Funding search · EIN 810718077 · Chicago, IL

Thierer Family Foundation

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 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

basicfoodnecessitieshealthcareartsculturescholarshipsirang

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Funding pattern

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11 grants matching “necessity · $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

    Austin pantry

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.