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Josephine S Leiser Foundation Inc at a glance

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Josephine S Leiser Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$380k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$825kHealth$536kEducation$351kPhilanthropy$313kHuman Services$311kReligion$230kHousing & Shelter$118kAnimals$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $225k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FUNDING ARTS BROWARD$50,000
LIGHTHOUSE OF BROWARD COUNTY$50,000
NATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION$40,000
OUR FUND INC$25,000
JACK & JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER$25,000
PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY$25,000
FLORIDA GRAND OPERA$25,000
DOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY$25,000
HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA$15,000
BROWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION$15,000
SOUTH FLORIDA PBS$10,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA$10,000
ARTS & CULTURE CENTER$10,000
STEPUP MINISTRY$7,500
CHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY GROUP$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $436k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%STEPUP MINISTRY: $8k → 8%MAINE RECOVERY FUND: $5k → 7%HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA: $85k → 13%HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA: $15k → 13%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY: $20k → 13%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY: $20k → 13%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY: $20k → 13%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY: $19k → 13%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY: $15k → 13%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA: $10k → 13%TAYLOR'S CLOSET FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%LEARNING FOR SUCCESS INC: $25k → 13%TAYLOR'S CLOSET FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%LEARNING FOR SUCCESS INC: $15k → 13%KIDS IN DISTRESS: $10k → 13%JACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $40k → 13%JACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $40k → 13%JACK & JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $25k → 13%JACK & JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $25k → 13%JACK & JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $20k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 29 repeat orgs$279k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
11

Total granted

$2.4M
$207k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
-16%

Still filing today

79%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthEducationAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BP
    BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $275k · revenue +33%
  • HC
    HIGH COUNTRY UNITED WAY
    4× · 2020–2023 · $190k · revenue +308%
  • NATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $160k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • BP
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Alumni Association Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +5%
  • BP
    BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERISTY OF NC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
2
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
3
Families First of Palm Beach County Foundation Inc

To cultivate financial resources dedicated to building stronger families and stronger communities through the operations and programs of families first. contributing to the foundation is an investment in a safe, healthy and sustainable…

Human Services
4
Florida's Children First Inc

Organization mission: florida's children first is a non-profit, nonpartisan, independent advocacy organization committed to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and…

Human Services
5
Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida Inc

Since 1981, children's advocacy center of southwest florida, inc. (cac) has advocated for a healthy, safe community for children through a multidisciplinary team approach to child abuse and neglect. our mission is to create a safe and…

Human Services
6
Childnet Inc

Childnet's mission is to protect broward and palm beach counties' abused, abandoned and neglected children, to ensure their safety and to promptly provide them with a permanent, loving home.

Human Services
7
Children's Case Management Organization Inc D/B/a Families First of Pb County

Families first of palm beach county, through innovative programs, promotes generational change by addressing families emotional, physical, and social well-being.

Environment
8
Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center Inc

To promote the optimal health and wellbeing of children and youth with special health care needs by providing family centered, comprehensive prevention, intervention and treatment services within a medical home environment. our vision is…

Health
9
Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum

Miami children's museum is a non-profit educational institution, which meets the needs of all children in our multicultural community. visitors of all ages are encouraged to play together, learn, imagine, and create. the museum offers…

Arts & Culture
10
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
11
Better Together Strengthening Familes Inc

Better together helps at-risk families by empowering parents and surrounding them with community, meaningful work opportunities, and practical support. our volunteer-driven, professionally supported model provides direct services so that…

Human Services
12
College for Kids Inc

The organization's mission is to passionately promote self-worth, personal responsibility, and academic success for qualified, financially at-risk students throughout palm beach county by providing a unique set of resources which includes…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids in Distress Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Alumni Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
17/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 · OtherBROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INCTHE BISHOP'S RANCH: $230,000 · OtherTHE BISHOP'S RANCHART AND CULTURE CENTER OF HOLLYWOOD: $160,000 · OtherART AND CULTURE CENTER OF HOLLYWOODLIGHTHOUSE OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $139,500 · OtherLIGHTHOUSE OF BROWARD COUNTY INCBascom Palmer Eye Institute Alumni Association Inc: $100,000 · OtherBascom Palmer Eye Institute Alumni Association …LIGHTHOUSE OF BROWARD: $50,000 · Other+16 more: $207,932 · Other+16 moreHIGH COUNTRY UNITED WAY: $190,000 · PhilanthropyHIGH COUNTRY UNITE…BROWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $145,000 · PhilanthropyBROWARD COLLEGE FO…OUR FUND FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyOUR FUND FOUNDATIO…CHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY GROUP INC: $42,500 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S OPPORTU…+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyJACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesJACK AND JILL CHI…HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesHOPE SOUTH FLORID…CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $93,500 · Human ServicesCANINE ASSISTED T…LEARNING FOR SUCCESS INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesLEARNING FOR SUCC…TAYLOR'S CLOSET FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Human Services+4 more: $32,500 · Human Services+4 moreSLOW BURN THEATRE COMPANY INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureSLOW BURN THE…FUNDING ARTS BROWARD INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureFUNDING ARTS …FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA GRAND…SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLORIDA…INSIGHT FOR THE BLIND INC: $11,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $160,000 · HealthNATIONAL …JESSICA JUNE CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · HealthJESSICA J…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $30,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WI…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthPHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $125,000 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON: $19,765 · Education+1 more: $800 · EducationDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,162,432Philanthropy$457,500Human Services$436,000Arts & Culture$341,500Health$230,000Education$145,565Recreation & Sports$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY UNITED WAY: $190,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $160,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetJACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $150,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBROWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $145,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $139,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetPHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSLOW BURN THEATRE COMPANY INC: $125,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetFUNDING ARTS BROWARD INC: $100,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetHOPE SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $100,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $93,500 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetOUR FUND FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetFLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC: $50,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY GROUP INC: $42,500 over 5y, 15% of budgetLEARNING FOR SUCCESS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetJESSICA JUNE CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEquine Assisted Therapies of South Florida Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTAYLOR'S CLOSET FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON: $19,765 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPAW WARRIORS INC: $16,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetINSIGHT FOR THE BLIND INC: $11,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS IN DISTRESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDSAFE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG AT ART OF BROWARD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPELICAN HARBOR SEABIRD STATION INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPUP MINISTRY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Recovery Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTOMORROW'S RAINBOW INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTRIANGLE NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIETY IN: $5,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetSweet Dream Makers Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOUR FATHERS HOUSE SOUP KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSNORE SCHOOL CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …The Batchelor Foundat…Leslie L Alexander Fo…The Jim Moran Foundat…James & Beatrice Sala…The William R Watts F…The Thomas Family Fou…The Harry T Mangurian…Florida Panthers Foun…Publix Super Markets …Bbx Capital Foundatio…The Amaturo Family Fo…
Community Foundation of Broward IncFL34.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Broward Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · James & Beatrice Salah Charitable Trust Dtd 08-09-2001 · The William R Watts Fndn Inc · The Thomas Family Foundation Inc · The Harry T Mangurian Jr Foundation Inc · Florida Panthers Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Bbx Capital Foundation Inc · The Amaturo Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Josephine S Leiser Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Josephine S Leiser Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 190%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Jack and Jill Children's Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Kids in Distress Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Josephine S Leiser Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Josephine S Leiser Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 50 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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