Funding search · EIN 833346001 · Troy, MI

Ericka and Matthew Thacker

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

106
grants reported
$267,237
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$278
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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4 grants matching “zell · $58,859

  • $10,361

    Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $13,036

    Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $10,860

    Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $24,602

    Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

Top recipients

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

  • Beacon Academy a Montessory High School4 grants · $67,364
  • Mishkan Chicago4 grants · $67,317
  • Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School4 grants · $58,859
  • University of Michigan1 grant · $25,525
  • Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club3 grants · $9,693
  • Circesteem4 grants · $6,680
  • Old Town School of Folk Music4 grants · $4,100
  • University of Chicago2 grants · $3,070
  • Jewish United Fund of Chicago2 grants · $1,980
  • Tamarack Camps1 grant · $1,800

Giving over time

$51,390
2022
$46,706
2023
$72,951
2024
$96,190
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 106 grants.

  • $26,414

    Beacon Academy a Montessory High School · Evanston, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $25,525

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $24,602

    Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $20,945

    Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $19,200

    Beacon Academy a Montessory High School · Evanston, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $18,450

    Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $15,952

    Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $13,036

    Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $11,970

    Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $11,050

    Beacon Academy a Montessory High School · Evanston, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $10,860

    Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $10,700

    Beacon Academy a Montessory High School · Evanston, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $10,361

    Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $3,150

    Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $3,000

    Circesteem · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $2,710

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Circesteem · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $2,463

    Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $1,800

    Jewish United Fund of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $1,800

    Tamarack Camps · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $1,250

    The Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $1,230

    Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $1,030

    Michigan Hillel · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    Circesteem · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    Camp Nebagamon Scholarship Fund · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $918

    Friends of Whitney M Young High School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $650

    Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $540

    Lakota Circle · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $530

    Chicago Windy City Ramblers · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $515

    American Technion Society · New York, NY · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $500

    American Technion Society · New York, NY · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $450

    Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $410

    Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $410

    Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $400

    Ravinia · Highland Park, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $371

    Open Books · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $360

    Chesedchicago · Lincolnwood, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $360

    Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $360

    Jewish Free Loan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $360

    The Ark Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $360

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington Dc, DC · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $360

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $360

    Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $360

    Community Partners for Affordable Housing · Libertyville, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $360

    The Ark Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $350

    Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $350

    Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $300

    Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $300

    Friends of Lakeview High School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $300

    Ravinia · Highland Park, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $300

    Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $290

    Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $265

    Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $250

    Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $250

    American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $250

    Family Action Network · Wilmette, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $250

    Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $240

    Garfield Park Conservatory · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $216

    Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $200

    Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $189

    Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $189

    Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $189

    Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $189

    Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $186

    Lawndale Christian Legal Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    Camp Nebagamon Scholarship Fund · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    Bronzeville Center for the Arts · Milwuakee, WI · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    Chesedchicago · Lincolnwood, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    The Ark Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes`

  • $180

    American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    Chicago Windy City Ramblers · Havey, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    The Ark Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington Dc, DC · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    Circesteem · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $180

    Jewish United Fund of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $150

    Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $150

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $150

    Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $150

    Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $120

    Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $120

    Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $120

    Garfield Park Conservatory · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $120

    Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $120

    Garfield Park Conservatory · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $120

    Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $100

    Graceland West Comunity Association · Chicago, IL · 2025

    To support charitable purposes

  • $100

    African Community and Conservation Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $100

    Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $100

    Great Plains Conservation Foundation · Jupiter, FL · 2024

    To support charitable purposes

  • $100

    Friends of Whitney M Young High School · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $100

    Graceland West Comunity Association · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $100

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023

    To support charitable purposes

  • $100

    Friends of Prentice · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

  • $100

    Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2022

    To support charitable purposes

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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.