The Leep Foundation Inc
Mishawaka, IN · EIN 26-4818874. Reported 97 grants totalling $3,745,516 to 53 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Leep Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $24,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $265,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultivate Food Rescue | South Bend, IN | $418,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of St Joseph County | South Bend, IN | $310,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation St Joseph County Inc | South Bend, IN | $265,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Campagna Academy Inc | Schererville, IN | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Diocese of Norwich Outreach to Haiti Inc | Norwich, CT | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hospice Foundation | Mishawaka, IN | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of St Joe Co | South Bend, IN | $155,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women's Care Center | South Bend, IN | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hannah's House | Mishawaka, IN | $146,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Transformation Ministries | South Bend, IN | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of St Joseph County | South Bend, IN | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Foundation for the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care Inc | Mishawaka, IN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heroes Camp Inc | Mishawaka, IN | $96,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Logan Community Resources Inc | South Bend, IN | $96,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Greater Michiana | South Bend, IN | $78,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marian University Ancilla College | Indianapolis, IN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women's Care Center Foundation | South Bend, IN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of St Joseph County | South Bend, IN | $69,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reins of Life | Eastanollee, GA | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for the Homeless | South Bend, IN | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Justice Center of St Joseph County | South Bend, IN | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | South Bend, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of St Joesph County | South Bend, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marian University | Indianapolis, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Southwest Michigan | Niles, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Justice Center of St Joseph Cnty | South Bend, IN | $49,830 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Music Village | South Bend, IN | $43,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blank Children's Hospital | Marshalltown, IA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Joseph County | South Bend, IN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Logan Center | South Bend, IN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Martin Luther King Multi-Service Center Indianapolis Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $39,999 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Indiana - Michiana Inc | South Bend, IN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Village a Community Musical Arts Alliance Inc | South Bend, IN | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Elkhart County | Goshen, IN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kentucky State University | Frankfort, KY | $15,913 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | South Bend, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of of Indiana-Michiana Inc | South Bend, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA North Central in | South Bend, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YWCA North Central Indiana Inc | South Bend, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buses By the Beach Inc | Bryon Center, MI | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of E Iowa and W Illinois | Bettenorf, IA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Roadie Clinic Inc | Niles, MI | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | $8,164 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girls Rock Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Indiana Youth Group | Indianapolis, IN | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| School on Wheels Corp | Indianapolis, IN | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rmhc of Central Iowa | Des Moines, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Easter Seals Crossroads | Indianapolis, IN | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Martin Luther King Center | Indianapolis, IN | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michiana Performing and Adaptive Arts Community Inc | South Bend, IN | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Margarets House | South Bend, IN | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indiana University South Bend | South Bend, IN | $3,710 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flanner House of Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
28 of 53 (53%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 52%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Blank Children's Hospital
Amazing Grace Lemonade Race
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 43 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | $711,563 | $14,830 |
| 2022 | 19 | $909,666 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $1,029,542 | $29,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $1,094,745 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 89% of this one's giving went to organizations in Indiana. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $24,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Indiana.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Leep Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 5201 North Grape Road, Mishawaka, IN, 46545. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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