Private foundation · EIN 36-6054751 · Chicago, IL · Return for the year ending 2024-11-30

Where Mazza Foundation's grants went

It reported $2.09M in grants paid across 35 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 67.7% of those dollars to 24 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
NONE
Deadlines
NONE
Restrictions
NONE

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 33 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Big Shoulders Fund
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3490557
$300,000SCHOLARSHIPS, HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Misericordia Foundation
Chicago, IL · EIN 23-7285834
$300,000NEW RESIDENCESame street 1.00
Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$300,000NEUROMUSCULAR PROGRAMUnmatched Help match
Northwestern Memorial Foundation
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$250,000PRECISION NEUROLOGYUnmatched Help match
Depaul University
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2167048
$200,000SCHOLARSHIPSSame address 1.00
Loyola University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-1408475
$125,000ARRUPE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPSSame address 0.99
Little Sisters of the Poor Chicago St Mary's Home
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2482272
$75,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 0.92
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6008929
$75,000LEARNING & CIVIC ENGAGEMENTSame address 0.84
Loyola Press
Chicago, IL · EIN 32-0477771
$70,000HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS PROGRAMSame address 1.00
Lumen Christi Institute
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4191992
$50,000UNIV PROG, SUMMER SEMINARS, HS PROGSame address 1.00
Red Cloud Indian School
Pine Ridge, SD · EIN 46-0275071
$50,000SCHOLARSHIPSSame address 1.00
Grant Park Music Festival
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$40,0002024 SEASONUnmatched Help match
Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$30,000COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTUnmatched Help match
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3467607
$25,000TEAM SHAKESPEARESame address 1.00
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2167797
$25,000INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY SCIENCE TEACHINGSame address 0.87
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2651505
$20,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Chicago Lighthouse Industries
Chicago, IL · EIN 47-5665042
$15,000CRIS MEDIA PROGRAMSame address 0.77
Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep
Waukegan, IL · EIN 42-1597059
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6000520
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 0.60
Gilda's Club Chicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4115144
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Inspiration Corporation
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3673980
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Ravinia Festival Association
Highland Park, IL · EIN 36-6002273
$10,000MUSIC DISCOVERY PROGRAMSame address 1.00
Chicago Botanic Garden
Glencoe, IL · no confident EIN match
$10,000SCIENCE CAREER CONTINUUM PROGRAMUnmatched Help match
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$10,000EDUCATION, CAREER RESOURCESUnmatched Help match
Mother McAuley High School
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$10,000SCHOLARSHIPSUnmatched Help match
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$10,000SCIENCE ON THE GO PROGRAMUnmatched Help match
The Illinois Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3906160
$7,500ART & FAITH PROGRAMSame address 1.00
Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Winnetka, IL · EIN 36-2183809
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 0.56
Highsight
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4042496
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3172591
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Ignatian Spirituality Project
Chicago, IL · EIN 20-5383724
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
The Joffrey Ballet
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4009741
$5,000COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTSame address 1.00
Uniting Voices Chicago (Chicago Children's Choir)
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match

2 more lines ($10K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    23 recipients in common
  2. Helen V Brach Foundation Chicago, IL
    14 recipients in common
  3. Dr Scholl Foundation Northbrook, IL
    14 recipients in common
  4. Jpmorgan Chase Foundation New York, NY
    13 recipients in common
  5. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    11 recipients in common
  6. Polk Bros Foundation Chicago, IL
    10 recipients in common
  7. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    10 recipients in common
  8. Arie and Ida Crown Memorial Chicago, IL
    9 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.