· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Doctors Without Borders | $10,000 |
| Lutheran World Relief | $10,000 |
| Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society | $10,000 |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $10,000 |
| Heifer Project International | $10,000 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital | $10,000 |
| Salvation Army | $7,500 |
| Family Forward | $7,500 |
| Focus on the Family | $5,000 |
| Jews for Jesus | $2,500 |
| Illinois Fire Safety Alliance | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL6× · 2020–2025 · $35k · revenue +30%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC5× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +78%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC5× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +20%
Funded once
- LCLutheran Church Caritiesone grant, 2020 · $5k
- PPreceptone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -2%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Interchurch medical assistance (ima world health) or (ima) advances health and healing for vulnerable and marginalized people in the developing world. interchurch medical assistance, inc. is a subsidiary of corus international. as such…
Lutheran family services of nebraska, inc.'s (lfs) mission is to express god's love for all people by providing quality human care services that build and strengthen individual, family and community life. our vision is saftey, hope and…
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
To manage an international development, health, and relief focused family of organizations helping people and communities lift themselves out of poverty, support well-being of individuals, families and communities, and provide…
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
Medical teams international is a christian humanitarian relief agency focused on providing life-saving medical care for people in crisis.
To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.
The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
As part of the body of christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of jesus christ and become a part of the local church.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES FUND ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC ↗
- Who funds NAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds FAMILYFORWARD ↗
- Who funds Precept ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS FIRE SAFETY ALLIANCE ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John & Anne Lichner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John & Anne Lichner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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