Illinois · Private foundation
Zell Entrepreneurship 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.
- $245k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $240,445
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $240,445
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $245k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $225k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $406k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $589k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Reichman University Inc | $1,341,781 | 5 | 5% |
| University of Michigan | $206,314 | 6 | 38% |
| Junior Economic Club of Chicago | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
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About Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation
- How much does Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation give?
- Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $245,445 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (86%), Health (13%), Community Improvement (1%).
- Who are Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: American Friends of Reichman University Inc ($1.3M), University of Michigan ($206k), Junior Economic Club of Chicago ($10k).
- Does Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation based?
- Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation is based in IL.
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