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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-3654906

Leo A Herning Foundation

A private foundation in Downers Grove, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $102,900 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Lance Herning
1411 Coral Berry Lane
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 963-7395
Form and materials
Basic organization info Financial info list of directors IRS Tax Exempt letter
Deadlines
10 1
Restrictions
Organizations located in Lamotte and Montgomery townships

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $102,900

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $102,641

  • Tax year 2024

    $96,200

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $159,830

  • Tax year 2023

    $87,575

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $197,433

  • Tax year 2022

    $85,300

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $246,953

  • Tax year 2021

    $77,321

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $295,566

  • Tax year 2020

    $67,551

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $338,878

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Palestine Preservation Projects SocPalestine, IL

    Historic Opera House restoration

    $40,000
  2. Lamotte Twp Park DistrictPalestine, IL

    Handicap ramps for park building

    $16,000
  3. Palestine Grade SchoolPalestine, IL

    School art projects

    $10,000
  4. Palestine High SchoolPalestine, IL

    Gymnasium shot clocks

    $10,000
  5. Palestine Development AssociationPalestine, IL

    Main Street lighting

    $10,000
  6. Individual

    Scholarships

    $9,900
  7. Palestine Public LibraryPalestine, IL

    computer training

    $7,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Community development1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois6 grants $93,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Lance HerningDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Leland HerningDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jon HerningDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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