New York · Nonprofit
ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC
ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,666,950 to it, the largest being THE GOTTESMAN FUND ($1,046,000). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 69
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $657k
What Zamir Choral Foundation Inc does
Mission
The zamir choral foundation, the premier jewish choral organization in the world, touches the lives of thousands of participants and audience members each year, inspiring jewish life, culture and continuity through the sharing and teaching of jewish choral music.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Our annual hazamir (teen) festival took place in march 2025, with hundreds of american and israeli singers gathering for four days of singing, rehearsals and social activities. This culminated in a gala performance playing to a full house at carnegie hall. The audiences response was enthusiastic and electric. The concert was followed in july by the north american jewish choral festival which drew participants from across the us and four foreign countries for five days of singing, workshops, rehearsals and performances by both guest artists and festival registrants.
$1,380,381 spent$678,665 earned by the program70% of program spendingChoral education the zamir choral foundation, created by matthew lazar, promotes choral music as a vehicle to inspire jewish life, culture and continuity. Building on the success of the zamir chorale, the first modern hebrew-singing choir in north america, mr. Lazar sought an expansive vision that went beyond the activities of any single choir - one that fostered jewish identity across generational and denominational lines. Today, the zamir choral foundation is at the center of a growing movement that preserves and fosters jewish identity through jewish choral music.
$592,363 spent30% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,972,744.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $613k (−42%).
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 19% · 2022 24% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% 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 17 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $115k → $705k.
19 of 69 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 69 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
ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
42% 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 ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 30% · 2019 33% · 2020 34% · 2021 35% · 2022 32% · 2023 31% — 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
44% of ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
88% of ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 12 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC?
- ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,666,950 to it, the largest being THE GOTTESMAN FUND ($1,046,000). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 69 organizations giving $4,666,950 in grants to ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC?
- THE GOTTESMAN FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,046,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ZAMIR CHORAL FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 69 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