Vermont · Nonprofit
ZIENZELE FOUNDATION
ZIENZELE FOUNDATION (Vermont) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,794 to it, the largest being THE STANNARD & DOROTHY DUNN CHARITABLE TRUST ($90,160). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $127k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $187k
- Net assets
- $105k
What Zienzele Foundation does
Mission
The organization's goal is to help zimbabwean orphans and their caregivers achieve self-reliance through education, basic skills training, project development, counseling, community support and health and nutrition.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Provided scholarships/school fees and learning materials to over 742 aids orphans in rural zimbabwe, 724 children in primary and secondary, and 18 students in post secondary. The organization provided support to 42 child headed households.
$48,596 spentof which $48,596 as grants65% of program spendingHaving completed the construction of three modest community centers in 2022, zienzele embarked on a project to fund the drilling of a bore hole well at each community center. In 2023, all three wells were completed and helping 130 small villages. These community centers also serve to provide central sheltered locations for community use for health and wellness clinics, community events, work skills training and sales of baskets, sewing projects, garden produce and poultry. During 2023, the organization conducted workshops for post secondary planning with 142 attendees and a second for business delvelopment with 104 attendees. There was also a "be safe be strong be focused" workshop with 76 children attending.
$18,105 spent24% of program spendingOrganized basket making projects to buy and resell zimbabwean baskets with all profits returning to the village to pay school fees for identified orphans.
$7,388 spent10% of program spendingIn 2010 the organization instituted an award to be given annually to a zimbabwean orphan who has shown promise in making a transition from zimbabwe to academic life in the united states. This award is intended to pay for costs associated with academic enrichment activities, supplies and additional school costs. It is intended to supplement the support provided by the student's sponsoring family.
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $75,089.
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 2018 to 2019, from $86k to $124k (+44%).
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.
100% of ZIENZELE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $24k → $10k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 ZIENZELE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
ZIENZELE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
30% 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 ZIENZELE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 58% · 2019 38% · 2020 67% · 2021 50% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
68% of ZIENZELE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55k 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
ZIENZELE FOUNDATION's revenue grew 34% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ZIENZELE FOUNDATION
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In Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ZIENZELE FOUNDATION?
- ZIENZELE FOUNDATION (Vermont) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,794 to it, the largest being THE STANNARD & DOROTHY DUNN CHARITABLE TRUST ($90,160). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ZIENZELE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $186,794 in grants to ZIENZELE FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ZIENZELE FOUNDATION?
- THE STANNARD & DOROTHY DUNN CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $90,160 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ZIENZELE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 7 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing