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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-7253360

LFF Foundation

A private foundation in Milwaukee, WI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 20 grants and $112,757 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
Theodore Friedlander
322 E Michigan St Ste 250
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 273-0308
Form and materials
LFF foundation form and attach IRS 501(c)(3)
Deadlines
Submit by october 1st for december 1st meeting
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $112,757

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $247,143

  • Tax year 2024

    $15,010

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $51,965

  • Tax year 2023

    $13,384

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $60,002

  • Tax year 2022

    $18,019

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $66,940

  • Tax year 2021

    $16,816

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $85,453

  • Tax year 2020

    $9,183

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $94,832

  • Tax year 2019

    $8,122

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $78,047

  • Tax year 2018

    $17,551

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $79,231

Grants paid in 2025

20 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Medical College of WisconsinMilwaukee, WI

    Operating expenses

    $100,000
  2. Circle of FriendsNaples, FL

    Operating expenses

    $2,500
  3. Settlement Music SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    Operating expenses

    $2,000
  4. Hoover InstitutionStanford, CA

    Operating expenses

    $1,000
  5. Milwaukee Rescue MissionMilwaukee, WI

    Operating expenses

    $1,000
  6. Reason FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    Operating expenses

    $1,000
  7. St John Neumann Catholic High SchNaples, FL

    Operating expenses

    $1,000
  8. Mercatus CenterArlington, VA

    Operating expenses

    $700
  9. Charles E Kubly FoundationMequon, WI

    Operating expenses

    $500
  10. Institute for JusticeArlington, VA

    Operating expenses

    $500
  11. National Review InstituteNew York, NY

    Opearting expenses

    $500
  12. Salvation ArmyMilwaukee, WI

    Operating expenses

    $500
  13. John Michael Kohler ArtsSheboygan, WI

    Operating expenses

    $300
  14. Friends of Greenwood CemetaryWhitefish Bay, WI

    Operating expenses

    $272
  15. Daniel Bunn Tax FoundationMerrifield, VA

    Operating expenses

    $200
  16. Fire FoundationPhiladelphia, PA

    Operating expenses

    $200
  17. New CriterionNew York, NY

    Operating expenses

    $200
  18. Schlitz Audubon Nature CenterMilwaukee, WI

    Operating expenses

    $200
  19. MiscellaneousMilwaukee, WI

    Operating expenses

    $100
  20. Phi Beta KappaWashington DC, DC

    Operating expenses

    $85

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $101,00098% of the total
  2. Social science1 grant $700<1% of the total
  3. Civil rights1 grant $500<1% of the total
  4. Mental health1 grant $500<1% of the total
  5. Environment1 grant $200<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wisconsin8 grants $102,872
  2. Florida2 grants $3,500
  3. Pennsylvania3 grants $2,900
  4. California2 grants $2,000
  5. New York2 grants $700
  6. Virginia2 grants $700
  7. District of Columbia1 grant $85

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Theodore FriedlanderVICE PRESIDE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Louise FriedlanderPRESIDENT/SE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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