Funding search · EIN 367247572 · Lake Bluff, IL

Nels and Liz Leutwiler Foundation

Name: Nels and Liz Leutwiler Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

192
grants reported: $107,186
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $100
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.

American Computers & Robotics Museum3 grants · $31,750
Preservation Foundation2 grants · $15,000
Union Church of Lake Bluff3 grants · $10,040
Nrdc4 grants · $4,000
Friends of the Earth4 grants · $4,000
Nature Conservancy4 grants · $4,000
Wilderness Society4 grants · $3,500
Wttw114 grants · $3,150
Yosemite Conservancy3 grants · $2,250
Lake Bluff Open Lands4 grants · $2,100

Giving over time

$24,135

2022

$41,999

2023

$26,752

2024

$14,300

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 192 grants.

$15,750
American Computers & Robotics Museum · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General operations
$11,000
American Computers & Robotics Museum · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Preservation Foundation · Libertyville, IL · 2023
General operations
$5,000
American Computers & Robotics Museum · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Preservation Foundation · Libertyville, IL · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Union Church of Lake Bluff · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Union Church of Lake Bluff · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
General operations
$2,000
Wttw11 · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,200
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2025
General operations
$1,200
Wbez Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Merrifield, VA · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Nrdc · Merrifield, VA · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Second City Curling Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Merrfield, VA · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Yosemite Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Beloit College · Beloit, WI · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Merrifield, VA · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Nrdc · Merrifield, VA · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Yosemite Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Merrifield, VA · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Nrdc · Merrifield, VA · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Lake Bluff Open Lands · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Merrifield, VA · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Nrdc · Merrifield, VA · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$500
Lake Bluff Open Lands · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
General operations
$500
Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2025
General operations
$500
Wttw11 · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
$500
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$500
University of Alaska Alumni Association · Fairbanks, AK · 2024
General operations
$500
Wttw11 · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$500
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$500
International Dark Sky Association · Tucson, AZ · 2023
General operations
$500
Lake Bluff Open Lands · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
General operations
$500
Wbez Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$500
Beloit College · Beloit, WI · 2022
General operations
$500
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operations
$300
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$250
Yosemite Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$240
Woods Hole Oceanic Institute · Woods Hole, MA · 2025
General operations
$210
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$200
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2025
General operations
$200
Friends of the Lake Bluff Library · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
General operations
$200
Glacier National Park Conservancy · Columbia Falls, MT · 2025
General operations
$200
International Dark Sky Association · Tucson, AZ · 2025
General operations
$200
National Civil Rights Museum · Memphis, TN · 2025
General operations
$200
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
General operations
$200
Northern Il Food Bank · Carol Stream, IL · 2025
General operations
$200
Susan B Anthony Museum · Rochester, NY · 2025
General operations
$200
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
$200
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$200
Glacier National Park Conservancy · Columbia Falls, MT · 2024
General operations
$200
National Civil Rights Museum · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operations
$200
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$200
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General operations
$200
Northern Il Food Bank · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
General operations
$200
Wbez Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$200
Glacier National Park Conservancy · Columbia Falls, MT · 2023
General operations
$200
Habitat for Humanity Lake County · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$200
Inside Climate News · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operations
$200
National Park Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General operations
$200
Northern Il Food Bank · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
General operations
$200
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$200
The Land Institute · Salina, KS · 2023
General operations
$200
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$200
Youth Conservation Corps · Waukegan, IL · 2023
General operations
$200
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$200
Beef4hunger · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General operations
$200
International Dark Sky Association · Tucson, AZ · 2022
General operations
$200
National Park Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General operations
$200
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$200
Northern Il Food Bank · Carol Stream, IL · 2022
General operations
$200
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$189
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General operations
$150
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2025
General operations
$150
Lake Bluff History Museum · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
General operations
$150
Lake Bluff History Museum · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
General operations
$150
Wttw11 · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$135
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General operations
$120
Lake Bluff History Museum · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
General operations
$100
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2025
General operations
$100
Appalachian Trail Conservancy · Harpers Ferry, WV · 2025
General operations
$100
Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2025
General operations
$100
Crane Trust · Wood River, NE · 2025
General operations
$100
Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation · Crazy Horse, SD · 2025
General operations
$100
Global Water Works · Seattle, WA · 2025
General operations
$100
Grand Canyon Conservancy · Grand Canyon, AZ · 2025
General operations
$100
Illinois Environmental Council · Springfield, IL · 2025
General operations
$100
Inside Climate News · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General operations
$100
International Crane Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operations
$100
Lake Bluff 4th of July Committee · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
General operations
$100
Lake Bluff History Museum · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
General operations
$100
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General operations

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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.