Funding search · EIN 271961575 · Wilmington, DE

Maurie & Ethel Meltzer 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.

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 20212024. 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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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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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.