· Private foundation
Maurie & Ethel Meltzer Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $55k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $51k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND | $50,626 |
| FUNDING INTERNS ISA NFP | $40,078 |
| JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO | $15,315 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ILLINOIS | $5,105 |
| BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $4,254 |
| LYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION | $4,254 |
| SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER | $3,000 |
| WINDOW TO THE WORLD | $2,000 |
| AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION- ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF | $1,000 |
| SOLVE MECFS INITIATIVE INC | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 34% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION3× · 2019–2024 · $136k · revenue +85%
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO8× · 2017–2024 · $121k · revenue +13%
- NANATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION7× · 2017–2023 · $35k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- EEEPIC - ENGAGING PHILANTHROPY INSPIRING CREATIVESone grant, 2019 · $20k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…
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The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…
The sanford consortium is a collaboration among five preeminent life science research institutions formed to enable renowned scientists with expertise in stem cell and regenerative medicine research to collaborate to seek transformative…
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…
Unlocking the secrets of life itself is the driving force behind the salk institute. our team of world-class, award-winning scientists pushes boundaries of knowledge in areas such as neuroscience, cancer research, aging, immunobiology,…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
NREF supports basic science and clinical research, as well as life-long education, to foster improved outcomes for our patients with neurosurgical diseases.
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 19 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION ↗
- Who funds Planned Parenthood of Illinois ↗
- Who funds LYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
- Who funds WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOLVE ME CFS INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH SUBURBAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Maurie & Ethel Meltzer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maurie & Ethel Meltzer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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