Illinois · Private foundation
Leon & Helen Church Family 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.
- $53k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 14
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $780k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Leon & Helen Church Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $53k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $49k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $52k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messiah Lutheran Church | $38,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Helen Keller Birthplace Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Lebanon Historical Society | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Disabled American Veterans Chapter 1 | $6,000 | 3 | 8% |
| The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
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About Leon & Helen Church Family Foundation
- How much does Leon & Helen Church Family Foundation give?
- Leon & Helen Church Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $52,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 14 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Leon & Helen Church Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Religion (25%), Health (17%).
- Who are Leon & Helen Church Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Messiah Lutheran Church ($38k), Helen Keller Birthplace Foundation ($15k), Lebanon Historical Society ($10k).
- Does Leon & Helen Church Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Leon & Helen Church Family 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.
- Where is Leon & Helen Church Family Foundation based?
- Leon & Helen Church Family Foundation is based in IL.
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