Indiana · Private foundation
John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable 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.
- $83k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,796
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $82k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $102k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $59k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $87k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | $53,235 | 5 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $53,235 | 5 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $53,235 | 5 | 0% |
| Easter Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley Region | $53,235 | 5 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $29,639 | 3 | 0% |
| Hinckley Historical Society | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hinckley Area Food Pantry | $6,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Dekalb County Animal Welfare League Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tails Humane Society | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($114k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable 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
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About John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation
- How much does John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation give?
- John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $83,480 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (42%), Public Safety & Disaster (19%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Salvation Army ($53k), American Heart Association Inc ($53k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($53k).
- Does John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable 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 D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dekalb County Community Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation based?
- John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation is based in IN.
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