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Leblang Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Leblang Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$56k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$231kEducation$110kAnimals$34kEnvironment$26kHuman Services$12kFood & Nutrition$11kYouth Development$10kInternational$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$684k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Trustees of Columbia U$25,000
Massachusetts General Hospital$25,000
Stray Pets in Need of MA$5,000
Young Center for Imm Children's Rig$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NATIONAL RUNAWAY SWITCHBOARD: $1k → 14%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $7k → 11%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $3k → 11%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
NJ
RI
CA
CO
VA
DC
GA
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$311k · 6 repeat orgs$133k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
30

Total granted

$311k
$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+16%

Still filing today

50%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentAnimalsInternationalFood & NutritionHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • SP
    STRAY PETS IN NEED OF MA INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +26%
  • ONE SIMPLE WISH INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +131%
  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $7k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • AC
    ALD CONNECT INC MASS GEN HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • SC
    Spelman College
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -15%
  • OF
    ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -73%
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
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
2
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
3
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
4
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
7
Climate Breakthrough Inc

To launch breakthrough climate mitigation efforts by identifying, supporting, and unleashing innovative leaders with transformative strategies.

Human Services
8
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
9
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
10
Terraset

Terraset uses philanthropic capital to purchase permanent, high-quality carbon removal. we pool donations from individuals, foundations, family offices, and donor advised funds, and make strategic purchases of high-quality carbon removal…

Environment
11
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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12
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Good Food Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Aldrich Astronomical Society Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 38 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $159,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALTrustees of Columbia U: $100,000 · OtherTrustees of Columbia UALD CONNECT INC MASS GEN HOSPITAL: $50,000 · OtherALD CONNECT INC MASS GEN HOSPITALENVIRNMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $15,175 · Other+20 more: $63,075 · Other+20 moreSTRAY PETS IN NEED OF MA INC: $20,000 · AnimalsBUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · AnimalsMAYO CLINIC: $16,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNational Runaway Switchboard: $1,000 · Human ServicesSpelman College: $10,000 · EducationEVERGREEN CLIMATE INNOVATIONS: $2,000 · EnvironmentBlueGreen Alliance Foundation: $2,000 · EnvironmentCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $2,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentWATER FOR PEOPLE: $3,000 · InternationalEDEN PEOPLEPLANET: $2,000 · International
Other$387,250Animals$21,000Health$17,000Human Services$11,000Education$10,000Environment$9,000International$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTRAY PETS IN NEED OF MA INC: $20,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $16,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpelman College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPATIENT ACCESS NETWORK FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAldrich Astronomical Society Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetWATER FOR PEOPLE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUE COLORS UNITED INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERGREEN CLIMATE INNOVATIONS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlueGreen Alliance Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDEN PEOPLEPLANET: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Runaway Switchboard: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPREAD THE VOTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARMENTER FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY: $75 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.

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.

Combined Jewish Phila…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Leblang Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leblang Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Boston Lyric Opera Company: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
8report 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 38 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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