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Funding search · EIN 137548507 · New York, NY

The Zegar Family 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.

277
grants reported
$67.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Rf Catalytic Capital2 grants · $6.7M
  • Windward Fund3 grants · $5.6M
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors7 grants · $4.8M
  • New York University4 grants · $3.2M
  • The Nature Conservancy2 grants · $2.7M
  • The University of California Santa Barbara4 grants · $2.7M
  • Stichting European Climate Foundation3 grants · $2.0M
  • Carbon Mapper2 grants · $2.0M
  • National Philanthropic Trust1 grant · $1.7M
  • Congregation B'Nai B'Rith3 grants · $1.5M

Giving over time

$20.0M
2022
$20.5M
2023
$27.0M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 277 grants.

  • $3.5M

    Rf Catalytic Capital · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $3.2M

    Rf Catalytic Capital · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $2.1M

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    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

  • $1.6M

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $1.3M

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    Genome center - to support research at genomics core

  • $1.1M

    The University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Regents fund

  • $1.0M

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $1.0M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    Oceans 5

  • $1.0M

    Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $1.0M

    Carbon Mapper · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $1.0M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

    Plastic solutions fund

  • $1.0M

    Carbon Mapper · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $1.0M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

    Plastic solutions fund

  • $1.0M

    World Trade Center Performing Arts Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $869,619

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    Genome center - to support research at the university center

  • $833,761

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    Genome center - to support research at the university center

  • $779,465

    The University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Regents fund

  • $750,000

    Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $750,000

    Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $750,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

    Oceans 5

  • $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

  • $505,024

    Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $500,000

    Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $500,000

    Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $500,000

    Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $500,000

    Congregation B'Nai B'Rith · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $500,000

    Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    Funders collaborative in oil and gas

  • $500,000

    Congregation B'Nai B'Rith · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $500,000

    Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Funders collaborative in oil and gas

  • $500,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

    Oceans 5

  • $500,000

    Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $450,000

    African Women Rising · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $400,000

    Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $400,000

    The Sunrise Project · 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

  • $350,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $350,000

    Center for International Law · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $350,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $350,000

    Center for International Environmental Law · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $350,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $333,413

    Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $325,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $300,000

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

    General purpose contribution

  • $300,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Trusted elections fund

  • $300,000

    Safe Passage Project Corporation · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $300,000

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

    General purpose contribution

  • $300,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $300,000

    Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $270,827

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Genome center - to support research at the university center

  • $250,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Las Cumbres Observatory · Goleta, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    The Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Laguna Blanca School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Las Cumbres Observatory · Goleta, CA · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

    Equation campaign

  • $250,000

    Stichting Sed Fund · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    The Sasb Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    The Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Las Cumbres Observatory · Goleta, CA · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

    Equation campaign

  • $250,000

    Safe Passage Project Corporation · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    Stichting Sed Fund · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $250,000

    The Sunrise Project · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $225,000

    Immigrant Justice Corps · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $225,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Washigton, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Center for Constitutional Rights · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 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

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Washigton, DC · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022

    State infrastructure fund

  • $200,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $200,000

    William J Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $188,487

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

    Ai cloud seeding project

  • $180,000

    Immigrant Justice Corps · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $175,000

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

    General purpose contribution

  • $170,000

    African Women Rising · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

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

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Center for Biological Diversity · Tuscan, AZ · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General purpose contribution

  • $150,000

    Groundswell Fund · San Francisco, 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.