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Thierer Family Foundation: 13 grants to organizations, $638,904 (tax year ended December 2024)
Thierer Family Foundation, a private foundation in Chicago, IL, paid 13 grants to organizations totaling $638,904 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 6, 2025. The largest was $400,000 to Food Access Project in Chicago, IL for food & basic necessities.
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- EIN
- 810718077
- Based in
- Chicago, IL
- Assets
- $6,430,192
- Grants paid
- $638,904
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 6, 2025, IRS object ID 202503109349101905. It reported $638,904 in grants paid; 13 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Access Project | Chicago, IL | Food & basic necessities | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sinai Health System | Chicago, IL | Healthcare | Health care | $102,527 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | Food & basic necessities | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Arts & culture grant | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,377 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | Annual support and prepared meal operations | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Botanical Gardens | Glencoe, IL | General funding | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | Boston, MA | General funding | Community improvement and capacity building | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Cancer Society | Chicago, IL | Luncheon | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Arts & culture grant | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Little Heroes League | Chicago, IL | Food & basic necessities | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Manna Food Bank | Asheville, NC | General funding | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwest Arkansas Food Bank | Lowell, AR | Food & basic necessities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| MPN Research Foundation | Chicago, IL | General funding | Medical research | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2023
From the Form 990-PF filed January 21, 2025, IRS object ID 202540219349100304. It reported $725,597 in grants paid; 15 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Access Project | Chicago, IL | Food & basic necessities | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Arts & culture grant | Arts, culture and humanities | $49,730 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Tennessee | Knoxville, TN | Sirang scholarship fund | $46,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Breakthrough T1D (fka JDRF) | Chicago, IL | Healthcare | $25,183 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Arts & culture grant | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Heart Association | Johnston, IA | Healthcare grant | $15,456 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pickles Group Inc | Winnetka, IL | Healthcare | Youth development | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| All Chicago | Chicago, IL | Food & basic necessities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | Food & basic necessities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Arts & culture grant | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Microsoft Philanthropies | Redmond, WA | Transportation and supplies for summer program | $5,128 | apps.irs.gov | |
| I Am Als | Washington, DC | General funding | Health care | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Little Heroes League | Chicago, IL | Food & basic necessities | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jeffrey Pride Foundation | Barrington, IL | Healthcare | Medical research | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sinai Health System | Chicago, IL | Healthcare | Health care | $1,600 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $925,000 |
| Health care | $109,127 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $105,107 |
| Youth development | $15,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $10,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 |
| Education | $10,000 |
| Medical research | $3,500 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Illinois | $1,272,917 |
| Tennessee | $46,000 |
| Iowa | $15,456 |
| Massachusetts | $10,000 |
| Washington | $5,128 |
| North Carolina | $5,000 |
| Arkansas | $5,000 |
| District of Columbia | $5,000 |
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Updated November 6, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.