The Lynn and Robert Zimmer Family
Greenwich, CT · EIN 20-6066441. Reported 24 grants totalling $468,500 to 17 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Lynn and Robert Zimmer Family did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $36,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Uja Federation of Ny | New York, NY | $72,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Federation of Jewish Philanthropy | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chron's and Colitis Foundation of America | White Plains, NY | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Temple Emanu-El | New York, NY | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester | Rye, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kravis Center for the Performing Arts | West Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Norton Museum | West Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| White Plains Hospital | White Plains, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adopt a Dog | Greenwich, CT | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Richard Tucker Music Foundation | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society | Atlanta, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Guild for the Blind | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lighthouse Guild | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolis Country Club Foundation | White Plains, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wga Caddie Scholarship Fund | Elmsford, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
5 of 17 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 20%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- American Jewish Committee
TO ENHANCE THE WELL-BEING OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND ISRAEL, AND TO ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. - Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE BY SUPPORTING THE ARTS - Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester
TO CONTINUOUSLY FOSTER REFORM JEWISH LIFE AMONG ALL OUR CONGREGANTS - The Norton Museum
SUPPORT ART AND ART EDUCATION - Richard Tucker Music Foundation
TO SUPPORT THE HISTORY, ART, AND TECHNOLOGY OF MOTION PICTURE SOUND THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND EMPOWERMENT - American Cancer Society
TO ELIMINATE CANCER BY PREVENTING IT, FINDING CURES THROUGH RESEARCH, AND ENSURING EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 14 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | $93,000 | $2,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | $100,000 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | $142,500 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 6 | $133,000 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 86% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Lynn and Robert Zimmer Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 75 Byram Shore Road 703, Greenwich, CT, 06830. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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