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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-2940586

The Zeckhauser Foundation

A private foundation in Hobe Sound, FL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $452,897 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $452,897

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $5,873,277

  • Tax year 2024

    $409,270

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $6,218,912

  • Tax year 2023

    $438,343

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,495,562

  • Tax year 2022

    $298,795

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $6,791,905

  • Tax year 2021

    $301,140

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $5,591,435

  • Tax year 2020

    $175,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $4,337,504

  • Tax year 2019

    $716,650

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $4,434,430

  • Tax year 2018

    $304,900

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $5,043,999

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fidelity Charitable Gift FundBoston, MA

    Research

    $200,000
  2. Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN

    Education

    $100,000
  3. Brigham & Women's HospitalBoston, MA

    Research

    $90,000
  4. Winsor SchoolBoston, MA

    Research

    $30,347
  5. Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA

    Research

    $25,000
  6. Beacon Communities Charitable FundBoston, MA

    Research

    $7,000
  7. Norton Museum of Arts IncW Palm Beach, FL

    Research

    $300
  8. Musem of ScienceBoston, MA

    Research

    $250

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Community development1 grant $200,00059% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $130,34739% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $7,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio1 grant $200,000
  2. Massachusetts5 grants $152,597
  3. Tennessee1 grant $100,000
  4. Florida1 grant $300

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Richard ZeckhauserTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sally ZeckhauserTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Bryn ZeckhauserTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Benjamin ZeckhauserTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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