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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 06-1600601

The Zoom Foundation

A private foundation in Greenwich, CT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $30.4 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $30,426,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,252,652,378
  • Tax year 2023

    $63,196,700

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $840,881,759
  • Tax year 2022

    $60,988,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $813,824,624
  • Tax year 2021

    $97,430,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $956,305,373
  • Tax year 2020

    $89,936,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $883,451,223
  • Tax year 2019

    $68,446,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $703,077,483
  • Tax year 2018

    $61,697,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $601,330,917

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fidelity Charitable Gift FundBoston, MA

    To fundcharitableprograms

    $17,751,000
  2. The Connecticut Project IncRidgefield, CT

    To fundenvironmentalinitiatives

    $12,000,000
  3. Center for Contemporary Documentation IncGreenwich, CT

    To fund charitableprograms

    $500,000
  4. Kosciuszko IncGreenwich, CT

    To fundcivic projectsin connecticut

    $175,000
  5. $0
  6. $0
  7. $0

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development2 grants $29,751,00098% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $500,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio1 grant $17,751,000
  2. Connecticut3 grants $12,675,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Stephen F Mandel JrTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Susan Z MandelTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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