Skip to content

Nevada · Private foundation

Zip 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.

$232k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
43%
First-time grantees FY2023
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2024
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$22,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 35
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$5.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Zip Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentHuman ServicesCivil RightsHealthFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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
FY2024still arriving39$222k44%
FY202335$180k43%
FY202228$71k54%
FY202132$238k16%
FY202033$83k45%
FY201925$66k36%
FY201819$56k42%
FY201718$82kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$203kReligion$142kEnvironment$132kYouth Development$109kEducation$77kFood & Nutrition$69kCivil Rights$67kHealth$46kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
DC
HI
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope$69,5008n/a
Homeboy Industries$58,00060%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$43,70080%
Bolsa Chica Land Trust$38,00063%
Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation$30,00020%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$27,10060%
Gaviota Coast Conservancy$23,00033%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$22,00060%
Loaves and Fishes$17,00033%
St Francis High School$16,5002n/a
Show all 64 grantees
All grantees of Zip Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope$69,5008n/a
Homeboy Industries$58,00060%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$43,70080%
Bolsa Chica Land Trust$38,00063%
Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation$30,00020%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$27,10060%
Gaviota Coast Conservancy$23,00033%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$22,00060%
Loaves and Fishes$17,00033%
St Francis High School$16,5002n/a
Franciscan School of Theology$15,0001n/a
Brackens Kitchen Inc$14,50020%
North Valley Food Bank$14,50050%
International Relief Teams$14,15060%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$14,00040%
ACLU Foundation of Southern California$12,00060%
Center for Coastal Studies Inc$11,00040%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$8,00010%
Wayfinders$8,0003n/a
Chicago Abortion Fund$7,50030%
Families Forward$7,00020%
Cascade Forest Conservancy$6,75040%
Corazon Inc$6,65040%
The Innocence Project Inc$6,40040%
Dolores Mission$6,0001n/a
Native American Rights Fund Inc$5,50020%
Midwest Access Coalition$5,40030%
Catholic Relief Services$5,0001n/a
Smile Train Inc$5,00010%
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation$5,00010%
Amazon Watch Inc$4,50020%
Pathways to Independence$4,00040%
Honor the Earth$4,00020%
South Oakland Shelter$3,50020%
Urban League of Portland Inc$3,50020%
Center for Action and Contemplation$3,50010%
Charity Navigator$3,25040%
NAMI National$3,00020%
Dions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp$3,00020%
White Earth Land Recovery Project$3,00020%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$2,50010%
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church$2,3002n/a
Planned Parenthood of Sw Oregon$2,25020%
Environmental Defense Center$2,00010%
Concern America$2,00010%
Direct Relief$2,00020%
African Women Rising$2,00010%
The Malala Fund$2,00010%
Waymakers$2,00010%
First Nations Development Institute$2,00010%
Center for Carbon Removal$2,00020%
Chicago Furniture Bank$1,50010%
Brave Space Alliance$1,50030%
350org$1,50010%
Proyecto Pastoral$1,50010%
Egan Slough Community$1,40011%
Self Enhancement Inc$1,00010%
Los Angeles Waterkeeper$1,00010%
Invisible Institute$70020%
National Independent Venue Association$5001n/a
Chicago Cred Inc$50010%
Firebird Community Arts$50010%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$50010%
Breast Cancer Angels$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($405k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHomeboy Industries: $58,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHeart of Los Angeles Youth Inc: $43,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBolsa Chica Land Trust: $38,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund: $27,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGaviota Coast Conservancy: $23,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLoaves and Fishes: $17,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetBrackens Kitchen Inc: $14,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Valley Food Bank: $14,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Relief Teams: $14,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetACLU Foundation of Southern California: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Coastal Studies Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPalestine Children's Relief Fund: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Abortion Fund: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFamilies Forward: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCascade Forest Conservancy: $6,750 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCorazon Inc: $6,650 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $6,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNative American Rights Fund Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMidwest Access Coalition: $5,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPediatric Cancer Research Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPathways to Independence: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHonor the Earth: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Oakland Shelter: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUrban League of Portland Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Action and Contemplation: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWhite Earth Land Recovery Project: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brigid Alliance Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Sw Oregon: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConcern America: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDirect Relief: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Women Rising: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Malala Fund: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWaymakers: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Nations Development Institute: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Carbon Removal: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Furniture Bank: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrave Space Alliance: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budget350org: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProyecto Pastoral: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

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 56.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA19.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Seeding Justice · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Kroger Co Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Sempra 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.

Compare Zip Foundation with peer funders

About Zip Foundation

How much does Zip Foundation give?
Zip Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $232,050 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Zip Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (20%), Religion (14%), Environment (13%).
Who are Zip Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope ($70k), Homeboy Industries ($58k), Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc ($44k).
Does Zip Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Zip 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 Zip Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, California Community Foundation, Seeding Justice.
Where is Zip Foundation based?
Zip Foundation is based in NV.

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 103 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Zip’s filings →

More from the funding graph