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Leo Niessen Jr Charitable Tr-Main

Accepts applications Saint Louis, Missouri · EIN 227723097

Leo Niessen Jr Charitable Tr-Main is a private foundation in Saint Louis, Missouri. In tax year 2024 it gave $307,500 in 40 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $245,500 the year before.

67% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$245,50028$3.7 million
2024$307,50040$3.8 million

How to apply

ContactWells Fargo Philanthropic Services
1 W 4th St 4T Floor, Winston Salem, NC 27101
Phone or email(888) 234-1999
What to submitApply online at www.wellsfargo.com/privatefoundationgrants/niessen
DeadlinesJanuary 31 annually
RestrictionsNo Geographic Limitations, but the foundation has a practice of supporting organizations in southeastern PA and southern NJ.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Leo Niessen Jr Charitable Tr-Main funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 9 states, the most to Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania31$231,500
New Jersey2$28,000
New York1$18,000
District of Columbia1$10,000
California1$5,000
Delaware1$5,000
South Dakota1$5,000
Texas1$2,500
Virginia1$2,500

Grants paid in 2024

All 40 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$25,000
A Meaningful Purpose
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
General operating$25,000
American Jewish Committee
New York, NY
General operating$18,000
Friendship Circle Delaware Valley
Newtown, PA
General operating$10,000
Make A Wish Foundation of Philly
Blue Bell, PA
General operating$10,000
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA
General operating purposes$10,000
Holy Family University
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$10,000
Drueding Center
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$10,000
Holy Redeemer Health System
Meadowbrook, PA
General operating$10,000
Project Home
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$10,000
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$10,000
Urban Affairs Coalition
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$10,000
Eagles Autism Challenge Inc
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$10,000
Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Fo
Conshohocken, PA
General operating$10,000
William H Gray III Memorial Foundation
Washington, DC
General operating$10,000
Fund for Girard College
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$10,000
Academy in Manayunk Inc
Conshohocken, PA
General operating$7,500
Individual
PA
Scholarships$7,500
Heights Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$5,000
Devereux Foundation
Villanova, PA
General operating$5,000
Manor College
Jenkintown, PA
General operating$5,000
Sisters of Saint Basil the Great
Jenkintown, PA
General operating$5,000
Angel Flight East
Blue Bell, PA
General operating$5,000
National Liberty Museum
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$5,000
Kimmel Center Inc
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$5,000
G Fred Dibona Jr Memorial Foundation
Bryn Mawr, PA
General operating$5,000
Valley Youth House Committee Inc
Allentown, PA
General operating$5,000
Independence Historical Trust
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$5,000
Albert M Greenfield Home and School
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$5,000
Red Cloud Indian School Inc
Pine Ridge, SD
Scholarships$5,000
The Free Library of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$5,000
Summer Search
Oakland, CA
General operating purposes$5,000
Ceasefire Pennsylvania Education
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$5,000
The Precision Institute
Wilmington, DE
General operating$5,000
Insurance Society of Philadelphia
Mount Laurel, NJ
General operating$3,000
March of Dimes Inc
Arlington, VA
General operating$2,500
American Heart Association Inc
Dallas, TX
General operating$2,500
Nueva Esperanza
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$2,500
Graduate Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$2,500
Wissahickon Charter School
Philadelphia, PA
General operating$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Leo Niessen Jr Charitable Tr-Main accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: January 31 annually.

How much does Leo Niessen Jr Charitable Tr-Main give?

$307,500 in tax year 2024, across 40 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Leo Niessen Jr Charitable Tr-Main?

Its 2024 filing lists William R Sasso Esq (Co-Trustee) and Wells Fargo Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Leo Niessen Jr Charitable Tr-Main fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and health.

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