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Zisson Foundation Inc

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.

$690k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$227,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$3.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Zisson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalFood & NutritionEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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
FY2025still arriving19$690k16%
FY202421$558k10%
FY202323$555k9%
FY202219$450k5%
FY202121$475k38%
FY202020$460k40%
FY201918$197k0%
FY201822$159k14%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$1.1MInternational$865kHealth$457kHuman Services$255kReligion$227kEducation$226kCivil Rights$146kCrime & Legal$115kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Zisson Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Tumor Foundation$280,00090%
Neighbor to Neighbor Inc$230,00092%
Uja Federation of Greenwich Inc$227,0001n/a
The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc$225,00091%
Direct Relief$200,00090%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$195,00090%
Food Bank for New York City$175,00060%
International Rescue Committee INC$161,00070%
Team Rubicon Inc$145,00080%
Joint Council for Economic Opportunity of Clinton and Franklin Counties Inc$140,00050%
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$115,00041%
Hias Inc$115,00040%
Galapagos Rockford Charter School Nfp Inc$75,00021%
Purchase College Foundation Inc$70,90030%
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble Inc$66,96078%
World Central Kitchen Inc$60,00020%
Anti-Defamation League$60,00010%
Saranac Lake Interfaith Food Pantry$55,000729%
The Abraham Initiatives Inc$51,00042%
United Way of Greenwich Inc$46,50091%
Givedirectly Inc$45,00020%
Kids in Crisis Inc$34,50090%
Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services$30,00010%
Hypersomnia Foundation Inc$30,0001n/a
Israel Emergency Alliance$30,00010%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$30,00030%
New York Common Pantry$20,00020%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$12,50010%
The Adirondack Council Inc$12,50040%
City Harvest Inc$12,50010%
The Windward School$10,80020%
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation$10,00010%
Senator George J Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute$8,50040%
Let's Get Ready Inc$6,00020%
Jewish Family Service$5,00010%
Helen Keller International$4,0001n/a
Girls Inc$3,50010%
Donorschooseorg$2,21610%
Charity Navigator$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($702k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Zisson Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Tumor Foundation: $280,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetNeighbor to Neighbor Inc: $230,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetThe Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc: $225,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetDirect Relief: $200,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Foodshare Inc: $195,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $175,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $161,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $145,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJoint Council for Economic Opportunity of Clinton and Franklin Counties Inc: $140,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetConnecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: $115,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHias Inc: $115,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGalapagos Rockford Charter School Nfp Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPurchase College Foundation Inc: $70,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPhoenix Theatre Ensemble Inc: $66,960 over 7y, 8.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaranac Lake Interfaith Food Pantry: $55,000 over 7y, 29% of budgetThe Abraham Initiatives Inc: $51,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greenwich Inc: $46,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetGivedirectly Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKids in Crisis Inc: $34,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetIntegrated Refugee and Immigrant Services: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHomes for Our Troops Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Common Pantry: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Adirondack Council Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Windward School: $10,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSenator George J Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute: $8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLet's Get Ready Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Service: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirls Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $2,216 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 36.

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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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA8.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

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Find your warmest path to Zisson Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Zisson Foundation Inc

How much does Zisson Foundation Inc give?
Zisson Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $690,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Zisson Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (29%), International (23%), Health (12%).
Who are Zisson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Children's Tumor Foundation ($280k), Neighbor to Neighbor Inc ($230k), Uja Federation of Greenwich Inc ($227k).
Does Zisson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Zisson Foundation Inc 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 Zisson Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Zisson Foundation Inc based?
Zisson Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 54 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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