Funding search · EIN 276840858 · Evansville, IN

John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation

Name: John D & Jane Leifheit Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

44
grants reported: $295,890
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $9,267
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

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.

Top recipients

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

Easter Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley4 grants · $41,478
American Heart Association4 grants · $41,478
American Red Cross4 grants · $41,478
American Cancer Society4 grants · $41,478
The Salvation Army4 grants · $41,478
Hinckley Big-Rock Community High Sc2 grants · $22,500
Hinckley First United Methodist Church2 grants · $15,000
Hinckley Community Fire Protection2 grants · $15,000
Hinckley Public Library2 grants · $10,500
Hinckley Historical Society2 grants · $4,500

Giving over time

$59,195

2022

$105,335

2023

$47,880

2024

$83,480

2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Hinckley Big-Rock Community High Sc · Hinckley, IL · 2023
Program support
$11,839
American Cancer Society · Oklahoma, OK · 2022
Program support
$11,839
American Heart Association · St Petersburg, FL · 2022
Program support
$11,839
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$11,839
Easter Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley · Villa Park, IL · 2022
Program support
$11,839
The Salvation Army · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2022
Program support
$10,796
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
Program support
$10,796
American Heart Association · St Petersburg, FL · 2025
Program support
$10,796
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025
Program support
$10,796
Easter Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley · Villa Park, IL · 2025
Program support
$10,796
The Salvation Army · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Hinckley Community Fire Protection · Hinckley, IL · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Hinckley First United Methodist Church · Hinckley, IL · 2023
Program support
$9,576
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Program support
$9,576
American Heart Association · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
Program support
$9,576
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$9,576
Easter Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley · Villa Park, IL · 2024
Program support
$9,576
The Salvation Army · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2024
Program support
$9,267
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Program support
$9,267
American Heart Association · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Program support
$9,267
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
$9,267
Easter Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley · Villa Park, IL · 2023
Program support
$9,267
The Salvation Army · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Hinckley Big-Rock Community High Sc · Hinckley, IL · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Hinckley Public Library · Hinckley, IL · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Hinckley Community Fire Protection · Hinckley, IL · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Hinckley First United Methodist Church · Hinckley, IL · 2025
Program support
$3,500
Hinckley Public Library · Hinckley, IL · 2025
Program support
$3,000
Dekalb County Community Foundation · Sycamore, IL · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Hinckley Area Food Pantry · Hinckley, IL · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Hinckley Historical Society · Hinckley, IL · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Dekalb County Animal Welfare League · Genoa, IL · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Somonauk United Presbyterian Church · Somonauk, IL · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Tails Humane Society · Dekalb, IL · 2023
Program support
$1,500
Dekalb County Community Foundation · Sycamore, IL · 2025
Program support
$1,500
Hinckley Area Food Pantry · Hinckley, IL · 2025
Program support
$1,500
Hinckley Historical Society · Hinckley, IL · 2025
Program support
$1,000
Dekalb County Animal Welfare League · Genoa, IL · 2025
Program support
$1,000
Somonauk United Presbyterian Church · Somonauk, IL · 2025
Program support
$1,000
Tails Humane Society · Dekalb, IL · 2025
Program support
$1,000
Boy Scouts of America Local Troop #37 · St Charles, IL · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois · South Elgin, IL · 2023
Program support
$500
Boy Scouts of America Local Troop #37 · St Charles, IL · 2025
Program support
$500
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois · South Elgin, IL · 2025
Program support

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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.