Funding search · EIN 227723097 · Saint Louis, MO

Leo Niessen Jr Charitable Tr-Main

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

96
grants reported
$777,113
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$7,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • National Constitution Center3 grants · $75,000
  • A Meaningful Purpose2 grants · $36,613
  • Greater Philadelphia Chamber of2 grants · $35,000
  • Red Cloud Indian School3 grants · $30,000
  • La Salle University3 grants · $30,000
  • Holy Redeemer Health System3 grants · $27,500
  • Fund for Girard College3 grants · $27,500
  • Valley Youth House Committee1 grant · $25,000
  • Drueding Center3 grants · $25,000
  • Holy Family University2 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$224,113
2022
$245,500
2023
$307,500
2024

Grant history

All 96 reported grants, largest first.

  • $25,000

    A Meaningful Purpose · Egg Harbor Township, NJ · 2024

    General operating

  • $25,000

    National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Greater Philadelphia Chamber of · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $25,000

    National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Valley Youth House Committee · Bethlehem, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $25,000

    National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $18,000

    American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating

  • $17,500

    Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $15,000

    Holy Family University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Red Cloud Indian School · Pine Ridge, SD · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $11,613

    A Meaningful Purpose · Egg Hbr Twp, NJ · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Fo · Conshohocken, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Drueding Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Eagles Autism Challenge · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Friendship Circle Delaware Valley · Newtown, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Fund for Girard College · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Holy Family University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Holy Redeemer Health System · Meadowbrook, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    La Salle University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Make a Wish Foundation of Philly · Blue Bell, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Urban Affairs Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    William H Gray Iii Memorial Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    American Bible Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Bucks County Jewish Center · Newtown, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Fund for Girard College · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Holy Redeemer Health System · Meadowbrook, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    La Salle University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Weitzman National Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Academy in Manayunk · Conshohocken, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $10,000

    American Bible Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Antidefamation League · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Greater Philadelphia Chamber of · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Jewish Russian Center · Marlboro, NJ · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    La Salle University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $10,000

    Red Cloud Indian School · Pine Ridge, SD · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $10,000

    Roman Catholic High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $7,500

    Academy in Manayunk · Conshohocken, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Ipraxis · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Scholarships

  • $7,500

    Drueding Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $7,500

    G Fred Dibona Jr Memorial Foundation · Gladwyne, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Ipraxis · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $7,500

    Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Fo · Conshohocken, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Drueding Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Fund for Girard College · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $7,500

    Holy Redeemer Health System · Meadowbrook, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Ipraxis · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $7,500

    Summer Search · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Albert M Greenfield Home and School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Angel Flight East · Blue Bell, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Ceasefire Pennsylvania Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Devereux Foundation · Villanova, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    G Fred Dibona Jr Memorial Foundation · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Heights Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Independence Historical Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Manor College · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    National Liberty Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Red Cloud Indian School · Pine Ridge, SD · 2024

    Scholarships

  • $5,000

    Sisters of Saint Basil the Great · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Summer Search · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    The Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    The Precision Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Valley Youth House Committee · Allentown, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Academy in Manayunk · Conshohocken, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Cradle of Liberty Council Boy · Wayne, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Horizons Greater Philadelphia · Wayne, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Precision Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Somerset Academy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia in · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Wissahickon Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Congreso De Latinos Unidos · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    G Fred Dibona Jr Memorial Foundation · Gladwyne, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Headstrong Foundation · Woodlyn, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Independence Historical Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Precision Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Wissahickon Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Insurance Society of Philadelphia · Mount Laurel, NJ · 2024

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Catholic Partnerships Schools · Camden, NJ · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Graduate Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Nueva Esperanza · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Friends of Independence · Independence, OH · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Headstrong Foundation · Woodlyn, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Williamson College of the Trades · Media, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    World Affairs Council of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Caring for Friends · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    The Philadelphia Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $2,500

    Variety the Childrens Charity of the Del · Worcester, PA · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $1,500

    Wissahickon Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

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