Indiana · Private foundation
Zinn Charitable 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.
- $75k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $52,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $259k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Zinn Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 16 | $75k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $64k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $18k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $15k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $37k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $22k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $13k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $16k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flora Youth Baseball | $102,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $6,160 | 8 | 0% |
| Christian Childrens Fund | $3,149 | 9 | 1% |
| Carroll County Food Pantry Inc | $3,018 | 4 | 2% |
| Love at Work Inc | $1,710 | 3 | 55% |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $1,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Kokomo Rescue Mission Inc | $1,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Purdue Christian Campus House Inc | $1,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Lirio Resources Inc | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flora Youth Baseball | $102,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $6,160 | 8 | 0% |
| Christian Childrens Fund | $3,149 | 9 | 1% |
| Carroll County Food Pantry Inc | $3,018 | 4 | 2% |
| Love at Work Inc | $1,710 | 3 | 55% |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $1,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Kokomo Rescue Mission Inc | $1,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Purdue Christian Campus House Inc | $1,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Lirio Resources Inc | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Flora Community Club Inc | $1,090 | 2 | 1% |
| Carroll County Community Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Community Church | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Navigators | $950 | 3 | n/a |
| Lucille Raines Residence Inc | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Shepherd Community Inc | $650 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | $400 | 8 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| The Helping Hand Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Christian Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Centenary United Methodist Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith and Freedom Coalition Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana Sheriffs' Association Inc | $35 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($146k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Zinn Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Zinn Charitable Foundation
- How much does Zinn Charitable Foundation give?
- Zinn Charitable Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $74,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Zinn Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (38%), Religion (34%), Education (4%).
- Who are Zinn Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Flora Youth Baseball ($102k), Samaritan's Purse ($6k), Christian Childrens Fund ($3k).
- Does Zinn Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zinn Charitable 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 Zinn Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Zinn Charitable Foundation based?
- Zinn Charitable Foundation is based in IN.
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