Funding search · EIN 810718077 · Chicago, IL

Thierer Family Foundation

Name: Thierer Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

43
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

basic food necessities healthcare arts culture scholarship sirang

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

11 grants matching “necessities” · $1.2M

$400,000
Food Access Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Food & basic necessities
$35,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2024
Food & basic necessities
$5,000
Little Heroes League · Chicago, IL · 2024
Food & basic necessities
$5,000
Northwest Arkansas Food Bank · Lowell, AR · 2024
Food & basic necessities
$500,000
Food Access Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Food & basic necessities
$10,000
All Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Food & basic necessities
$10,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2023
Food & basic necessities
$5,000
Little Heroes League · Chicago, IL · 2023
Food & basic necessities
$165,500
Food Acess Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
Food & basic necessities
$60,000
Ignite · Chicago, IL · 2022
Food & basic necessities
$15,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022
Food & basic necessities

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Food Access Project2 grants · $900,000
Food Acess Project1 grant · $165,500
Lyric Opera of Chicago3 grants · $110,107
Sinai Health System2 grants · $104,127
University of Tennesee1 grant · $60,850
Nourishing Hope3 grants · $60,000
Ignite1 grant · $60,000
Dions Chicago Dream1 grant · $50,000
University of Tennessee1 grant · $46,000
Lakeview Pantry1 grant · $40,000

Giving over time

$493,350

2022

$725,597

2023

$638,904

2024

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
Food Access Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Food & basic necessities
$400,000
Food Access Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Food & basic necessities
$165,500
Food Acess Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
Food & basic necessities
$102,527
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2024
Healthcare
$60,850
University of Tennesee · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Sirang scholarship fund
$60,000
Ignite · Chicago, IL · 2022
Food & basic necessities
$50,000
Dions Chicago Dream · Matteson, IL · 2022
Dream deliveries
$49,730
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Arts & culture grant
$46,000
University of Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Sirang scholarship fund
$40,000
Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2022
Grant - online market
$35,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2024
Food & basic necessities
$35,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Rising stars
$25,377
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Arts & culture grant
$25,183
Breakthrough T1d (Fka Jdrf) · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healthcare
$25,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Annual support and prepared meal operations
$25,000
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Arts & culture grant
$25,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
$15,456
American Heart Association · Johnston, IA · 2023
Healthcare grant
$15,000
Chicago Botanical Gardens · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General funding
$15,000
Pickles Group · Winnetka, IL · 2023
Healthcare
$15,000
Jdrf · Chicago, IL · 2022
Healthcare grant
$15,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022
Food & basic necessities
$10,000
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
General funding
$10,000
All Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Food & basic necessities
$10,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2023
Food & basic necessities
$10,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Arts & culture grant
$10,000
One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2022
Educational opportunities
$5,128
Microsoft Philanthropies · Redmond, WA · 2023
Transportation and supplies for summer program
$5,000
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Luncheon
$5,000
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Arts & culture grant
$5,000
Little Heroes League · Chicago, IL · 2024
Food & basic necessities
$5,000
Manna Food Bank · Asheville, NC · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Northwest Arkansas Food Bank · Lowell, AR · 2024
Food & basic necessities
$5,000
I Am Als · Washington, DC · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Little Heroes League · Chicago, IL · 2023
Food & basic necessities
$5,000
American Heart Association · Desmoines, IA · 2022
Healthcare
$5,000
Classic Lyric Arts · New York, NY · 2022
Arts & culture
$5,000
Jeffrey Pride Foundation · Barrington, IL · 2022
Healthcare
$2,500
Jeffrey Pride Foundation · Barrington, IL · 2023
Healthcare
$1,600
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healthcare
$1,000
Mpn Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
$1,000
Chicago Public Library · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
$1,000
Iglasia Evangelica · Chicago, IL · 2022
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