Funders › IL › Zell Family Foundation › 2020
Grants paid by Zell Family Foundation, tax year 2020
EIN 36-3487811 · Chicago, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2020, Zell Family Foundation (EIN 36-3487811) reported 82 grants paid totaling $20,887,167. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2020
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago, IL | B | $20,000,000 | approved, future | REDUCTION OF DEBT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation Chicago, IL | B | $18,000,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT - FURTHERING THE GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Teach for America New York, NY | B | $2,250,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Zell Entrepreneurship Foundation Chicago, IL | B | $2,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT - FURTHERING THE GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Steppenwolf Theatre Company Chicago, IL | C | $1,460,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Ounce of Prevention Chicago, IL | U | $1,000,000 | paid | EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School Chicago, IL | B | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago, IL | B | $1,000,000 | paid | REDUCTION OF DEBT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL | B | $1,000,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago, IL | B | $1,000,000 | paid | REDUCTION OF DEBT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School Chicago, IL | B | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | American Friends of Idc New York, NY | C | $1,000,000 | paid | ZELL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago, IL | B | $950,000 | paid | MUSIC DIRECTOR POSITION AND PROGRAMS | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Imentor Inc New York, NY | B | $750,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | U | $700,000 | paid | ZELL-LURIE INSTITUTE | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Steppenwolf Theatre Company Chicago, IL | C | $630,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | U | $600,000 | paid | ZELL GRADUATE FELLOWS | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Jewish United Fund Chicago, IL | U | $550,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | U | $550,000 | paid | POST MFA WRITING FELLOWSHIP | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Rochelle Zell Jewish High School Deerfield, IL | B | $500,000 | paid | REDUCTION OF DEBT FOR GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Inc (fire) Philadelphia, PA | D | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL | B | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Steppenwolf Theatre Company Chicago, IL | C | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Chicago High School for the Arts Chicago, IL | B | $415,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | U | $400,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Young Chicago Authors Chicago, IL | B | $375,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | University of Colorado Foundation Denver, CO | B | $375,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | National Ramah Commission Inc New York, NY | B | $344,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Teach for America New York, NY | B | $333,334 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL | B | $300,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Lyric Opera Chicago, IL | D | $250,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Imentor Inc New York, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | U | $250,000 | paid | HZ WRITER'S PROGRAM | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Boulder Jcc Boulder, CO | D | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Teach for All New York, NY | B | $225,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | A Better Chicago Chicago, IL | C | $200,000 | paid | CATALYST FUND | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | U | $200,000 | paid | ZELL-LURIE INSTITUTE | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $200,000 | paid | SPEAKER SERIES | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | U | $200,000 | paid | ZELL-LURIE INSTITUTE | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Birthright Israel Foundation New York, NY | C | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | U | $183,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Northwestern University-Feinberg School Evanston, IL | D | $150,000 | paid | RESIDENT READINESS | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | University of Colorado Foundation Denver, CO | B | $150,000 | paid | CURRICULUM INNOVATION | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Lyric Opera Chicago, IL | D | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Chicago Public Education Fund Chicago, IL | B | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $150,000 | paid | KIDNEY DISEASE RESEARCH | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Boulder Jcc Boulder, CO | D | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Young Chicago Authors Chicago, IL | B | $125,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Chicago Park District Chicago, IL | U | $125,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | The Point Magazine Chicago, IL | C | $100,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Facing History and Ourselves Brookeline, MA | C | $100,000 | paid | CPS CURRICULUM | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Renaissance Society Chicago, IL | U | $100,000 | paid | NEXT CENTURY FUND | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Chicago West Community Music Center Chicago, IL | B | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $100,000 | approved, future | KIDNEY DISEASE RESEARCH | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | The Point Magazine Chicago, IL | C | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | National Ramah Commission Inc New York, NY | B | $86,000 | paid | CAMP SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Chicago Children's Museum Chicago, IL | B | $80,000 | paid | FREE FIRST SUNDAYS | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | International Music Foundation Chicago, IL | U | $80,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $60,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | United States Artists Chicago, IL | U | $60,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Center for American Entrepreneuership Great Falls, VA | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Chicago Public Library Foundation Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Jewish Theological Seminary New York, NY | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Ucsf Foundation San Francisco, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES - RHEUMATOLOGY | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Communityhealth Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Window to the World Communication Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | approved, future | EXPLORING MUSIC PROGRAM | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Teach for America New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | The Point Magazine Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | The Point Magazine Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Marwen Chicago, IL | D | $45,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Pj Library Chicago, IL | U | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Urban Gateways Chicago, IL | C | $34,833 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Onegoal Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Ounce of Prevention Chicago, IL | U | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | American Symphony Orchestra League New York, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Highland Park, IL | U | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | The American Writers Museum Chicago, IL | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Merit School of Music Chicago, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Listen Foundation Inc Greenwood Village, CO | B | $20,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Window to the World Communication Chicago, IL | C | $17,500 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Window to the World Communication Chicago, IL | C | $17,500 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Junior Economic Club of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $15,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Michigan B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Inc Ann Arbor, MI | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | American Enterprise Institute Washington DC, DC | D | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Sharsheret Inc Teaneck, NJ | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | After School Matters Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Institute for Humane Studies Arlington, VA | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Junior Economic Club of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Junior Achievement Chicago, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Invest for Kids Inc Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Lincoln Park Zoological Society Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Grant Park Orchestral Association Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
| 2020 | Window to the World Communication Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202103139349102075 |
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