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Leinweber Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$14MEducation$4.1MAnimals$600kScience & Tech$400kPhilanthropy$275kHuman Services$240kCommunity Improvement$175kArts & Culture$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $965k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.0M
$75,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$72M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$3,000,084
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$200,000
BEYOND BASICS$150,000
MI COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK$150,000
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$120,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$120,000
SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE$100,000
CRANBROOK$75,000
826 MICHIGAN$50,000
FREMONT AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES$25,000
DETROIT AREA PRE-COLLEGE ENGINEERING PROGRAM (DAPCEP)$20,000
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$20,000
COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA$10,000
COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN$10,000
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 (FY20–24, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA: $10k → 13%TURNING POINT: $100k → 12%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA: $10k → 13%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 8%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $10k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $10k → 21%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 9 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
16

Total granted

$19M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+63%

Still filing today

78%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $215k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterAnimalsScience & TechOther
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

  • UO
    University of Michigan
    5× · 2020–2024 · $14M · revenue +139%
  • NW
    NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $600k · revenue +39%
  • BB
    BEYOND BASICS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $525k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
  • RC
    RESEARCH CORPORATION FOR SCIENCE ADVANCEMENT
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
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
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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2
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
3
Care of Southeastern Michigan

To strengthen resiliency in people and their communities through prevention, education, and services that improve the quality of life

Health
4
Ozone House Inc

Ozone house provides holistic support and housing services that enhance the well-being and safety of young people through empowerment, advocacy, and connection.

Human Services
5
Interact of Michigan Inc

Interact of michigan, inc. is dedicated to collaborative delivery of evidence-supported mental health and substance abuse treatments that foster hope and wellness. interact of michigan, inc. has developed services designed to meet the…

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6
Michigan League for Public Policy

The league's mission is to promote racial equity, economic security, health, and well being for all people in michigan through policy change.

Human Services
7
Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence

Dedicated to the empowerment of all the state's survivors of domestic and sexual violence. our mission is to develop and promote efforts aimed at the elimination of all domestic and sexual violence in michigan.

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8
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
9
Michigan Pharmacists Association

To encourage and support its members as professionals responsible for the delivery of patient-focused care.

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10
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
11
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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12
Michigan Assoc of Community Mental Health Boards

Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alternatives for Girls; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 30 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)
16/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Michigan: $14,180,084 · OtherUniversity of MichiganMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,620,000 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY+16 more: $2,180,000 · Other+16 moreNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $600,000 · AnimalsBEYOND BASICS: $525,000 · EducationCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $50,000 · EducationTURNING POINT INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesOAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $50,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $150,000 · HealthCOMMON GROUND: $20,000 · HealthSCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 · Science & TechALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterFremont Area Community Foundation: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Other$18,980,084Animals$600,000Education$575,000Human Services$190,000Health$170,000Science & Tech$100,000Housing & Shelter$30,000Philanthropy$25,000

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 budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $600,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBEYOND BASICS: $525,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budget826 MICHIGAN INC: $150,000 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHAVEN FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetSCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTURNING POINT INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVISTA MARIA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFremont Area Community Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOAKLAND LITERACY COUNCIL: $25,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetCOMMON GROUND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND BASICS ↗
  • Who funds 826 MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX MULTISPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT INC ↗
  • Who funds OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds VISTA MARIA ↗
  • Who funds CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds Fremont Area Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds OAKLAND LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds COMMON GROUND ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Herrick FoundationUnited Way for Southe…The Kresge FoundationThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI21.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report 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 30 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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