Michigan · Private foundation
The Leppien 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $187k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Leppien Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k 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 | 10 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $1.1M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $1.4M | 7% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $862k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $742k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $880k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $2.9M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $2.8M | 7% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compassion International Incorporated | $6,010,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Keys for Kids Ministries Inc | $1,397,400 | 9 | 21% |
| Intentional Life Media | $700,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Northern Christian Radio | $500,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $450,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Anderson University Inc | $450,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Need Him National Media Outreach Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Eagle Village Inc | $275,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Insight for Living | $250,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Good News Media Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 15% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compassion International Incorporated | $6,010,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Keys for Kids Ministries Inc | $1,397,400 | 9 | 21% |
| Intentional Life Media | $700,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Northern Christian Radio | $500,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $450,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Anderson University Inc | $450,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Need Him National Media Outreach Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Eagle Village Inc | $275,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Insight for Living | $250,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Good News Media Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Crisis Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Leppien 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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Leppien Foundation
- How much does The Leppien Foundation give?
- The Leppien Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $1,019,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Leppien Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (48%), Religion (47%), Education (3%).
- Who are The Leppien Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Compassion International Incorporated ($6.0M), Keys for Kids Ministries Inc ($1.4M), Intentional Life Media ($700k).
- Does The Leppien Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Leppien 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 The Leppien Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Leppien Foundation based?
- The Leppien Foundation is based in MI.
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