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The Zients Family Foundation

Name: The Zients Family Foundation grants, 2023–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

71
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

burwell sylvia

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “burwell” · $5,000

$5,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2024
General support- sylvia burwell fund

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Obama Foundation2 grants · $666,666
Urban Alliance2 grants · $135,000
Women for Women International1 grant · $100,000
Partnership for Public Services1 grant · $100,000
Amer Friends of Parents Circle2 grants · $85,000
African Leadership Foundation2 grants · $60,000
Medstar Georgetown Univ Hospital1 grant · $50,000
Peace for Dc1 grant · $50,000
Brown University2 grants · $50,000
Maret School1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$891,065

2023

$905,338

2024

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$333,333
Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$333,333
Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$100,000
Partnership for Public Services · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$100,000
Women for Women International · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$90,000
Urban Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$60,000
Amer Friends of Parents Circle · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
City Year Sa · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Maret School · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Medstar Georgetown Univ Hospital · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Peace for Dc · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$45,000
Urban Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$30,000
African Leadership Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$30,000
African Leadership Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
General support
$25,000
Amer Friends of Parents Circle · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
General support
$25,000
City Year · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023
General support
$15,000
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$15,000
Learn Serve International · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$12,500
Breast Care for Washington · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$12,000
Ripples of Hope · Dedham, MA · 2024
General support
$12,000
Ripples of Hope · Dedham, MA · 2023
General support
$10,000
David Lynch Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Learn Serve International · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
N Street Village · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
World Connect · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Iam Als · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Martha'S Table · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
N Street Village · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Pallas Foundation Nat'L Sec Leaders · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Arc · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Washington Area Women'S Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Washington Hebrew Congregation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Wolf Trap Foundation · Vienna, VA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Woolly Mammoth · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$7,500
Breast Care for Washington · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$5,005
Higher Achievement · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Act for Alexandria · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$5,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2024
General support- sylvia burwell fund
$5,000
Bishop Walker School · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Center for Alexandria'S Children · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Childrens Chorus of Dc · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services · Culver City, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Iwmf · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Latin American Youth Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Ellington Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Texas Tribune · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$5,000
Wamu 885 · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Woolly Mammoth · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Bishop Walker School · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Childrens Chorus of Dc · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Childrens Nat'L Hospital Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
General support
$5,000
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services · Culver City, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Educ Equity Fund of Alexandria · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Higher Achievement · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Horizons Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Iwmf · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Latin American Youth Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Nat'L Democratic Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Ellington Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Worth Mentoring · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Go Bo Community Betterment · Springfield, VA · 2024
General support
$1,032
Amer Friends of Combat for Peace · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Go Bo Community Betterment · Springfield, VA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Justice Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$200
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2023
General support

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