Indiana · Public charity
Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc
The Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation supports charitable, religious and educational programs for the benefit of St. Joseph County, Indiana.
- $247k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
78% of Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of St Joseph County Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2025
- $168k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 5 | $38k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Gardens | $20,000 | 3 | 2% |
| St Margarets House | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Camp Millhouse Inc | $18,750 | 2 | 2% |
| Heroes Camp Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Reins of Life Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Green Bridge Growers | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Enfocus Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Downtown South Bend Inc Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Indiana Corridor Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dismas House of Indiana Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Gardens | $20,000 | 3 | 2% |
| St Margarets House | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Camp Millhouse Inc | $18,750 | 2 | 2% |
| Heroes Camp Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Reins of Life Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Green Bridge Growers | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Enfocus Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Downtown South Bend Inc Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Indiana Corridor Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dismas House of Indiana Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Rescue Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · Asante Foundation Inc · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · Muessel Ellison Mem Irr Tua · Fields Foundation Irr Tua · The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation · Clark Sa & Fp Mem Fd Irr Tua · The Pokagon Fund Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
Compare Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc
- How much does Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc give?
- Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $167,500, out of $247,457 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (51%), Education (43%), Health (1%).
- Who are Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Unity Gardens ($20k), St Margarets House ($20k), Camp Millhouse Inc ($19k).
- Does Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc, University of Notre Dame du Lac, Carroll F V Char Tr-Main.
- Where is Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc based?
- Jon and Sonja Laidig Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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