Funding search · EIN 061599625 · Norwalk, CT

The Joyce & Bernard Zimmerman Foundation

Name: The Joyce & Bernard Zimmerman Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

87
grants reported: $113,994
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $350
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Mib Agents4 grants · $18,000
Temple Israel Foundation4 grants · $14,172
Circle of Care4 grants · $12,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ct1 grant · $10,500
New York Road Runners1 grant · $8,000
Lehigh University Hillel2 grants · $6,400
Laddie Lawrence Schlorship Fund2 grants · $6,000
Nice Jewish Runners1 grant · $5,400
Stay Focused1 grant · $5,000
Camp Kesem4 grants · $4,500

Giving over time

$12,242

2021

$8,897

2022

$25,519

2023

$67,336

2024

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

$10,500
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ct · Trumbull, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$8,500
Circle of Care · Wilton, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$8,000
New York Road Runners · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$6,000
Mib Agents · Barnard, VT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$5,400
Lehigh University Hillel · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$5,400
Nice Jewish Runners · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$5,000
Laddie Lawrence Schlorship Fund · Westport, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$5,000
Stay Focused · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$5,000
Mib Agents · Barnard, VT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$4,000
Mib Agents · Barnard, VT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$3,834
Temple Israel Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$3,597
Temple Israel Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$3,545
Temple Israel Foundation · Minneapolix, MN · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$3,200
Circle of Care · Wilton, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$3,196
Temple Israel Foundation · Westport, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$3,000
Camp Kesem · Torrington, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$3,000
Mib Agents · Barnard, VT · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$2,500
Pequot Running Club · Greens Farms, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$1,500
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$1,500
Homes With Hope · Westport, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$1,500
Westport Public Library · Westport, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$1,000
Ct Audubon Society · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$1,000
Ronan Thompson Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$1,000
Susan Fund · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$1,000
Ct Audubon Society · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$1,000
Laddie Lawrence Schlorship Fund · Westport, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$1,000
Lehigh University Hillel · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$1,000
Weston Volunteer Ems · Weston, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$860
Chabad Lubavitch of Westport · Westport, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$750
Mercy Learning Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$500
Baruch College Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$500
Cma Education Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$500
Norwalk Hospital · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$500
Pct4pc · Westport, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$500
American Friends of Magen David · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$500
Camp Kesem · Torrington, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$500
Make a Wish Trumbull · Trumbull, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$500
Mercy Learning Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$500
Camp Kesem · Torrington, CT · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$500
Make a Wish Foundation of America · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$500
Camp Kesem · Torrington, CT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$380
Chabad Lubavitch of Westport · Westport, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$360
Chabad On Campus at Claremont · Claremont, CA · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$350
Make a Wish Foundation of America · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$300
Chabad Lubavitch of Westport · Westport, CT · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$300
Daniel Trust Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$250
Bethel Volunteer Fire Department · Bethel, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$250
Brooklyn College · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$250
Norwalk Public Library Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$250
Weston Senior Center · Weston, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$250
Weston Warm Up Fund · Weston, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$200
Norwalk Symphony Orchestra · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$200
Weston High School Pto · Weston, CT · 2024
Unrestricted general support
$200
Circle of Care · Wilton, CT · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$200
Mercy Learning Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$200
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$172
Chabad Lubavitch of Westport · Westport, CT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$150
Baruch College Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$150
Westport Public Library · Westport, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$100
Brooklyn College · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$100
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$100
Norwalk Symphony Orchestra · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$100
Weston Animal Control · Weston, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$100
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$100
Brooklyn College · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$100
Norwalk Symphony Orchestra · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$100
St Jude Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$100
Westport Public Library · Westport, CT · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$100
Baruch College Fund · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$100
Breast Cancer Alliance · Greenwich, CT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$100
Brooklyn College · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$100
Calvary Hospital · Bronx, NY · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$100
Circle of Care · Wilton, CT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$100
Mercy Learning Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$100
Norwalk Hospital · Norwalk, CT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$100
St Jude Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$100
Westport Public Library · Westport, CT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$75
Dvcc · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$50
Rvna Health · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
Unrestricted general support
$50
Dvcc · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$50
Rowayton Gardeners · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Unrestricted general support
$50
Boys Town · Boys Town, NE · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$50
Dvcc · Norwalk, CT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$50
Westport Pal · Westport, CT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$50
Yale New Haven · New Haven, CT · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$50
Yeshiva of Staten Island · Staten Island, NY · 2021
Unrestricted general support
$25
Siena College · Loudonville, NY · 2021
Unrestricted general support

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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.