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 2022–2024. 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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3 grants matching “girard” · $27,500
- $10,000
Fund for Girard College · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General operating
- $10,000
Fund for Girard College · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operating
- $7,500
Fund for Girard College · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating purposes
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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