Illinois · Private foundation
Zellis 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.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $49M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Zellis Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $558k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $2.3M | 41% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.0M | 38% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $380k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $195k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $150k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $1,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rheumatology Research Foundation | $800,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Northwestern University | $450,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Emanuel | $320,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $195,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Hearing Health Foundation | $125,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Harold Grinspoon Foundation | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heart and Armor Foundation | $70,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Sharsheret Inc | $62,500 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $1,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rheumatology Research Foundation | $800,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Northwestern University | $450,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Emanuel | $320,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $195,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Hearing Health Foundation | $125,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Harold Grinspoon Foundation | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heart and Armor Foundation | $70,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Sharsheret Inc | $62,500 | 5 | 0% |
| National Ramah Commission Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seeds of Peace Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Colorado Academy | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| So All May Eat Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hearing Loss Association of America | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Roots | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Denver Center for the Performing Arts | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunbird Initiative | $7,895 | 1 | 1% |
| HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($380k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Zellis Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Zellis Family Foundation
- How much does Zellis Family Foundation give?
- Zellis Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $2,749,139 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Zellis Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (34%), Religion (22%), Education (22%).
- Who are Zellis Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: University of Colorado Foundation ($1.0M), Rheumatology Research Foundation ($800k), Northwestern University ($450k).
- Does Zellis Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zellis Family 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Zellis Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Zellis Family Foundation based?
- Zellis Family Foundation is based in IL.
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