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Private foundation (trust)EIN 813480255Est. 2017-12

ZELL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION

CHICAGO, IL 60606

Total Assets

$20.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$245K

FY 2024

Grants Made

2

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$123K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$240K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$112K

Zell entrepreneurship foundation ("foundation") supports educational entrepreneurship programs at three educational institutions in carrying out its charitable purpose. The educational institutions and programs supported by the foundation are the zell fellows program at northwestern university's kellogg school of management, the zell entrepreneurship program at reichman university, and the samuel zell and robert h. Lurie institute for entrepreneurial studies at the university of michigan's ross school of business. A significant focus for the foundation is to support these three programs through the zell global entrepreneurship network ("zgen"), a networking program for students and alumni from these programs.

Focus Areas

Education

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$214K

Total Expenses

$428K

Qualifying Distributions

$373K

Distributable Amount

$402K

Min. Investment Return

$404K

Payout rate 93%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.93%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $406K in 2020. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

9 grants

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF IDC
$745K
3 grants
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$166K
4 grants
JUNIOR ECONOMIC CLUB OF CHICAGO
$10K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

9 grants

<$10K
2
grants
$10–50K
3
grants
$50–250K
3
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

3 states

New York
$745K
81% of total
Michigan
$166K
18% of total
Illinois
$10K
1% of total

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