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Leader Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$272k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2024
28
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 29
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$4.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Leader Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalHealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving32$269k28%
FY202328$182k50%
FY202222$177k45%
FY202129$232k38%
FY202024$252k58%
FY201915$174k47%
FY201821$222k90%
FY20172$152kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$342kCrime & Legal$288kInternational$283kRecreation & Sports$150kEducation$120kPhilanthropy$80kHuman Services$73kFood & Nutrition$59kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
AR
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 63 grantees
All grantees of Leader Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Christian Recovery Aftercare Ministry Inc$208,500436%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$200,00050%
Planned Parenthood Keystone$149,50071%
National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated$89,50071%
The Janus School$69,50061%
United Way of the Capital Region$65,00020%
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank$47,00040%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$40,00020%
Literacy Council of Lanc-Leb Lva$32,00051%
Derry Presbyterian Church$25,0003n/a
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$24,50050%
Country Meadows Co-Worker Foundation$21,000212%
Life Inc$17,50030%
Friends of Derry Township Police K-9$15,0003n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$13,00040%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$12,50010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$12,50010%
American Near East Refugee Aid$12,50010%
Church World Service Inc$12,25030%
International Rescue Committee INC$12,00010%
Humane Society of Harrisburg Area Inc$10,50070%
Share Our Strength$10,00020%
Courtyard of Honor$10,00023%
Pennon Organization$10,00010%
Keystone Restituere Justice Center$10,00015%
United States Fund for Unicef$10,00020%
Providence Place Co-Worker Foundation$10,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Harrisburginc$8,00040%
Threefold Education Association Inc$8,00023%
Compassion & Choices$7,50010%
Lyme Disease Association Inc$7,00031%
Aurora Health Care Foundation Inc$6,50040%
Movement Alliance Project$6,00010%
Society for American Archaeology$6,00010%
Midatlantic Horse Rescue Inc$6,00031%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$6,00010%
Haitian Bridge Alliance$5,00010%
Atlanta Speech School Inc$5,00010%
Ayiti Demen$5,00011%
Latino Hispanic American Community Center$5,00013%
Spotlight Pa$5,00010%
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$5,00010%
Women in Transition$5,00010%
Broad Street Ministry$5,00010%
Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey & Philadelphia$5,00010%
Smile Train Inc$5,00010%
Mercy Ships International$3,00010%
Richard J Caron Foundation$3,00010%
Hershey Area Playhouse$2,50013%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$2,50010%
The Giving Circle Inc$2,50011%
Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania$2,50010%
Ctc Ten Foundation$2,50011%
Madison House Autism Foundation Inc$2,50020%
Humane Society of Lebanon County$2,00010%
Cocoa Packs Inc$2,00020%
Mayday Project Inc$2,0001n/a
Heifer Project International$2,00010%
Ztl Educational Foundation$1,5003n/a
Humane Farming Association$1,50010%
Association for Glycogen Storage Disease$1,0001n/a
K-9 Hero Haven Inc$1,00010%
Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Association$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($362k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Leader Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChristian Recovery Aftercare Ministry Inc: $208,500 over 4y, 36% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $200,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Keystone: $149,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetNational Ataxia Foundation Incorporated: $89,500 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetThe Janus School: $69,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of the Capital Region: $65,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCentral Pennsylvania Food Bank: $47,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Council of Lanc-Leb Lva: $32,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $24,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCountry Meadows Co-Worker Foundation: $21,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetLife Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Near East Refugee Aid: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChurch World Service Inc: $12,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Harrisburg Area Inc: $10,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetShare Our Strength: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCourtyard of Honor: $10,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetPennon Organization: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKeystone Restituere Justice Center: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Harrisburginc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThreefold Education Association Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLyme Disease Association Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetAurora Health Care Foundation Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMovement Alliance Project: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSociety for American Archaeology: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMidatlantic Horse Rescue Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHaitian Bridge Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAyiti Demen: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLatino Hispanic American Community Center: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSpotlight Pa: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlexs Lemonade Stand Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen in Transition: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBroad Street Ministry: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey & Philadelphia: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRichard J Caron Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHershey Area Playhouse: $2,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Giving Circle Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 56.

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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.

United Way of the Capital RegionPA28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Capital Region · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · Lancaster County Community Foundation · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · Kenneth Bankert Foundation Inc · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · Anne & Philip Glatfelter III Family Foundation · Community Aid Inc · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

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.

Compare Leader Family Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Leader Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Leader Family Foundation 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.

About Leader Family Foundation

How much does Leader Family Foundation give?
Leader Family Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $271,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Leader Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (21%), Crime & Legal (17%), International (17%).
Who are Leader Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Christian Recovery Aftercare Ministry Inc ($209k), Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc ($200k), Planned Parenthood Keystone ($150k).
Does Leader Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Leader Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Leader Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Capital Region, The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities.
Where is Leader Family Foundation based?
Leader Family Foundation is based in PA.

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 88 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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