Michigan · Private foundation
Leinweber Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,000,084
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $72M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Leinweber Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $4.1M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $3.7M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $4.6M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $4.3M | 91% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $3.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $14,180,084 | 5 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $2,620,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Beyond Basics | $525,000 | 4 | 2% |
| 826 Michigan Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Phoenix Multisport Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Haven Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Science Philanthropy Alliance Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Turning Point Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Oakland Family Services | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $14,180,084 | 5 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $2,620,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Beyond Basics | $525,000 | 4 | 2% |
| 826 Michigan Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Phoenix Multisport Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Haven Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Science Philanthropy Alliance Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Turning Point Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Oakland Family Services | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vista Maria | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alternatives for Girls | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oakland Literacy Council | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Common Ground | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House Michigan | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Covenant House Florida Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leinweber Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Herrick Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Kresge Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Leinweber Foundation
- How much does Leinweber Foundation give?
- Leinweber Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $4,075,084 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Leinweber Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (70%), Education (20%), Animals (3%).
- Who are Leinweber Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of Michigan ($14M), Michigan State University ($2.6M), National Wildlife Federation ($600k).
- Does Leinweber Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Leinweber Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Leinweber Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Herrick Foundation, United Way for Southeastern Michigan.
- Where is Leinweber Foundation based?
- Leinweber Foundation is based in MI.
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