Funding search · EIN 932063292 · Wilson, WY
The Theodor Lessing Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 9
- grants reported
- $74,102
- total given
- 2023–2025
- filing years
- $8,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2025. 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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2 grants matching “biographies” · $21,034
- $11,034
Wallstein Verlag · 2024
Grant to support publication of Chaos & Irrsinn and reissue of Marwedel Biography
- $10,000
Dr Rainer Marwedel · 2023
Grant for English Language Rights to Biography
Grant history
All 9 reported grants, largest first.
- $12,515
Jefferson Chase Via Collin Oberndor · 2025
Milestone Translation - EMilestone Translation - ENWNW
- $11,034
Wallstein Verlag · 2024
Grant to support publication of Chaos & Irrsinn and reissue of Marwedel Biography
- $10,000
Dr Rainer Marwedel · 2025
Grant for Flaschenpost Rights
- $10,000
Dr Rainer Marwedel · 2023
Grant for English Language Rights to Biography
- $8,500
Jefferson Chase · 2023
Grant to produce a translation of Einmal und Nie Wieder
- $7,500
Elizabeth Laufer · Hannacroix, NY · 2025
Flaschenpost Translation
- $7,500
Professor David Brenner · Houston, TX · 2023
Grant to produce a translation of Marwedel Bio
- $5,553
Dr Rainer Marwedel · 2024
Grant for Chaos & Irrsinn
- $1,500
Cheryl Lenser · Greenfield, IN · 2025
Grant for Indexing Blumen & Tieren
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