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Lea Charitable Trust at a glance

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Lea Charitable Trust

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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$475k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Environment$4.3MArts & Culture$1.9MHealth$1.0MPhilanthropy$754kEducation$710kHuman Services$492kAnimals$210kFood & Nutrition$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $585k
  • $250k+2 grants · $755k
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUST FOR THE PUBLIC LAND$475,000
COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS$280,000
ASTORIA PARK CONSERVANCY$130,000
LITERACY ACHIEVES$100,000
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$75,000
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART$70,000
PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN HOMES AND SERVICES$60,000
ART ASSOCIATION OF JACKSON HOLE$50,000
NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN$50,000
JACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$50,000
COOMBS OUTDOORS$25,000
ONE22 RESOURCE CENTER$25,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE$15,000
GLEN VIEW CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND$5,000
MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$1,000
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, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $12k → 14%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $5k → 14%ONE22 RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 5%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
MA
WY
OH
CT
CA
CO
TN
TX
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.1M · 16 repeat orgs$265k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +65% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
15

Total granted

$9.1M
$215k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+65%

Still filing today

69%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CC
    Community Center for the Arts
    8× · 2018–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +188%
  • NB
    NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +60%
  • AP
    Astoria Park Conservancy
    6× · 2020–2025 · $710k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF COLLIER COUNTY - LEA FAMILY FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • UO
    University of Michigangraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +195%
  • M
    MIT
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
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
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
2
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance

The mission of the jackson hole conservation alliance is to protect the wildlife, wild places and community character of jackson hole.

Environment
3
National Tropical Botanical Garden

To enrich life by perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems and cultural heritage through discovery, scientific research, conservation, and education.

Environment
4
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
5
Conservation Legacy

Conservation legacy engages future leaders who protect, restore, and enhance our nation's lands through community-based service.in 2024, conservation legacy engaged 2,524 participants who completed over 1.5 million service hours on public…

Youth Development
6
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
7
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
8
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
9
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
10
Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens

The mission of the jenkins arboretum & gardens is to preserve natural, tranquil woodlands for community enjoyment, to showcase native plants and a world class collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, and to promote environmental…

Environment
11
Natural Resources Foundation of

To protect wisconsin's lands, waters, and wildlife by providing funding, leading partnerships, and connecting all people with nature.

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12
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naples Botanical Garden Inc; the most unlike its peers is Grand Teton National Park Foundation. 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

23 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. 23 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUST FOR THE PUBLIC LAND: $2,460,000 · OtherTRUST FOR THE PUBLIC LANDNORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · OtherNORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATIONLITERACY ACHIEVES: $599,000 · OtherLITERACY ACHIEVESPRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN HOMES AND SERVICES: $450,000 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN HOMES AND SERVICES+13 more: $275,000 · Other+13 moreCommunity Center for the Arts: $1,165,000 · Arts & CultureCommunity Center for th…The Art Association of Jackson Hole: $460,000 · Arts & CultureThe Art Association of …NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $290,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILD…+2 more: $31,000 · Arts & CultureNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $1,050,000 · EnvironmentNAPLES BOTANICAL GARD…Astoria Park Conservancy: $710,000 · EnvironmentAstoria Park Conserva…+2 more: $30,000 · EnvironmentGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $574,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $130,000 · PhilanthropyJACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $210,000 · AnimalsOne22 Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $17,000 · Human ServicesA CALL TO COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationVanderbilt University: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · Education
Other$4,784,000Arts & Culture$1,946,000Environment$1,790,000Philanthropy$704,000Animals$210,000Human Services$42,000Education$36,000

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 budgetCommunity Center for the Arts: $1,165,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $1,050,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetAstoria Park Conservancy: $710,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $574,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetThe Art Association of Jackson Hole: $460,000 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $290,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetJACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $210,000 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $130,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF AMBLER FARM INC: $26,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Doug Coombs Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE LINE ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetVanderbilt University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds Community Center for the Arts ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Astoria Park Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Art Association of Jackson Hole ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF AMBLER FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds One22 Inc ↗
  • Who funds A CALL TO COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds The Doug Coombs Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLUE LINE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ARTIS-NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION ↗

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 …William E Weiss Found…The Brooks FoundationFirst Interstate Banc…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · William E Weiss Foundation Inc · The Brooks Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Lea Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lea Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Friends of Ambler Farm Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 34 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home