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 20222025. 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

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  • 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

$18,019
2022
$13,384
2023
$15,010
2024
$112,757
2025

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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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.