Illinois · Private foundation
Leon J Millard
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $235k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 73% of the organizations Leon J Millard funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $235k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $190k | 73% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $193k | 94% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $220k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carole's House of Hope | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Connected Roots Care Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heart Ministry Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hot Shops Art Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blue Barn Theatre | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Completely Kids | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Financial Hope Collaborative | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nothing but Net Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carole's House of Hope | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Connected Roots Care Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heart Ministry Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hot Shops Art Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blue Barn Theatre | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Completely Kids | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Financial Hope Collaborative | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nothing but Net Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Kids Can Community Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heartland Workers Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| DIBS for Kids | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Avenue Scholars | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Generation Diamond Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Center for Kids Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| El Museo Latino | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls Incorporated of Omaha | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Plains Theatre Commons | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Omaha Street School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| African Culture Connection | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Go Beyond Nebraska | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($622k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leon J Millard 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: The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Todd and Mary Heistand Family Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · The Hawks Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About Leon J Millard
- How much does Leon J Millard give?
- Leon J Millard reported 24 grants totaling $235,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Leon J Millard fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (11%), Human Services (10%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are Leon J Millard's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Carole's House of Hope ($15k), Connected Roots Care Center ($15k), Heart Ministry Center ($15k).
- Does Leon J Millard fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Leon J Millard 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 Leon J Millard?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lozier Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, Weitz Family Foundation.
- Where is Leon J Millard based?
- Leon J Millard is based in IL.
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