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The Zegar Family Foundation

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$67.5M
in grants paid
277
grants
133
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $3.2M

    Rf Catalytic Capital · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $1.9M

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Global methane hub - enteric accelerator

  • $1.7M

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $1.7M

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $1.3M

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    Genome center - to support research at genomics core

  • $1.0M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    Oceans 5

  • $833,761

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    Genome center - to support research at the university center

  • $750,000

    Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $686,215

    The University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Regents fund - research

  • $510,000

    Congregation B'Nai B'Rith · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $500,000

    Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $500,000

    Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $450,000

    African Women Rising · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $400,000

    The Sunrise Project · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $400,000

    Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $390,000

    Lower East Side Tenement Museum · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $350,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $350,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    State infrastructure fund

  • $300,000

    Safe Passage Project Corporation · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $300,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Trusted elections fund

  • $300,000

    Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $300,000

    William J Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Las Cumbres Observatory · Goleta, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    The Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $225,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Washigton, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $225,000

    Immigrant Justice Corps · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    The Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Center for Constitutional Rights · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $188,487

    Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Ai cloud seeding project

  • $175,000

    Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Texas Civil Rights Project · Austin, TX · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Rock the Vote · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Center for Biological Diversity · Tuscan, AZ · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Groundswell Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Campus democracy fund

  • $150,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    League of Women Voters · Washigton, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $135,000

    National Parks Conservation Association · Washigton, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $125,000

    Sd Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $125,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $125,000

    New York Immigration Coalition · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $125,000

    Kind · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $125,000

    International Financial Reporting Standards · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $125,000

    Civil Rights Corp · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    Women'S Reproductive Rights Assistance Project · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    American Immigration Council · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    Dosomething · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    Good Samaritan Shelter · Petaluma, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    Outright Action International Corp · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    Refed · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    Shelterbox USA · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    The Reform Alliance · Little Rock, AR · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    The University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Regents fund - general purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    Transgender Law Center · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $100,000

    United Way of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $80,000

    The Geanco Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $75,000

    Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $75,000

    Lion Charter School · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $75,000

    New York Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $75,000

    Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis · Valley City, OH · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $75,000

    Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $75,000

    Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $75,000

    Icivics · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $75,000

    Glaad · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $75,000

    Center for Death Penalty Litigation · Durham, NC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $75,000

    Envision Freedom Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $75,000

    Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Plastic pollution coalition

  • $75,000

    Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $60,000

    Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $60,000

    Equal Justice USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $50,000

    Upwardly Global · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $50,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $50,000

    Pace University · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $50,000

    Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $50,000

    Nomi Network · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $50,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    Four freedoms fund

  • $50,000

    Northern Chumash Tribal Council · Los Osos, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $50,000

    Savory Institute Org · Boulder, CO · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $47,000

    Msi US · Washigton, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $35,000

    Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $30,000

    Santa Barbara Symphony · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $30,000

    Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $30,000

    New York City Center · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $25,000

    Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.