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Henry and Carol Zeiter Charitable

Stockton, CA · EIN 68-0369445. Reported 110 grants totalling $1,381,150 to 57 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$6,500median grant
$1,381,150granted, 2021-2024
57organizations funded
60%of grantees funded again the next year
$8,267,403assets, latest filing

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. Henry and Carol Zeiter Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $6,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $83,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
39 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
32 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
14 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
6 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
St Mary's High SchoolStockton, CA$233,000442024
Thomas Aquinaz CollegeSanta Paula, CA$100,000222023
Red Rhino Orphanage ProjectStockton, CA$84,000442024
St Edwards Catholic ChurchStockton, CA$80,100332023
Directions Medical ClinicStockton, CA$56,000332024
Stockton Catholic DioceseStockton, CA$51,000442024
Saint Mary's Dining HallStockton, CA$50,000332024
Stockton SymphonyStockton, CA$50,000332024
Thomas Aquinas CollegeSanta Paula, CA$50,000112024
Various Small Donations Available on RequestStockton, CA$47,050442024
Church for TomorrowStockton, CA$40,000112024
Gospel Center RescueStockton, CA$40,000222024
Assumption Church TruckeeTruckee, CA$30,100442024
Stockon YMCAStockton, CA$30,000332023
Christendem CollegeFront Royal, VA$25,000112022
Friends of the Children-NationalPortland, OR$25,000112024
Gospel Center Rescue MissionStockton, CA$25,000112021
Presentation ChurchStockton, CA$23,800442024
All Saints AcadamyStockton, CA$20,000222024
Bishop's Ministry AppealStockton, CA$20,000442024
Eddy's HouseReno, NV$20,000112024
Napa Valley CandoNapa, CA$20,000112024
St Joseph FoundationStockton, CA$20,000222023
Voice StocktonStockton, CA$20,000112024
Stockton Shelter for the HomelessStockton, CA$18,000222024
Tip Your Heart FoundationLodi, CA$17,500442024
St Lukes SchoolStockton, CA$14,800222024
Stockton Children's HomeStockton, CA$11,000332024
Cancer KidsWoodbridge, CA$10,500332024
Hagen MuseumStockton, CA$10,000112024
O'connor WoodsStockton, CA$10,000112024
Oconner WoodsStockton, CA$10,000112023
Sf Marin Food BankSan Francisco, CA$10,000112024
Stockton YMCAStockton, CA$10,000112024
The Idaho FundBoise, ID$10,000112022
Uplift All FoundationStockton, CA$10,000112021
Humanity and HopeWarsaw, IN$6,500112021
Salvation Army - LodiLodi, CA$6,500332024
Racket It Up DetroitW Detroit, MI$6,000112021
Parasol Tahoe FoundationIncline Village, NV$5,500222024
St Anne's Catholic ChurchLodi, CA$5,200112021
1984 Grupe Fair FundStockton, CA$5,000112022
Roman Catholic Bishop of StocktonStockton, CA$5,000222023
Sisters of Charity BvmBaltic, CT$5,000112022
The Table Community FoundationStockton, CA$5,000112024
FocusDenver, CO$4,500222024
Lahontan Community FoundationTruckee, CA$4,500222023
Mary Graham KidsFrench Camp, CA$4,000222024
Camboni MissionsCincinnati, OH$3,000112021
Alzheimer's AssociationStockton, CA$2,500112024
Lodi HouseLodi, CA$2,500222024
Salvation ArmyStockton, CA$2,500112021
D Friars FoundationNew York, NY$2,000112022
Goodwill IndustriesStockton, CA$1,500112024
Baylor College of MedicationHouston, TX$1,000112021
Lodi Girls & Boys ClubLodi, CA$1,000112021
St Michaels ChurchStockton, CA$600222022

29 of 57 (51%) 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 60%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 25 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Housing & Shelter
4 grants
International Affairs
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Religion
2 grants
Education
1 grant
Food & Nutrition
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202126$302,300$6,250
202225$299,000$5,000
202324$311,650$10,000
202435$468,200$10,000

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. 92% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$1.3M
Nevada
$26K
Oregon
$25K
Virginia
$25K
Idaho
$10K
Indiana
$6K
Michigan
$6K
Connecticut
$5K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $6,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Henry and Carol Zeiter Charitable'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: 255 E Weber Avenue, Stockton, CA, 95202. 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.

EIN 68-0369445 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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