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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “zell”
Where the money went
Largest: $24.0M to BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL — zell family fund for jewish education
Jewish Federation of MetropolitanChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2024Largest: $677,245 to ROCHELLE ZELL JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL — grants from donor advised funds- operating support
Crown Family FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $636,063 to Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School — tuition assistance, tuition accessibility partnership funds funding for the 2024-2025 school year
Largest: $100,000 to ROCHELLE ZELL JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL — general operating
Rochelle Zell Jewish High SchoolDeerfield, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $5.9M · through 2024Largest: $736,200 to ROCHELLE ZELL JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL — payments for school operations and israel trip scholarship
Harvey L Miller Supporting FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $650,000 to Rochelle Zell Jewish High School — general operating support and debt relief
Largest: $100,000 to BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL — general operating support
Largest: $24,602 to BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL — to support charitable purposes
Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day SchoolChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $23.5M · through 2024Largest: $23.5M to BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND — grant to the endowment fund
Chicago Cubs CharitiesChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL — school all star grant
Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day SchoolChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $2.2M to BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL — to fund general operations of the school
Largest: $10,000 to Rochelle Zell Jewish High School — cultural and religious
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →