Funding search · EIN 363447061 · Sterling, IL

Leo J Wahl Foundation

Name: Leo J Wahl 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.

260
grants reported: $528,752
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “brayton” · $1,500

$1,500
Swain Brayton · Morrison, IL · 2022
College expenses

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Gesiakowski Vivian4 grants · $16,000
Adams Mason4 grants · $14,000
Clark Harper3 grants · $12,400
Belling Erica4 grants · $12,000
Geil Paige4 grants · $12,000
Maxwell Owen4 grants · $12,000
Yde Emma3 grants · $11,800
Hernandez Julian3 grants · $8,000
Capes Elizabeth2 grants · $8,000
Campbell Lilliana4 grants · $8,000

Giving over time

$138,652

2022

$152,300

2023

$110,300

2024

$127,500

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 260 grants.

$4,200
Clark Harper · Polo, IL · 2023
College expenses
$4,200
Clark Harper · Polo, IL · 2022
College expenses
$4,000
Capes Elizabeth · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$4,000
Gesiakowski Vivian · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$4,000
Anderson Owen · Sterling, IL · 2024
College expenses
$4,000
Capes Elizabeth · Sterling, IL · 2024
College expenses
$4,000
Clark Harper · Polo, IL · 2024
College expenses
$4,000
Gesiakowski Vivian · Sterling, IL · 2024
College expenses
$4,000
Adams Mason · Sterling, IL · 2023
College expenses
$4,000
Gesiakowski Vivian · Sterling, IL · 2023
College expenses
$4,000
Yde Emma · Sterling, IL · 2023
College expenses
$4,000
Adams Mason · Sterling, IL · 2022
College expenses
$4,000
Gesiakowski Vivian · Sterling, IL · 2022
College expenses
$4,000
Yde Emma · Sterling, IL · 2022
College expenses
$3,800
Yde Emma · Sterling, IL · 2024
College expenses
$3,800
Rogalski Mia · Geneva, IL · 2023
College expenses
$3,800
Rogalski Mia · Lisle, IL · 2022
College expenses
$3,500
Ganther Bryahna · Rock Falls, IL · 2023
College expenses
$3,500
Ganther Bryahna · Rock Falls, IL · 2022
College expenses
$3,500
Sedig Quinn · Prophetstown, IL · 2022
College expenses
$3,500
Trader Gracie · Sterling, IL · 2022
College expenses
$3,000
Adams Mason · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$3,000
Anderson Owen · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$3,000
Aulwes William · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$3,000
Austin Ryan · Sterling, IL · 2025
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$3,000
Barlow Carson · Sublette, IL · 2025
College expenses
$3,000
Belling Erica · Fond Du Lac, WI · 2025
College expenses
$3,000
Contreras Vianney · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$3,000
Folgers Ben · Rock Falls, IL · 2025
College expenses
$3,000
Geil Paige · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$3,000
Martinez Jacob · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$3,000
Maxwell Owen · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$3,000
Papoccia Helen · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$3,000
Adams Mason · Sterling, IL · 2024
College expenses
$3,000
Belling Erica · Fond Dul Lac, WI · 2024
College expenses
$3,000
Geil Paige · Sterling, IL · 2024
College expenses
$3,000
Hernandez Julian · Rock Falls, IL · 2024
College expenses
$3,000
Kaylan Airiana · Fulton, IL · 2024
College expenses
$3,000
Maxwell Owen · Sterling, IL · 2024
College expenses
$3,000
Smedinghoff Alxandria · Saint Charles, IL · 2024
College expenses
$3,000
Belling Erica · Fond Dul Lac, WI · 2023
College expenses
$3,000
Caudillo Leticia · Sterling, IL · 2023
College expenses
$3,000
Geil Paige · Sterling, IL · 2023
College expenses
$3,000
Hernandez Julian · Rock Falls, IL · 2023
College expenses
$3,000
Kuntzl Molly · Dekalb, IL · 2023
College expenses
$3,000
Lopez Brian · Polo, IL · 2023
College expenses
$3,000
Maxwell Owen · Sterling, IL · 2023
College expenses
$3,000
Miller Jack · Davenport, IA · 2023
College expenses
$3,000
Belling Erica · Fond Dul Lac, WI · 2022
College expenses
$3,000
Clark Lucas · Sterling, IL · 2022
College expenses
$3,000
Geil Madeline · Sterling, IL · 2022
College expenses
$3,000
Geil Paige · Sterling, IL · 2022
College expenses
$3,000
Maxwell Owen · Sterling, IL · 2022
College expenses
$2,500
Zinanni Olivia · Sterling, IL · 2024
College expenses
$2,500
Belling Elyssa · Fond Dul Lac, WI · 2023
College expenses
$2,500
Zinanni Olivia · Sterling, IL · 2023
College expenses
$2,500
Belling Elyssa · Fond Dul Lac, WI · 2022
College expenses
$2,500
Fellers Mary · Lena, IL · 2022
College expenses
$2,500
Melton Sydney · Erie, IL · 2022
College expenses
$2,500
Zinanni Olivia · Sterling, IL · 2022
College expenses
$2,000
Aguilar Ximena · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Anderson Macy · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Aulwes Anna · Davenport, IA · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Beasley Christian · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Campbell Lilliana · Dixon, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Eilers Brady · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Eilers Jayme · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Fisher Martin · Sterling, IL · 2025
College epxenses
$2,000
Grande Israel · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Grande Marcos · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Grande Oscar · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expense
$2,000
Hernandez Ariel · Rock Falls, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Hernandez Julian · Rock Falls, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Kness Ella · Rockford, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Kuehl August · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Lee Jeremy · Lyndon, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Leif James · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Martinez Cristopher · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Maxwell Olivia · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Schickerling Tyler · Mount Prospect, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Shapero Zachary · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Sikkema Ethan · Lyndon, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Simmons Brody · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Sinn Emma · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Smedinghoff Alxandria · Saint Charles, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Stuart Ryan · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Taylor Kaitlyn · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expensescollege expenses
$2,000
Teague Patty · Rock Falls, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Trader Emma · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Vasquez Aleida · Sterling, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Walker Samuel · Dixon, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Weidle Mya · Propehtstown, IL · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Zou Alex · Hillsborough, NJ · 2025
College expenses
$2,000
Akerman Luke · Rock Falls, IL · 2024
College expenses
$2,000
Aulwes Anna · Sterling, IL · 2024
College expenses
$2,000
Aulwes William · Sterling, IL · 2024
College expenses
$2,000
Barrientos Mirrna · Rock Falls, IL · 2024
College expenses
$2,000
Beasley Christian · Sterling, IL · 2024
College expenses
$2,000
Belling Emily · Fond Dul Lac, WI · 2024
College expenses
$2,000
Brown Ely · Dixon, IL · 2024
College expenses

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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.