California · Private foundation
Zion Charity Foundation
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.
- $230k
- Granted FY2021
- 2
- Grants FY2021
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $5k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Zion Charity Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $230k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $2.3M | 22% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $2.6M | 45% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $1.8M | 90% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Symphony | $1,934,318 | 3 | 4% |
| The Richard Nixon Foundation | $634,137 | 3 | 8% |
| Concordia University Irvine | $556,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Pacific Chorale | $361,949 | 4 | 9% |
| Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation | $289,400 | 3 | 3% |
| Chapman University | $270,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Colburn School | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement | $122,000 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 34 grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Zion Charity Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 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: Orange County Community Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Crean Foundation · Croul Family Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · Samueli Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Sempra Foundation
How this is measured
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About Zion Charity Foundation
- How much does Zion Charity Foundation give?
- Zion Charity Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $230,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Zion Charity Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), Education (15%), Public Benefit (11%).
- Who are Zion Charity Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Pacific Symphony ($1.9M), The Richard Nixon Foundation ($634k), Concordia University Irvine ($557k).
- Does Zion Charity Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zion Charity 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 Zion Charity Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation.
- Where is Zion Charity Foundation based?
- Zion Charity Foundation is based in CA.
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