Illinois · Private foundation
John & Anne Lichner Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $85k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $945k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations John & Anne Lichner Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $85k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $38k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $41k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $49k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heifer Project International | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $35,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lutheran Church Charities Fund | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lutheran World Relief Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heifer Project International | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $35,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lutheran Church Charities Fund | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lutheran World Relief Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Familyforward | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Jews for Jesus | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Precept | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Fire Safety Alliance | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John & Anne Lichner 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
About John & Anne Lichner Foundation
- How much does John & Anne Lichner Foundation give?
- John & Anne Lichner Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $85,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does John & Anne Lichner Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), International (22%), Religion (16%).
- Who are John & Anne Lichner Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Heifer Project International ($35k), The Salvation Army ($35k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($30k).
- Does John & Anne Lichner Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Anne Lichner 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 John & Anne Lichner Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is John & Anne Lichner Foundation based?
- John & Anne Lichner Foundation is based in IL.
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