North Carolina · Private foundation
Zucker Family 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.
- $313k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $52,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $52,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Zucker Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 6 | $261k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $239k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $71k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $55k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $50k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $40k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Humane Studies | $183,965 | 9 | 0% |
| The Fund for American Studies | $183,965 | 9 | 0% |
| The Jesse Helms Center Foundation | $165,815 | 7 | 4% |
| Students for Liberty Inc | $97,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Foundation for Economic Education Inc | $49,950 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercatus Center Inc | $18,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Sapient Being | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($186k), not named here.
About Zucker Family Foundation
- How much does Zucker Family Foundation give?
- Zucker Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $312,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Zucker Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (58%), Public Benefit (33%), Social Science (6%).
- Who are Zucker Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Institute for Humane Studies ($184k), The Fund for American Studies ($184k), The Jesse Helms Center Foundation ($166k).
- Does Zucker Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zucker Family 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.
- Where is Zucker Family Foundation based?
- Zucker Family Foundation is based in NC.
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