Empowering the nonprofit sector

The Zilber Family Foundation strives to ensure our nonprofit partners have the tools and resources they need to operate strong programs and resilient organizations. We invest in sector supports to help organizations increase specific capabilities that catalyze impact over the long-term.

Why It Matters

Zilber Family Foundation invests in projects and organizations aligned with our three sector supports priorities:

  • Knowledge, Research, Data: We support the use of information and data by the social sector to develop effective strategies and investments. Data is a tool that can bring stakeholders together to make progress on ambitious community goals, influence public attitudes or behaviors, and inform positive social change. This work is essential to our ability to develop sound strategy, implement solutions, and learn and evaluate our work alongside that of our grantees and partners.

  • Convening and Connecting: By connecting, convening, and listening with a large network of organizations, we are able to engage in ecosystem thinking and collaborate to create lasting social change. Zilber Family Foundation brings together different actors who hold different parts of the solution and provides resources where they are most needed.

  • Organizational and Sector Strengthening: It is imperative to support nonprofit leaders and organizations that are engaged in advancing long-term systems change. We focus on investments that support the effectiveness and sustainability of nonprofits in our priority communities. By providing our grantee partners with targeted organizational strengthening support, Zilber Family Foundation helps organizations increase specific capabilities that increase effectiveness and catalyze impact over the long-term.

How We’re Helping

We aim to identify and address systemic issues that impede or support our work to increase access to social and economic opportunity. We partner with nonprofit policy and advocacy groups, research institutions, community organizations, and the public sector. Grants support a range of projects, including research and evaluation, pilots and innovative approaches, community engagement, capacity building, and advocacy.

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