Funding search · EIN 136089201 · New York, NY

The Zausner Foundation

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

164
grants reported
$151,085
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Bronx Hs of Science Endow Fund4 grants · $18,500
  • Aclu Fndn4 grants · $5,500
  • Planned Parenthood4 grants · $5,500
  • Guttmacher Institute4 grants · $5,000
  • American Humanist Assn4 grants · $4,525
  • Secular Student Alliance4 grants · $4,500
  • Weill Cornell Medical College4 grants · $4,500
  • Legal Momentum Ldef4 grants · $4,500
  • Mem Sloan Kett Cancer Cntr4 grants · $4,500
  • Freedom From Relgn Fndn4 grants · $4,500

Giving over time

$27,780
2022
$31,855
2023
$36,750
2024
$54,700
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 164 grants.

  • $10,000

    Bronx Hs of Science Endow Fund · Bronx, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $3,500

    Bronx Hs of Science Endow Fund · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    Bronx Hs of Science Endow Fund · Bronx, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Bronx Hs of Science Endow Fund · Bronx, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    Aclu Fndn · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1,700

    Exponent Philanthropy Wash Dc · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $1,630

    Exponent Philanthropy Wash Dc · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $1,500

    Aclu Fndn · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    American Humanist Assn · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Americans United · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Freedom From Relgn Fndn · Madison, WI · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Legal Momentum Ldef · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Mem Sloan Kett Cancer Cntr · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Syracuse University · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Weill Cornell Medical College · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,250

    Guardian (the) Washington Dc · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $1,025

    American Humanist Assn · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Ash · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Compassion & Choices · Denver, CO · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Compassion & Choices Ny Ny · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Death With Dignity · Portland, OR · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Death With Dignity National Center · Portland, OR · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    End of Life Choices · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Final Exit Network · Tallahassee, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    International Waldenstrom'S Macroglobulin Fndtn · Sarasota, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Reproductive Freedom for All Fndtn Wash Dc · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Ny · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Thirteen · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    US English Foundation Wash Dc · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Actblue Charities Somerville Ma · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    American Humanist Assn · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Americans United · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Ash · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Compassion & Choices · Denver, CO · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Death With Dignity National Center · Portland, OR · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    End of Life Choices · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Final Exit Network · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Freedom From Relgn Fndn · Madison, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Friends of Notre-Dame De Paris · Etna, NH · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    International Waldenstrom'S Macroglobulin Fndtn · Sarasota, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Legal Momentum Ldef · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Mem Sloan Kett Cancer Cntr · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Fndn · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Syracuse University · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Weill Cornell Medical College · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Aclu Fndn · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Americans United · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Compassion & Choices · Denver, CO · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    End of Life Choices · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Final Exit Network · Tallahassee, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Freedom From Relgn Fndn · Madison, WI · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    International Waldenstrom'S Macroglobulin Fndtn · Sarasota, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Legal Momentum Ldef · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Mem Sloan Kett Cancer Cntr · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Fndn · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Syracuse University · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Weill Cornell Medical College · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Aclu Fndn · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    American Humanist Assn · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Americans United · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Center for Inquiry · Amherst, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Compassion & Choices · Denver, CO · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Final Exit Network · Tallahassee, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Freedom From Relgn Fndn · Madison, WI · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    International Waldenstrom'S Macroglobulin Fndtn · Sarasota, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Legal Momentum Ldef · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Mem Sloan Kett Cancer Cntr · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Fndn · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Secular Student Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Syracuse University · New York, NY · 2022

    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.