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Klein & Mary Lee Leister Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Klein & Mary Lee Leister 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.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$32kPublic Safety & Disaster$18kReligion$9kHealth$6kArts & Culture$5kEnvironment$4kHuman Services$4kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$210k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$20,000
SALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$4,000
CONEXUS$500
ATLANTIC GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$500
MYRON SMITH VISION CONSERVATION TRUST$500
COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF DARE$500
OUTER BANKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$350
BETHANY CHURCH$250
SAMARITAN MINISTRIES$250
GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES$250
THE COSTEN HOUSE MUSEUM$250
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH$250
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 (FY18–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CITIZENS FOR A BETTER EASTERN SHORE: $500 → 19%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $250 → 22%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $250 → 22%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $250 → 22%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $250 → 22%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $250 → 22%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $250 → 22%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $250 → 22%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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$70k · 18 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
21

Total granted

$70k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+72%

Still filing today

56%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • SU
    SALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $26k · revenue +99%
  • C
    Conexus
    7× · 2019–2025 · $4k · revenue +487%
  • SM
    Samaritan Ministries
    5× · 2020–2025 · $3k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • PU
    PECOMETH UNITED METHODIST CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +81%
  • DD
    DELMARVA DISCOVER MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • PM
    POCOMOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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
Worcester County Food Bank Inc

To engage, educate and lead worcester county in creating a hunger free community.

Food & Nutrition
2
Outer Cape Health Services Inc

Outer cape health services, inc.'s mission is to provide a full range of healthcare and supportive social services that promote the health and well-being of all who live in or visit the ten outermost towns of cape cod.

Health
3
Peninsula Institute for Community Health

Providing medical and dental care to indigent patients.

Health
4
West Chatham Caring Communities

The organization's mission is to feed the hungry and food insufficient by providing a food pantry through a network of faith-based communities, civic organizations, and other stakeholders.

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5
Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc

The focus of the merrimack valley food bank is to help meet a person's most profound need - adequate nutrition and freedom from hunger. only through cooperative efforts can society initiate change, develop strategies to alleviate hunger,…

Food & Nutrition
6
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems Inc

Provide comprehensive primary medical care to the communites served.

Health
7
Westhampton Free Library

The mission of the library is to serve to the community, cultivate knowledge, promote curiosity, and inspire lifelong learning.

Education
8
Virginia Peninsula Foodbank

To distribute food effectively through collaborative efforts that minimize hunger, promote nutrition and encourage self-reliance through education.

Food & Nutrition
9
Wayne Memorial Hospital

It is the mission of wayne memorial hospital to provide quality healthcare with compassion, advocacy, respect, excellence, and service; to promote wellness in our community; and to be proactive in responding to our community's needs.

Health
10
Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic

Barrier islands free medical clinic is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide a comprehensive medical home promoting dignity, wellness, and health for uninsured tri-county adults who qualify financially.

Health
11
United Way of Chatham County

The mission of the united way of chatham county is to address the most critical needs of county residents.

Philanthropy
12
The Outer Banks Hospital Inc

To enhance the quality of life for the residents and visitors of dare county and the surrounding region by promoting wellness and providing the highest quality healthcare services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlantic General Hospital; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan Ministries. 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

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 43 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPOCOMOKE CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $11,850 · OtherPOCOMOKE CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPTPOCOMOKE CITY FIRE COMPANY: $5,500 · OtherPOCOMOKE CITY FIRE COMPANYMYRON SMITH VISION CONSERVATION TRUST: $3,700 · OtherMYRON SMITH VISION CONSERVATION TRUSTFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $2,750 · OtherBETHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $2,250 · OtherTHE COSTEN HOUSE MUSEUM: $2,250 · Other+20 more: $13,200 · Other+20 moreSALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,800 · EducationSALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO…WORCESTER COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Education+3 more: $1,800 · Education+3 moreConexus: $3,500 · HealthATLANTIC GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF DARE: $500 · HealthOUTER BANKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,550 · PhilanthropySamaritan Ministries: $2,500 · PhilanthropyGOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $1,750 · Human ServicesCOASTAL HOSPICE: $800 · Human ServicesCITIZENS FOR A BETTER EASTERN SHORE: $500 · Human ServicesPECOMETH UNITED METHODIST CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 · ReligionWORCESTER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $800 · AnimalsSouthside SPCA: $400 · Animals
Other$61,500Education$28,600Health$5,500Philanthropy$5,050Human Services$3,050Religion$3,000Animals$1,200

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 budgetSALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,800 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetConexus: $3,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPECOMETH UNITED METHODIST CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOUTER BANKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan Ministries: $2,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $1,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTIC GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetMarva Theater Performing Arts Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCornell University: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL HOSPICE: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBEACH FOOD PANTRY INC: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOR-WIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF DARE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSouthside SPCA: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHatteras Island Meals Inc: $350 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WORCESTER COUNTY INC: $350 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds SALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Conexus ↗
  • Who funds PECOMETH UNITED METHODIST CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTER BANKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Samaritan Ministries ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTIC GENERAL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Marva Theater Performing Arts Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BEACH FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WOR-WIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF DARE ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS FOR A BETTER EASTERN SHORE ↗
  • Who funds Southside SPCA ↗
  • Who funds Hatteras Island Meals Inc ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WORCESTER COUNTY INC ↗

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 …Joan W Jenkins Founda…Townebank FoundationFranklin P and Arthur…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Community Foundation of the Eastern ShorMD19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Eastern Shor · Joan W Jenkins Foundation Inc · Townebank Foundation · Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Klein & Mary Lee Leister Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Klein & Mary Lee Leister Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Salisbury University Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 43 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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