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Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc

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.

$67k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
44
Grants FY2024
33
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
33 to 46
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$371k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthMembership BenefitInternationalEnvironmentOther
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 arriving44$67k27%
FY202333$33k24%
FY202237$32k27%
FY202138$41k21%
FY202041$32k27%
FY201938$34k11%
FY201846$47k46%
FY201739$47kn/a
86% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$76kHuman Services$63kEducation$32kHealth$26kInternational$16kArts & Culture$15kRecreation & Sports$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ND
IL
MI
NY
IN
OH
CA
MO
KY
VA
KS
TN
NC
OK
MS
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.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sunrise Children's Services Inc$40,00070%
The Whas Crusade for Children Inc$16,60080%
Prairie View Christian Church$14,5008n/a
Samaritan's Purse$13,15080%
Harvey Browne Presbyterian Church$9,5006n/a
Sally Kate Winters Family Services Inc$9,00080%
The Home of the Innocents Inc$6,35080%
Grand Island Baptist Church$3,0002n/a
Cave Hill Heritage Foundation$2,50070%
Highview Baptist Church Inc$2,3004n/a
Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sunrise Children's Services Inc$40,00070%
The Whas Crusade for Children Inc$16,60080%
Prairie View Christian Church$14,5008n/a
Samaritan's Purse$13,15080%
Harvey Browne Presbyterian Church$9,5006n/a
Sally Kate Winters Family Services Inc$9,00080%
The Home of the Innocents Inc$6,35080%
Grand Island Baptist Church$3,0002n/a
Cave Hill Heritage Foundation$2,50070%
Highview Baptist Church Inc$2,3004n/a
Folds of Honor Foundation$2,00070%
Cabbage Patch Settlement House Inc$2,00040%
Augustine School$1,90040%
Hildegard House Incorporated$1,70050%
Boyd Tavern Foundation$1,60062%
Indiana Parkinson Foundation$1,50030%
4p-Support Group$1,50031%
ECHO Inc$1,50050%
Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc$1,25040%
Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc$1,25040%
Restore 3 Inc$1,0001n/a
Second Helpings Inc$1,00010%
New Hope Baptist Church$1,0001n/a
First Fruits of Zion Inc$1,00010%
Spirit of Atlanta Inc$1,00010%
GO InterNational Inc$90010%
Disabled American Veterans$80040%
Pearl Webb Cemetery Corporation$7503n/a
Sand Creek Intermediate School PTO$70011%
Assurance for Life Inc$50040%
International Grassland Congress$50010%
Small Mercies Animal Rescue$5001n/a
Farm Rescue Foundation$40020%
Kentucky Forage & Grassland Council$4001n/a
College Mentors for Kids Inc$30010%
New Hope Presbyterian Church$2501n/a
New Life Day Center Inc$25010%
Long Hollow Baptist Church$2501n/a
The Lancaster Grand Theater Inc$25010%
Central Rappahannock Heritage Center Incorporated$10010%
Disabled American Veterans Department of Kentucky Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($186k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSunrise Children's Services Inc: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Whas Crusade for Children Inc: $16,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $13,150 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSally Kate Winters Family Services Inc: $9,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Home of the Innocents Inc: $6,350 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCave Hill Heritage Foundation: $2,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $2,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCabbage Patch Settlement House Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAugustine School: $1,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHildegard House Incorporated: $1,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBoyd Tavern Foundation: $1,600 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetIndiana Parkinson Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budget4p-Support Group: $1,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetECHO Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWaterfront Botanical Gardens Inc: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLouisville Zoo Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Helpings Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Fruits of Zion Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpirit of Atlanta Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGO InterNational Inc: $900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSand Creek Intermediate School PTO: $700 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAssurance for Life Inc: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Grassland Congress: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFarm Rescue Foundation: $400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCollege Mentors for Kids Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Life Day Center Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Lancaster Grand Theater Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCentral Rappahannock Heritage Center Incorporated: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDisabled American Veterans Department of Kentucky Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 30.

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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.

The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY22.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc

How much does Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc give?
Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc reported 44 grants totaling $66,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (23%), Human Services (19%), Education (10%).
Who are Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sunrise Children's Services Inc ($40k), The Whas Crusade for Children Inc ($17k), Prairie View Christian Church ($15k).
Does Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc 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 Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc.
Where is Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc based?
Leight M Wilson Foundation Inc is based in KY.

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 115 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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