Funding search · EIN 271961575 · Wilmington, DE

Maurie & Ethel Meltzer Family Foundation

Name: Maurie & Ethel Meltzer Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

47
grants reported: $489,282
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $4,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Funding Interns Isa Nfp4 grants · $167,220
Cure Alzheimer'S Fund2 grants · $95,626
Alzheimers Disease Research Foundation - Cure Alzh2 grants · $80,382
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago4 grants · $60,441
Planned Parenthood of Illinois4 grants · $17,105
Sierra Club Foundation4 grants · $16,000
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation3 grants · $12,254
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia An3 grants · $12,000
Brain Research Foundation1 grant · $4,254
American Society for Technion- Israel Institute of4 grants · $4,000

Giving over time

$116,008

2021

$117,500

2022

$125,642

2023

$130,132

2024

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

$50,626
Cure Alzheimer'S Fund · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$45,142
Funding Interns Isa Nfp · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted (see attached general explanation)
$45,000
Cure Alzheimer'S Fund · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$42,000
Funding Interns Isa Nfp · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$40,382
Alzheimers Disease Research Foundation - Cure Alzh · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2021
General & Unrestricted (see attached general explanation)
$40,078
Funding Interns Isa Nfp · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$40,000
Alzheimers Disease Research Foundation - Cure Alzh · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$40,000
Funding Interns Isa Nfp · Highland Park, IL · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$15,315
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$15,126
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General & Unrestricted (see attached general explanation)
$15,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,105
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$4,254
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$4,254
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$4,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Illinois chapter of Sierra club, woods and wetland
$4,000
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia An · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Health, Equity and Reproductive Opportunity (HERO) fund
$4,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Illinois Chapter of Sierra Club, woods and wetland project
$4,000
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia An · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
Health, Equity and Reproductive Opportunity (HERO) fund
$4,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Illinois Chapter of Sierra club, woods and wetland project
$4,000
Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia An · New York, NY · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021
illinois chapter of sierra club, woods and wetlands project
$3,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Window To the World · Chicago, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Society for Technion- Israel Institute of · Chicago, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Society for Technion- Israel Institute of · Chicago, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Childrens Research Fund-Junior Board · Chicago, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Window To the World · Chicago, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Society for Technion- Israel Institute of · Chicago, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Childrens Research Fund-Junior Board · Chicago, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois · Skokie, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Society for Technion- Israel Institute of · Chicago, IL · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Childrens Research Fund-Junior Board · Chicago, IL · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois · Skokie, IL · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$500
Solve Mecfs Initiative · Glendale, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$500
Solve Mecfs Initiative · Glendale, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$500
Solve Mecfs Initiative · Glendale, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$500
Solve Mecfs Initiative · Glendale, CA · 2021
General & Unrestricted

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