Illinois · Public charity
Leap Innovations
To create equitable, personalized learning experiences for learners to reach their full potential.
- $290k
- Granted FY2020
- 4
- Grants FY2020
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $95,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $95,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $591k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 0% of the organizations Leap Innovations funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 2 | $290k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $375k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $623k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $831k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Connected | $1,410,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Distinctive Schools of Illinois | $280,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Acero Charter Schools Inc | $185,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Chicago Charter School Corporation | $95,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kipp Chicago Schools | $78,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Lakes Academy Inc | $65,750 | 1 | 2% |
| Intrinsic Schools | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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.
Open a dossier: Good Sports Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Leap Innovations
- How much does Leap Innovations give?
- Leap Innovations reported 4 grants totaling $290,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Leap Innovations fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Leap Innovations's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Chicago Connected ($1.4M), Distinctive Schools of Illinois ($280k), Acero Charter Schools Inc ($185k).
- Does Leap Innovations fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Leap Innovations?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Good Sports Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Leap Innovations based?
- Leap Innovations is based in IL.
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