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Leatherby Family Foundation

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.

$85k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$90kEducation$56kReligion$29kFood & Nutrition$17kPublic Safety & Disaster$16kInternational$14kHealth$11kHousing & Shelter$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$535k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PACIFIC SYMPHONY$50,000
BACKHAUS DANCE$10,000
HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
ORANGE LUTHERAN SCHOOL$5,000
ROOSTERS FOUNDATION OC$5,000
PACIFICA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
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 (FY23–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 10%WELLS OF LIFE: $10k → 10%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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$183k · 14 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 4 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

14
23

Total granted

$183k
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+42%

Still filing today

50%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationReligionHousing & 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

  • PS
    Pacific Symphony
    2× · 2023–2025 · $80k · revenue +51%
  • MN
    MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES
    3× · 2020–2024 · $12k · revenue +34%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2023–2024 · $11k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • CU
    CHAPMAN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +62%
  • WO
    WELLS OF LIFE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +11%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -19%
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
Dominican University of California

Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.

Education
2
California Baptist University

A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.

Education
3
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
4
Pacific School of Religion

Pacific school of religion prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive. grounded in the rigorous study and faithful practice of progressive christian…

Education
5
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
6
Arden Wood Inc

Provide the highest quality of christian science nursing care in keeping with the church manual provision for "christian science nurse". arden wood also offers an extensive cs nurses' training program, and both independent and sheltered…

Health
7
Pepperdine University

Pepperdine university is a christian university committed to the highest standards of academic excellence and christian values, where students are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership. see schedule o for more…

Education
8
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
9
Occidental College

See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…

Education
10
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Inc

Habitat for humanity's mission is to give witness to the christian gospel by working with god's people to build decent habitats for those who are inadequately sheltered in orange county.

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11
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
12
Arizona Christian University

Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orange County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. 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

21 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. 21 of the 42 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Pacific Symphony: $80,000 · Arts & CulturePacific SymphonyBACKHAUSDANCE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBACKHAUSDANCEREDHILL LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $14,000 · OtherREDHILL LUTHERAN SCHOOLPACIFICA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $12,500 · OtherPACIFICA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLBrackens Kitchen Inc: $10,000 · OtherBrackens Kitchen IncIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientORANGE LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherORANGE LUTHERAN SCHOOLROOSTERS FOUNDATION OC: $5,000 · OtherROOSTERS FOUNDATION OCTrinity United Presbyterian Church of Santa Ana: $5,000 · OtherTrinity United Presbyterian Church of Sa…ASPCA- HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF: $5,000 · OtherASPCA- HURRICANE HELENE RELIEFTRINITY UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $4,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $5,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNT…AFRICA RENEWAL MINISTRIES INC: $4,000 · Other+17 more: $15,950 · Other+17 moreCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationCHAPMAN UN…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,500 · EducationHILLSDALE …UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $1,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $11,000 · Human ServicesAmerican …WELLS OF LIFE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesWELLS OF …MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES: $12,000 · ReligionFIRST LOVE MINISTRIES USA: $1,000 · ReligionOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterMAE HOUSE: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $8,000 · HealthCASA DE AMMA: $1,000 · HealthSacramento Life Center Inc: $500 · Health
Arts & Culture$90,000Other$93,450Education$24,000Human Services$21,000Religion$13,000Housing & Shelter$11,000Health$9,500

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 budgetPacific Symphony: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWELLS OF LIFE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBACKHAUSDANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBrackens Kitchen Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICA RENEWAL MINISTRIES INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVING TREE OC INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST LOVE MINISTRIES USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASA DE AMMA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSacramento Life Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMEWORD: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWPORT BEACH JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FOUNDATION: $500 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.

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.

Orange County Communi…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Leatherby Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leatherby Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Leatherby Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Leatherby 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.

    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 42 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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