Funding search · EIN 527253360 · Milwaukee, WI
Lff 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.
- 95
- grants reported
- $159,170
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $500
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Medical College of Wisconsin1 grant · $100,000
- St John the Evangelist Church1 grant · $5,000
- Circle of Friends2 grants · $4,500
- Hoover Institution4 grants · $3,500
- Institute for Justice4 grants · $3,000
- National Review Institute4 grants · $2,750
- Cato Institute3 grants · $2,500
- Reason Foundation3 grants · $2,500
- Milwaukee Rescue Mission3 grants · $2,414
- New Criterion4 grants · $2,300
Giving over time
Grant history
All 95 reported grants, largest first.
- $100,000
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
- $5,000
St John the Evangelist Church · Naples, FL · 2024
Operating expenses
- $2,500
Circle of Friends · Naples, FL · 2025
Operating expenses
- $2,000
Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Operating expenses
- $2,000
Circle of Friends · Naples, FL · 2024
Operating expenses
- $2,000
Naples Circle of Friends · Naples, FL · 2023
Operating expenses
- $1,900
League Club · Naples, FL · 2022
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2025
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Operating expenses
- $1,000
St John Neumann Catholic High Sch · Naples, FL · 2025
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2024
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Cato Institute · Wshington, DC · 2023
Operating expenses
- $1,000
George Mason Univ Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023
Operating expenses
- $1,000
New Criterion · New York, NY · 2023
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Settlement Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Vertex Partnership Academies · Bronx, NY · 2023
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Cato Institute · Wshington, DC · 2022
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Collier Community Foundation · Naples, FL · 2022
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2022
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Milwaukee Zoological Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $1,000
National Review Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Opearting expenses
- $1,000
Tax Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating expenses
- $1,000
Ucc · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $937
Salvation Army · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $750
National Review Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Opearting expenses
- $700
Mercatus Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Operating expenses
- $700
Ucc · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
- $700
Capuchion Community Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $600
New Criterion · New York, NY · 2022
Operating expenses
- $500
Charles E Kubly Foundation · Mequon, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
- $500
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2025
Operating expenses
- $500
National Review Institute · New York, NY · 2025
Opearting expenses
- $500
Salvation Army · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
- $500
American Institute for Economic · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
- $500
Cato Institute · Wshington, DC · 2024
Operating expenses
- $500
Charles E Kubly Foundation · Mequon, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
- $500
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
Operating expenses
- $500
National Review Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Opearting expenses
- $500
New Criterion · New York, NY · 2024
Operating expenses
- $500
Charles E Kubly Foundation · Mequon, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
- $500
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2023
Operating expenses
- $500
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Donor · New York, NY · 2023
Operating expenses
- $500
Ucc · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
- $500
American Institute for Economic · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $500
Charles E Kubly Foundation · Mequon, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $500
George Mason Univ Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Operating expenses
- $500
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Operating expenses
- $450
Mercatus Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Operating expenses
- $414
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
- $400
Capuchion Community Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
- $300
John Michael Kohler Arts · Sheboygan, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
- $300
John Michael Kohler Arts · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
- $300
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
- $275
John Michael Kohler Arts · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $272
Friends of Greenwood Cemetary · Whitefish Bay, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
- $250
American Institute for Economic · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
- $250
Salvation Army · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
- $250
Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Operating expenses
- $250
Schlitz Audobon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $200
Daniel Bunn Tax Foundation · Merrifield, VA · 2025
Operating expenses
- $200
Fire Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Operating expenses
- $200
New Criterion · New York, NY · 2025
Operating expenses
- $200
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
- $200
Friends of Greenwood Cemetary · Whitefish Bay, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
- $200
Heartland Institute · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
Operating expenses
- $200
Hope Street · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
- $200
Salvation Army · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
- $200
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
- $200
Tax Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating expenses
- $200
Heartland Institute · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
Operating expenses
- $200
Hope Street · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
- $200
Tax Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating expenses
- $200
Heartland Institute · Arlington Heights, IL · 2022
Operating expenses
- $200
Hope Street · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $200
Maciver Institute · Madison, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $172
Friends of Greenwood Cemetary · Whitefish Bay, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
- $135
Phi Beta Kappa · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating expenses
- $120
John Michael Kohler Arts · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
- $100
Miscellaneous · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
- $100
American Transparency · The Villages, FL · 2024
Operating expenses
- $100
Fox Point - Bayside Education Found · Fox Point, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
- $100
Fox Point Bayside Foundation · Fox Point, WI · 2024
Operating costs
- $100
Fox Point - Bayside Education Found · Fox Point, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
- $100
Fox Point Bayside Foundation · Fox Point, WI · 2023
Operating costs
- $100
Friends of Greenwood Cemetary · Whitefish Bay, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
- $100
Fox Point Bayside Foundation · Fox Point, WI · 2022
Operating costs
- $100
Woodson Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating expneses
- $85
Phi Beta Kappa · Washington Dc, DC · 2025
Operating expenses
- $60
Phi Beta Kappa · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
Operating expenses
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Similar grant size
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