Florida · Nonprofit
THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC
THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $909,252 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($235,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $605k
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $909k
- Net assets
- $465k
What The Jacob S Zweig Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation's mission is to provide new and gently used shoes, socks, backpacks, school supplies and athletic gear to children and families in need living in south florida.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Not described on the e-filed return.
$336,800 spentof which $336,431 as grants57% of program spendingFrom inception through december 31, 2024, in jacob's shoes has provided 262,370 pairs of shoes, 95,977 pairs of socks, 12,704 backpacks with school supplies and 4,836 pieces of athletic equipment to local children and families in need. In jacob's shoes partners with hundreds of schools, social service agencies, shelters and other charities and has established and maintained over 140 emergency shoe closets throughout south florida. Most of the children served live in poverty. Many are homeless or are living in shelters. Some are in foster care or have aged out of foster care. Some have special needs. Some are victims of abuse or neglect and have been removed from their homes. Others are victims of fires, floods or hurricanes. Some must wear shoes that are too small, have holes or don't have soles. Some kids have no shoes at all or are forced to share shoes with siblings or parents. Wearing ill-fitted or damaged shoes is unhealthy for children's developing feet and can cause serious health issues. It can also cause the children to experience significant embarrassment. Walking to and around school becomes painful and, in some cases, prevents children from attending class regularly or…
$254,446 spent43% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $591,246.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $197k to $418k (+112%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $17k → $134k.
4 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
34% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 53% · 2019 34% · 2020 24% · 2021 66% · 2022 37% · 2023 15% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
75% of THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
85% of THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $83k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 21,648 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC?
- THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $909,252 to it, the largest being LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC ($235,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $909,252 in grants to THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC?
- LESLIE L ALEXANDER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $235,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 41 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing