· Private foundation
The Elden E and Judith a Von Lehe 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ANSWERS IN GENESIS | $5,000 |
| FOCUS ON THE FAMILY | $5,000 |
| ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM | $5,000 |
| CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ENDOWENT | $5,000 |
| THE GARUNA FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP | $5,000 |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | $5,000 |
| CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY GEN MISSION | $5,000 |
| LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES | $2,000 |
| CENTER FOR ARIZONA POLICY | $2,000 |
| ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 51% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 11% of The Elden E and Judith a Von Lehe Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 29% of the giving stays in AZ; by stated purpose, 19%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TGTHE GARUNA FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +205%
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM9× · 2017–2025 · $32k · revenue +134%- AIANSWERS IN GENESIS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +100%
Funded once
- IHINDIAS HOPE SARAHS COVENANTone grant, 2021 · $1k
- IHINDIAS HOPESARAHS COVENANT HOMEone grant, 2020 · $1k
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…
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Vision africa is a god centetred ministry and mission organization whose purpose is to share gods love with the african people empowering africans to develop, staff, and manage life-saving, life changing
To reach as many people as possible with the good news of jesus christ and help them connect with god. we do this by playing positive, encouraging & uplifting christian music and programming, promoting a community of christian faiths,…
To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.
Assisting national Christian leaders around the world.
Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
To advance god's kingdom by funding the translation and printing of god's word into the heart language of all people beginning in the former soviet union.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 20 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.
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Elden E and Judith a Von Lehe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Elden E and Judith a Von Lehe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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