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Private foundation (trust)EIN 832650859Est. 2019-06

Matthew Zell Family Foundation

CHICAGO, IL 60606

Total Assets

$49.6M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.7M

FY 2024

Grants Made

22

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$77K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$500K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$15.5M

Total Expenses

$1.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$3.6M

Distributable Amount

$1.7M

Min. Investment Return

$1.8M

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

22 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $10K to maximum $500K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

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Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $2.4M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

80 grants

Savanna Institute
$1.8M
3 grants
The Nature Conservancy
$1M
2 grants
Camp Ramah in Wisconsin Inc
$644K
5 grants
Imagine H2O Inc
$550K
3 grants
Powell Gardens Inc
$250K
1 grant
Blue Forest Finance Inc
$100K
2 grants
National Kidney Foundation of Illinois
$100K
5 grants
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School
$64K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

80 grants

<$10K
53
grants
$10–50K
12
grants
$50–250K
11
grants
$250K–1M
3
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

11 states

Wisconsin
$1.8M
36% of total
Illinois
$1.1M
22% of total
Virginia
$1M
20% of total
California
$675K
14% of total
Missouri
$250K
5% of total
New York
$75K
2% of total
District of Columbia
$50K
1% of total
Kentucky
$18K
0% of total
Pennsylvania
$10K
0% of total
Colorado
$10K
0% of total

+1 more states

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