Illinois · Nonprofit
ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN
ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN (Illinois) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $213,849 to it, the largest being ZONTA CLUB OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC ($67,236). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $214k
- Net assets
- $21M
What Zonta Foundation for Women does
Mission
The mission of the Zonta Foundation for Women is to raise and provide financial resources for zonta international service projects and educational programs. The foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported by voluntary contributions from zonta members, clubs, districts and friends of zonta who share its vision for a better world for women and girls. Zonta international is a leading global organization of individuals working together to build a better world for women and girls. Zonta international envisions a world in whichwomen's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is ableto achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access toall resources and are represented in decision-making positions on anequal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in the fear ofviolence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Zonta Foundation for Women supports 130 fellowships, scholarships, awards and international service projects. Amelia earhart fellowshipzonta international is passionate about providing life-changing fellowships to assist women in aerospace engineering and space sciences, zonta international established the amelia earhart fellowship in 1938 in honor of legendary pilot and zontian, amelia earhart. Today, the fellowship of us$10,000 is awarded annually to up to 30 talented women, pursuing ph.d. Doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering or space sciences around the globe. Jane m. Klausman women in business scholarshipencourages more women to pursue education and careers in business. Zonta international established the jane m. Klausman women in business scholarship in 1998. Zonta international offers up to 37 scholarships of us$5,000 each.young women in leadership awardthe young women in public affairs award was renamed the zonta young women in leardership award in 2024. Recognizing that to bring about sustainable changes that benefit all of humanity, women must have equal participation in the decision-making process, zonta international established the young women in public affairs…
$665,000 spentof which $665,000 as grants17% of program spendingZonta international is passionate about providing life-changing opportunities for women and girls through international service. By partnering with agencies of the united nations and other recognized non-governmental organizations, zonta has improved women's health, provided better economic opportunities and prevented gender-based violence in over 87 countries. Since the first service project, zonta has contributed more than $39.7 million to international service projects. The fiscal year ending may 31, 2025, is the first year of the Zonta Foundation for Women 2024-2026 biennium. Zonta Foundation for Women funded the following international service projects the first year of the 2024-2026 biennium. Climate empower: community empowerment and innovation for gender-transformative climate action: evidence shows the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on women and girls in disportiate ways. Climate challenges are fueled by persistent and deeply rooted discriminatory sociocultural norms that justify or tolerate gender-based violence. Through the climate empower program, unfpa and zonta international are advancing innovation, education, and community-led solutions to reduce…
$3,250,000 spentof which $3,250,000 as grants83% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,915,000.
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 $17M to $20M (+17%).
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.
86% of ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Megan Radavich
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $2k → $71k.
8 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN’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
ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
85% 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 ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 71% · 2019 47% · 2020 96% · 2021 73% · 2022 74% · 2023 36% — 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
10% of ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 32% 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
ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $105k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN is better cushioned than half of the 718 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Zonta International · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN?
- ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN (Illinois) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $213,849 to it, the largest being ZONTA CLUB OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC ($67,236). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $213,849 in grants to ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN?
- ZONTA CLUB OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $67,236 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ZONTA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 22 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