Funding search · EIN 411989004 · Minneapolis, MN

Chizek Family Foundation

Name: Chizek Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

81
grants reported: $448,250
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships

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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.

Top recipients

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

Indiana University Foundation4 grants · $120,000
Twin Cities Public Television3 grants · $35,000
Minnesota Public Radio3 grants · $30,000
Animal Humane Society3 grants · $30,000
The Loppet Foundation3 grants · $23,000
The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota3 grants · $23,000
Climate Generation3 grants · $21,000
Pets for the Elderly Foundation3 grants · $18,000
Planned Parenthood Mn Nd Sd3 grants · $15,750
Gender Justice3 grants · $14,000

Giving over time

$60,000

2022

$105,000

2023

$124,250

2024

$159,000

2025

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$60,000
Indiana University Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Scholarships
$20,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2025
Scholarships
$20,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Scholarships
$20,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Scholarships
$15,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Animal Humane Society · Golden Valley, MN · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Minnesota Public Radio · St Paul, MN · 2025
General operations
$10,000
The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operations
$10,000
The Loppet Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Animal Humane Society · Golden Valley, MN · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Minnesota Public Radio · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Animal Humane Society · Golden Valley, MN · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Minnesota Public Radio · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operations
$8,000
Climate Generation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operations
$8,000
Gender Justice · St Paul, MN · 2025
General operations
$7,000
Pets for the Elderly Foundation · San Tan Valley, AZ · 2025
General operations
$7,000
Climate Generation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operations
$7,000
The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operations
$7,000
The Loppet Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operations
$6,000
Mnsnap · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operations
$6,000
Pets for the Elderly Foundation · San Tan Valley, AZ · 2024
General operations
$6,000
Climate Generation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operations
$6,000
The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operations
$6,000
The Loppet Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operations
$5,750
Planned Parenthood Mn Nd Sd · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Fresh Energy · St Paul, MN · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Friends of the Boundary Waters · St Paul, MN · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Friends of the Mississippi River · St Paul, MN · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Minnesota Environmental Partnership · St Paul, MN · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Mn Nd Sd · St Paul, MN · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Pets for the Elderly Foundation · San Tan Valley, AZ · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Mn Nd Sd · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operations
$4,000
Caring for Cats · St Paul, MN · 2025
General operations
$4,000
Fresh Energy · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
$4,000
Friends of the Mississippi River · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
$4,000
Gender Justice · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Jazz88kbem · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Kfai Fresh Air Radio · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Land Stewardship Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Our Streets · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Caring for Cats · North St Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Caring for Cats · North St Paul, MN · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Fresh Energy · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Friends of the Mississippi River · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operations
$2,500
St Louis Park Emergency Program · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
General operations
$2,000
Educate the Children · Ithaca, NY · 2025
General operations
$2,000
Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2025
General operations
$2,000
League of American Bicyclists · Washington, DC · 2025
General operations
$2,000
Educate the Children · Ithaca, NY · 2024
General operations
$2,000
Friends of the Boundary Waters · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
$2,000
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operations
$2,000
Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2024
General operations
$2,000
Land Stewardship Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operations
$2,000
Minnesota Environmental Partnership · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
$2,000
Minnesota Spay Neuter Assistance Program · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operations
$2,000
Our Streets · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operations
$2,000
Educate the Children · Ithaca, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,000
Gender Justice · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operations
$2,000
Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2023
General operations
$2,000
Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operations
$2,000
St Louis Park Emergency Program · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
General operations
$1,500
Gildas Club Twin Cities · Minnetonka, MN · 2024
General operations
$1,500
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operations
$1,500
Gildas Club Twin Cities · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
General operations
$1,500
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Gildas Club Twin Cities · Minnetonka, MN · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Lake Minnetonka Association · Excelsior, MN · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Lake Minnetonka Association · Excelsior, MN · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Lake Minnetonka Association · Excelsior, MN · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Minnesota Environmental Partnership · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$500
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$500
Wikimedia Foundation Org · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operations
$500
Charity Navigator · Bellmawr, NJ · 2023
General operations
$500
Wikimedia Foundation Org · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operations

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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.