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The Lenke Foundation

Name: The Lenke Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

63
grants reported: $2.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Creighton University4 grants · $810,000
University of Notre Dame3 grants · $450,000
St Paul the Apostle Church1 grant · $100,000
Food Bank for New York City4 grants · $100,000
St Louis Priory1 grant · $100,000
Setting Scoliosis Straight3 grants · $80,000
Northwestern University1 grant · $75,000
Washington University in St Louis2 grants · $75,000
God'S Love We Delivery3 grants · $65,000
Global Spine Outreach2 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$652,000

2022

$637,000

2023

$385,000

2024

$590,000

2025

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$210,000
Creighton University · Omaha, NE · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$200,000
Creighton University · Omaha, NE · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$200,000
Creighton University · Omaha, NE · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$200,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$200,000
Creighton University · Omaha, NE · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$200,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$100,000
St Paul the Apostle Church · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$100,000
St Louis Priory · St Louis, MO · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$75,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$60,000
Setting Scoliosis Straight · San Diego, CA · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$50,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$50,000
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$35,000
Global Spine Outreach · Homer Glen, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$30,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$25,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$25,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$25,000
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$25,000
Global Spine Outreach · Homer Glen, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$25,000
Keep Memory Alive · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$25,000
The Jericho Project · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$25,000
Focos · Garden City, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$25,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$25,000
God'S Love We Delivery · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$25,000
New York Presbyterian Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$20,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$20,000
God'S Love We Delivery · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$20,000
The Campaign Against Hunger · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$20,000
Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$20,000
God'S Love We Delivery · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$20,000
Ny Common Pantry · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$20,000
The Campaign Against Hunger · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$10,000
National Spine Health Foundation · Reston, VA · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$10,000
Felician University · Rutherford, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$10,000
National Spine Health Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$10,000
St Andrew'S Charitable Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$10,000
National Spine Health Foundation · Reston, VA · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$10,000
Setting Scoliosis Straight · San Diego, CA · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$10,000
Felician University · Rutherford, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$10,000
San Diego Spine Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$10,000
Setting Scoliosis Straight · San Diego, CA · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$5,000
Solve Mecfs Initiative (Solve) · Glendale, CA · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$5,000
The Marfan Foundation · Port Washington, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$5,000
Villa Duchesne & Oak Hill · St Louis, MO · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$5,000
Gateway To Hope · Maplewood, MO · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$5,000
Medical Center Neighborhood Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$5,000
St Andrew'S Charitable Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$5,000
Pediatric Spine Foundation · Valley Forge, PA · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$5,000
St Andrew'S Charitable Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$5,000
The Magic House · St Louis, MO · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$5,000
Villa Duchesne & Oak Hill · St Louis, MO · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$3,000
Pelican University · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$3,000
Shooting Star Productions · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$2,500
Sun River Health Foundation · Peeksill, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$2,500
American Spinal Injury Association · Richmond, VA · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$2,500
Camp Sunrise · Monkton, MD · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$2,500
Stages St Louis · Chesterfield, MO · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$2,000
The Paulist Fathers · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$1,500
Familial Dysautonomia Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$1,000
Missouri State Thespians · Ballwin, MO · 2024
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$1,000
Felician University · Rutherford, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$1,000
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$1,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose
$500
Sacred Heart Home Health · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Unrestricted use in exempt purpose

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.