Funding search · EIN 821454838 · Wilmington, DE

Kara J Trott Family Foundation Aka Life Leap

Name: Kara J Trott Family Foundation Aka Life Leap grants, 2022–2024
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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.

28
grants reported: $4.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
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

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.

Grant history

All 28 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Ohio State University Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2022
Trott Gebhardt Phillips Endowment fund
$500,000
Ohio State University Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2024
Life Leap Foundation Research Innovation Fund
$500,000
Ohio State University Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2023
Life Leap Foundation Research Innovation Fund
$250,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ohio Kentucky and Indian · Columbus, OH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$250,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ohio Kentucky and Indian · Columbus, OH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$250,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ohio Kentucky and Indian · Columbus, OH · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$200,000
Heartland High School · Columbus, OH · 2024
Life Leap Scholarship Fund
$200,000
Heartland High School · Columbus, OH · 2023
Life Leap Scholarship Fund
$200,000
Heartland High School · Columbus, OH · 2022
Trott family scholarship fund
$100,000
Chriscross Foundation · Hinsdale, IL · 2024
Foundation House Scholarship Fund
$100,000
Richard J Caron Foundation · Wernersville, PA · 2023
support patients discharging to Foundation House and Caron's Chapel Fund
$80,000
O S U Chabad House · New Albany, OH · 2024
Kitchen of Life Program
$60,000
Chriscross Foundation · Hinsdale, IL · 2024
Foundation House Scholarship Fund
$50,000
Vista Village · Columbus, OH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Community Shelter Board · Columbus, OH · 2023
Homelessness Prevention Network fund
$50,000
Heartland High School · Columbus, OH · 2023
Charitable Event
$50,000
O S U Chabad House · New Albany, OH · 2023
Kitchen of Life Program - five additional classes and sofas
$50,000
Vista Village · Columbus, OH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$40,000
Gratitude Foundation · Cumberland, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$37,000
Families Flourish · Columbus, OH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$37,000
Families Flourish · Columbus, OH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$35,000
Ohio State University Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2024
Immigration Clinic Fund
$35,000
Ohio State University Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2023
Immigration Clinic Fund
$30,000
Gratitude Foundation · Cumberland, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Huckleberry House · Columbus, OH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
I Know I Can · Columbus, OH · 2024
Founders' Scholarship Fund
$6,000
Ohio State University Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2022
Charitable Event
$2,500
Families Flourish · Columbus, OH · 2023
2023 Power of Opportunity Sponsorship fund

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