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Zuckerman Family Foundation at a glance

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Zuckerman Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$287k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
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 2024.

Health$2.9MFood & Nutrition$1.2MCivil Rights$1.2MArts & Culture$190kEducation$180kRecreation & Sports$165kHuman Services$133kPhilanthropy$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $127k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UAFUA SHOOL GARDEN WORKSHOP$100,000
U OF A FOUNDATIONCOPH$50,000
CLINICA AMISTAD$25,000
EL RIO HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION$25,000
PRIMAVERA FOUNDATION INC$15,000
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SO AZ$12,000
COMMUNITY HOME REPAIR PROJECTS OF AZ INC$10,000
U OF A FOUNDATION SCHOOL GARDEN$10,000
U OF A FOUNDATIONCOPH$10,000
Pasadena Community Foundation$10,000
TU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES$10,000
EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE$5,000
SISTER JOSE WOMENS CENTER$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $113k) 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%PIMA COUNCIL ON AGING FOUNDATION: $50k → 15%PIMA COUNCIL ON AGING FOUNDATION: $50k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $8k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $5k → 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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 21 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
14

Total granted

$5.5M
$992k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+0%

Still filing today

43%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • NS
    NATIVE SEEDSSOUTHWESTERN ENDANGERED
    7× · 2017–2024 · $120k · revenue +181%
  • TC
    TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +50%
  • ER
    EL RIO FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +183%

Funded once

  • TF
    TMC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
  • TC
    TUCSON COMMUNITY TENNIS PROGRAM
    one grant, 2024 · $165k · revenue -14%
  • UO
    U OF A FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $110k
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
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
2
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
3
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
4
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
5
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.

—
6
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
7
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
8
Social Venture Partners Tucson

Svp tucson is an ever expanding community of engaged philanthropists dedicated to building the capacity, strength and impact of nonprofits in addressing social problems. we accomplish this through: thoughtful and strategic investments and…

Philanthropy
9
Society of St Vincent de Paul Tucson

The mission of SSVDP is to promote the spiritual growth of its members through prayer, friendship, and service to others.

Religion
10
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
11
Friends of Pima Animal Care Center

Friends of PACC supports the work of Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) and enhances its efforts to save the lives of pets in need. Our vision is that every pet served by Pima Animal Care Center will be supported with the resources needed for…

Animals
12
Vista Community Clinic

The mission of Vista Community Clinic is to advance community health and hope by providing access to premier health services and education for those who need it most.

Health
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 Pima Council on Aging Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
8/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

U OF A FOUNDATION - COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH: $1,707,550 · OtherU OF A FOUNDATION - COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTHU OF A FOUNDATION - COMMUNITY SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAM: $971,284 · OtherU OF A FOUNDATION - COMMUNITY SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAMU OF A FOUNDATION - UA HEALTH SCIENCES: $788,800 · OtherU OF A FOUNDATION - UA HEALTH SCIENCESUAFUA SHOOL GARDEN WORKSHOP: $250,000 · OtherTMC FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Other+23 more: $1,200,000 · Other+23 moreCommunity Food Bank Inc: $827,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity Food…TUCSON COMMUNITY TENNIS PROGRAM: $165,000 · Recreation & SportsEL GRUPO YOUTH CYCLING: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsPima Council on Aging Foundation: $100,000 · Human ServicesAngel Charity for Children Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesTUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $12,500 · Human ServicesNATIVE SEEDSSOUTHWESTERN ENDANGERED: $120,000 · EnvironmentNETWORK FOR GOOD: $100,000 · Public Safety & DisasterAMISTAD Y SALUD: $40,000 · HealthTU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $22,000 · Health
Other$5,167,634Food & Nutrition$827,000Recreation & Sports$215,000Human Services$137,500Environment$120,000Public Safety & Disaster$100,000Health$87,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $827,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVE SEEDSSOUTHWESTERN ENDANGERED: $120,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEL GRUPO YOUTH CYCLING: $50,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetTUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetEL RIO FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMISTAD Y SALUD: $40,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetTU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAngel Charity for Children Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Primavera Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $22,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSister Jose Women's Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPasadena Community Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds Community Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds TUCSON COMMUNITY TENNIS PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds NATIVE SEEDSSOUTHWESTERN ENDANGERED ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds EL GRUPO YOUTH CYCLING ↗
  • Who funds TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON ↗
  • Who funds EL RIO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMISTAD Y SALUD ↗
  • Who funds TU NIDITO CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Angel Charity for Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Primavera Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of Southern Arizona ↗
  • Who funds TUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE ↗
  • Who funds Sister Jose Women's Center ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena Community Foundation ↗

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…Jewish Community Foun…The Hs Lopez Family F…Zuckerman Community O…Connie Hillman Family…United Way of Tucson …The Intuit FoundationThe Diane and Bruce H…The Russell D Garrett…Ashton Family Foundat…Tucson Medical Center
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ28× affinity11 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 · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Zuckerman Community Outreach Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · The Intuit Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · The Russell D Garrett Foundation · Ashton Family 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 Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zuckerman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    4report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Zuckerman Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Zuckerman Family 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 39 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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