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Who does Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation fund?

Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation has awarded $50 million across 159 grants to 79 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $35,000 and $250,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $62,500 versus $35,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$50.0M
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
79
Grants
159
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

79 of 79 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
H Harvard University $12.9M32020–20222022— —
T The James B Hunt JR Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundat $5.8M42020–20242024— —
S Stanford University $4.0M120242024— —
J Johns Hopkins University $3.9M52020–20242024— —
Start Early $3.3M42021–20242024IL
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $3.3M120232023CA
Arts for Learning Maryland INC $1.8M32022–20242024MD
Telluride Foundation $1.4M42020–20232023CO
T Tmw Center for Early Learning Public Health $1.4M32022–20242024— —
P President and Fellows of Harvard College for Public Service Impact Fund $1.1M52020–20242024— —
Berkeley Film Foundation $1.1M32020–20242024CA
Glide Foundation $1.0M52020–20242024CA
Y Young Audiences of Maryland $898K22020–20212021— —
The American Writers Museum $750K32022–20242024IL
Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance INC $745K42020–20242024MD
F First Five Years Fund $625K32020–20232023— —
Teach for America INC $625K32020–20222022NY
M Mercy Health Foundation INC $500K120222022— —
H Harvard Graduate School of Education - Howard Gardner Research Fund $350K22020–20212021— —
J Jerry Weiss Memorial Scholarship Fund (uic) $300K32022–20242024— —
Harvard Club of Chicago $260K32020–20222022TX
S Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School $250K32020–20232023— —
C Center on Child and Family Policy $200K22022–20242024— —
W Working in the Schools Chicago $200K42020–20242024— —
P Pass Through from Sz Company $158K42020–20232023— —
I Individual recipient $150K120212021— —
H Harvard University Dean's Discretionary Fund $150K120202020— —
Dominican University $125K22020–20212021IL
Grateful Gatherings $120K22023–20242024CA
S St Vincent De Paul Society of Marin $105K22020–20212021— —
M Marin Catholic High School $100K22020–20212021— —
L Lasallian Christian Brothers Foundation INC $100K22020–20212021CA
D Demarillac Academy $100K22020–20212021— —
W Whistlestop $100K22020–20212021WA
S St Mary's College $100K22020–20212021— —
S Sacred Heart Cathedral High School $100K22020–20212021— —
The Maryland SPCA INC $100K22021–20222022MD
M Marland SPCA INC $100K120202020— —
E Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City $100K22020–20212021MD
L Levindale Hebrew Home & Infirmary INC $100K22020–20212021— —
I Immaculate Conception Academy $75K22020–20212021— —
E Everyman Theater $75K22020–20212021— —
U University of Baltimore Foundation School of Law Homeless Veterans Advocac $75K22020–20212021— —
Family Rescue INC $70K22020–20212021IL
The Trust for Public Land $70K22020–20212021CA
I Individual recipient $70K32020–20232023— —
Homeless Persons Representation Project $70K22020–20212021MD
Bright Futures $60K120202020CO
M Marin Center for Ind Living $60K22020–20212021— —
The Good Shepherd Gracenter of San Francisco $55K22020–20212021CA
H Harvard University for Endowment Fund of Hammerman Family Fund $50K120202020— —
Friends of the Children - Chicago $50K120242024IL
The Families and Work Institute INC $50K120242024NY
The Pinhead Institute INC $50K120202020CO
I Individual recipient $50K120232023— —
U University of Maryland $50K120212021— —
Ah Haa School for the Arts $50K120202020CO
U Urban Education Institute (univ of Chicago) $40K120202020— —
S St Paul Catholic Church $35K22020–20212021— —
S St Vincent De Paul Society of St Raphael's Church $35K120202020— —
S St Raphael Catholic Church $30K22020–20212021PA
H Hanna Boys Center $25K120212021CA
H Harvard University - Sz Academy for Professional Learning in Early Childhoo $25K120202020— —
S Sisters of the Presentation $25K22020–20212021— —
I Internation Resque Committee $25K120212021— —
The Perkins School $25K120202020WA
I Individual recipient $25K120242024— —
B Baltimore School for the Arts $25K120202020— —
Baltimore Community Foundation INC $20K22020–20212021MD
Canal Alliance $20K22020–20212021CA
Berkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund $20K120232023CA
Chicago Public Media INC $10K120202020IL
M Mickey Hammerman Legacy Fund INC $10K120242024IL
D Digestive Disease Research Foundation $10K120242024— —
I Individual recipient $10K120202020— —
S Schools Rule-Marin $10K120202020— —
St Coletta of Wisconsin INC $6K120232023WI
O Oasis Foundation $1K120242024— —
T Three Oaks Foundation $1K120242024TX

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