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7
Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Inc

Guided by the vision of arts for every life, the dr. phillips center serves as a cultural conerstone for orlando and the seven-county region as well as the many visitors to the orlando area. we bring arts to life through performances,…

Arts & Culture
8
Orlando Museum of Art Inc

The mission of the orlando museum of art is to interpret and present art for a diverse public audience; to positively affect people's lives with inclusive, innovative, and inspiring educational programming which will endure as a cultural…

Arts & Culture
9
Usf Research Foundation Inc

To promote, encourage and enhance research activities at the university of south florida.

Education
10
Florida Grand Opera Inc

The mission of florida grand opera is to enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera while supporting the operations of the greater miami opera and the opera guild, inc. by expanding its reach to diverse…

Arts & Culture
11
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
12
Florida Education and Arts Trust
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University of Florida Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Allison Taylor Zimmon Foundation Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
8/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INCUniversity of Miami: $150,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiWINTER PARK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $45,000 · EducationWINTER PARK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC+3 more: $22,500 · EducationUNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $183,150 · Arts & CultureUNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL…MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $6,200 · Arts & CultureJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $155,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SER…CHABAD OF ALTAMONTE SPRINGS INC: $60,000 · OtherCHABAD OF AL…YMCA OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $16,470 · OtherYMCA OF CENT…CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF GREATER ORLANDO: $10,000 · OtherCHABAD LUBAV…EARLY LEARNING COALITION: $10,000 · OtherEARLY LEARNI…Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · Other+2 more: $6,000 · Other+2 moreSHALOM ORLANDO INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyMEAD BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthLIFT ORLANDO INC: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Education$492,500Arts & Culture$199,350Human Services$155,000Other$107,470Philanthropy$35,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Health$7,000Community Improvement$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $183,150 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $155,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWINTER PARK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSHALOM ORLANDO INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMARINE DISCOVERY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWINTER PARK INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMEAD BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetADULT LITERACY LEAGUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAllison Taylor Zimmon Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 31% of budgetORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $1,200 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.

Edyth Bush Charitable…James T and Diana P B…Central Florida Found…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Shalom Orlando Inc: 2% of income from government
  • United Arts of Central Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.

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 23 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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