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Zuckerman Community Outreach Foundation at a glance

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Zuckerman Community Outreach Foundation

The ZUCKERMAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOUNDATION (foundation) supports local and national charitable organizations that promote both health and wellness as well as creative and artistic endeavors.

$6.9M
Granted FY2019
16
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$3.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Philanthropy$3.4MCommunity Improvement$3.3MHealth$155kHuman Services$103kHousing & Shelter$64kFood & Nutrition$45kRecreation & Sports$45kArts & Culture$44kOther$0
02FY2019 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $139k
  • $250k+2 grants · $6.7M
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ZUCKERMAN COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FUN$3,340,624
Z FUND AT COMMUNITY FOUND FOR S AZ$3,340,624
TU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERV$15,000
EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC AB$15,000
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC$15,000
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES$15,000
PRIMAVERA FOUNDATION INC$15,000
DIAPER BANK OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA$15,000
JR EL TOUR INC$15,000
TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC$14,000
EL RIO HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
WRIGHT FLIGHT INC$10,000
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES$7,500
INTEGRATIVE TOUCH FOR KIDS$7,500
BLAIR CHARITY GROUP$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOMICIDE SURVIVORS INC: $8k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $15k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $15k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $10k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC AB: $15k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC AB: $15k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC AB: $10k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

8%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$564k · 19 repeat orgs$6.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +71% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2019, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
3

Total granted

$564k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+71%

Still filing today

89%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TP
    The Primavera Foundation Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $44k · revenue +54%
  • TC
    TUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $40k · revenue +112%
  • AD
    Arizona Diaper Bank
    3× · 2017–2019 · $40k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • TG
    Tucson Girls Chorus Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +133%
  • LC
    LITERACY CONNECTSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +71%
  • HH
    HELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS USA
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
2
Cancer Support Community Arizona

CSCAZ uplifts and strengthens people impacted by cancer by providing support, fostering compassionate communities, and breaking down barriers to care.

Health
3
Corazon Az

CORAZÓN-AZ's mission is to cultivate and foster a welcoming and safe community of Arizonans from vast faith traditions and beliefs, schools, and allied organizations; united in expanding our democracy, economic dignity, immigrant justice,…

Civil Rights
4
La Paloma Family Services Inc

We build relationships that enhance the development of skills, foster a sense of worth and enhance a belief in each child's individual potential.

—
5
Tempe Community Action Agency Inc

TCAA's mission is to eliminate poverty and advance equitable communities. This mission is achieved through the delivery of comprehensive human services programs designed to improve housing stability, increase food security, improve health…

Community Improvement
6
Arizona Wins

Az wins is a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving public policies that benefit working arizona families and advancing an inclusive, engaged, just and equitable state for all arizonans. in 2024 az wins substantially reduced its…

Civil Rights
7
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc

Our vision is a community where every child receives a high-quality education from birth to career, every adult has the opportunity to thrive financailly and in the workplace, and every older person can retire and age with dignity and…

Philanthropy
8
Pro-Choice Arizona

Pro-Choice Arizona centers abolition and reproductive justice values to prioritize community needs. We advance reproductive equity, pregnancy and family justice, and abortion access for all folks living in Arizona through direct service…

Health
9
Tucson Investigative Reporting Center Inc

The Tucson Investigative Reporting Center educates and informs Southern Arizonans about the community challenges & unique culture of our borderlands through independent local journalism.

Animals
10
Arizona Youth Partnership

Arizona youth partnership, (azyp), empowers youth to harness their strengths to live healthy and purposeful lives.

Health
11
Tucson Medical Center

Tucson medical center's mission is to deliver caring, personalized, quality healthcare to patients and their families in an environment that is supportive, education-focused and compassionate.

Health
12
Justa Center Inc

A resource and day-center for seniors, age 55+, providing guidance and support on the PATH back to housing; and CARE supportive services to prevent a return to homelessness.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tucson Centers for Women & Children Inc Dba Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse; the most unlike its peers is Wright Flight Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ZUCKERMAN COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FUN: $3,340,624 · OtherZUCKERMAN COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FUNZ FUND AT COMMUNITY FOUND FOR S AZ: $3,340,624 · OtherZ FUND AT COMMUNITY FOUND FOR S AZ+7 more: $153,500 · OtherTUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $40,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesINTERMOUNTAIN CENTERS FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $21,500 · Human ServicesHomicide Survivors Inc: $7,500 · Human ServicesTU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $45,000 · HealthIntegrative Touch: $22,000 · HealthAMISTAD Y SALUD: $20,000 · HealthBag It: $19,000 · HealthJR EL TOUR INC: $45,000 · Recreation & SportsEL GRUPO YOUTH CYCLING: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsThe Primavera Foundation Inc: $44,000 · Housing & ShelterCommunity Home Repair Projects of Arizona: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterCommunity Food Bank Inc: $45,000 · Food & NutritionTUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON: $22,000 · Arts & CultureDancing in the Streets Arizona: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTucson Girls Chorus Association Inc: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$6,834,748Human Services$109,000Health$106,000Recreation & Sports$75,000Housing & Shelter$64,000Food & Nutrition$45,000Arts & Culture$44,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetJR EL TOUR INC: $45,000 over 3y, 58% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Primavera Foundation Inc: $44,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetArizona Diaper Bank: $40,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWRIGHT FLIGHT INC: $35,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetEL GRUPO YOUTH CYCLING: $30,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetEL RIO FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetIntegrative Touch: $22,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetTUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON: $22,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetINTERMOUNTAIN CENTERS FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $21,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Home Repair Projects of Arizona: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAMISTAD Y SALUD: $20,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetBag It: $19,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetInterfaith Community Services: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDancing in the Streets Arizona: $12,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetTucson Girls Chorus Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLITERACY CONNECTS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Community Foundation …Arizona Community Fou…The Hs Lopez Family F…Connie Hillman Family…Jewish Community Foun…Angel Charity for Chi…The Womens Foundation…United Way of Tucson …Zuckerman Family Foun…Fred & Christine Arms…Absolon FoundationTucson Medical Center
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ42.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Angel Charity for Children Inc · The Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Zuckerman Family Foundation · Fred & Christine Armstrong Foundation · Absolon Foundation · Tucson Medical Center

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Zuckerman Community Outreach Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zuckerman Community Outreach Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Zuckerman Community Outreach Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Zuckerman Community Outreach Foundation 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.

    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 25 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2020) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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