The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and operates by invitation only, so small charities without an existing relationship should not approach it directly.
- Its support spans a broad range of causes, including hospitals and health charities, community and social-service organisations, colleges, museums and other cultural institutions, religious organisations, environmental and wildlife organisations, and youth-serving groups, with no stated geographic focus, though recorded giving is concentrated in New York with substantial support also reaching Virginia.
- A realistic request should be modest: about 8 in 10 of its 498 grants to organisations fell between $100 and $35,000, the median grant was $200, and half of its grants were $200 or less, although the largest grant was $2,000,000.
- The pattern of giving looks strongly relationship-led rather than competitive, as 91% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded the previous year.
- Given its invitation-only approach, organisations without a prior connection are unlikely to succeed regardless of how well their work might otherwise fit.
Overview
The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filed grant purposes are recorded simply as charitable. The grants went to a broad range of nonprofit organisations, including hospitals and health charities, community and social-service organisations, colleges, museums and other cultural institutions, religious organisations, environmental and wildlife organisations, and youth-serving groups. Recorded giving is concentrated in New York, with substantial support also reaching Virginia; the returns record recipients in many other states. Contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations, rather than being open to unsolicited requests. The recipient mix spans several kinds of charitable organisation, while the filed purpose descriptions do not specify more particular fields.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York and Virginia.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2023 filing, 91% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022 and TY2023 filings, half of its 498 grants to organisations were $200 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2023.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 16% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2023, 91% of grant dollars went to organisations The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 3% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 216 grants in tax year 2023 by size
Median $100 (tax year 2023)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Northwell Health Foundation · Charitable$2,000,0002023 tax year
- United Neighborhood House · Charitable$1,316,7022023 tax year
- Metropolitan Museum of Art · Charitable$1,000,0002023 tax year
- The INN · Charitable$1,000,0002023 tax year
- Jewish Center of the Hamptons · Charitable$750,0002023 tax year
- LaGuardia Community College Foundation · Charitable$500,0002023 tax year
- Floating Doctors · Charitable$500,0002023 tax year
- LaGuardia Community College Foundation · Charitable$500,0002023 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Barbara Zucker Albinder — Vice President
- Laurie Zucker Lederman — Vice President
- Barbara Hrbek Zucker — Secretary / Treasurer
- Donald Zucker — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
2 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $10,391,245 | $10,366,723 | $21,290,558 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $9,612,685 | $9,600,774 | $17,150,768 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
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Contact
- New York, NY