· Private foundation
Leiter Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEFFERSON LAND TRUST | $8,000 |
| ACTION FOR WOMENS RURAL ASSN | $8,000 |
| SQUAM LAKE NATURAL SCI CTR | $8,000 |
| POLLINATOR PROJECT ROGUE VALLEY | $6,000 |
| FEMALE YOUTH WITH BETTER ACTION | $6,000 |
| KSTR WILDLIFE ALLIANCE | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF NATURE ASSN | $5,000 |
| PROJECT GRIPH | $5,000 |
| ECOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT FUND | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| BARRINGTON LAND CONS TRUST | $5,000 |
| BIRDS GEORGIA | $5,000 |
| BIG BAD PROJECT | $5,000 |
| FXB USA | $5,000 |
| FLB CITIZENS TASK FORCE | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 71% of grant dollars ($437k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 29% that went abroad ($174k) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 29% of all-years giving ($174k)
9 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 15% of Leiter Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 26% of the giving stays in WA; by stated purpose, 21%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $86k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CLCAPITOL LAND TRUST4× · 2018–2022 · $17k · revenue +74%
- GEGREEN EMPOWERMENT3× · 2017–2020 · $16k · revenue +74%
- PCPRESCOTT COLLEGE INC2× · 2017–2018 · $14k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- DRDUNGENESS RIVER CENTERone grant, 2022 · $10k
- ESENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION AGCYone grant, 2021 · $10k
- WPWILD PLANET TRUSTone grant, 2019 · $9k
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.
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.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The Natura Bolivia Foundation is dedicated to implementing, and evaluating the impact of conservation and development programs, with a focus on watershed conservation, protected areas, and incentive based conservation in Bolivia. We work…
Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.
Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.
Reel Earth Films promotes wildlife conservation by creating films that nurture the human connection to nature, spread awareness about life-threatening challenges facing species worldwide, and advance environmental activism and research.
Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…
The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.
Our mission is to protect vital areas of our natural world for the benefit of wildlife, habitats, and people by inspiring collaborative action. Our vision is a world where wildlife and people flourish in healthy ecosystems that sustain us…
How this is measured
30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 77 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SEACOLOGY ↗
- Who funds WILDEARTH GUARDIANS ↗
- Who funds CAPITOL LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds GREEN EMPOWERMENT ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds PRESCOTT COLLEGE INC ↗
- Who funds JEFFERSON LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds TREES WATER AND PEOPLE ↗
- Who funds FXB USA INC ↗
- Who funds ECO-LOGIC DEVELOPMENT FUND ↗
- Who funds CASCADE FOREST CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds BURN DESIGN LAB ↗
- Who funds Kaniksu Land Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds OKANOGAN LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds POLLINATOR PROJECT ROGUE VALLEY ↗
- Who funds WILD TOMORROW FUND ↗
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: Kaleidoscope Foundation · Land Trust Alliance Inc · The Oregon Community Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Weyerhaeuser Family Foundationinc · The Burning Foundation · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Impactassetsinc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Leiter Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leiter Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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