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Leonard A Loesch Charitable Trust at a glance

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Leonard A Loesch Charitable Trust

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.

$74k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$72kHuman Services$60kReligion$37kFood & Nutrition$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kRecreation & Sports$16kPublic Benefit$13kHealth$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$618k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY$10,000
TURNING POINT USA$10,000
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES$10,000
ST MICHAEL CATHOLIC PARISH$10,000
ROLLING THUNDER CHARITIES$10,000
FEED LOUISVILLE$5,000
HOSPARUS HEALTH$3,000
THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$3,000
SOUTHEAST CHRISTIAN CHURCH$3,000
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$2,500
MYGYM FOUNDATION$2,500
PRP ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$1,000
WESTPORT ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH$1,000
RIVERSIDE THE FARNSLEY-MOREMEN LAND$1,000
BILL VICKI MILLER FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%HOSPARUS HEALTH: $3k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
IN
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
DC
OK
FL
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$185k · 10 repeat orgs$112k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +1% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
21

Total granted

$185k
$77k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
0%

Still filing today

50%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthPublic BenefitArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • BU
    BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +1%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $6k · revenue +12%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $5k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +19%
  • AF
    ACTION FOR LIFE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -7%
  • FG
    FALL GALA COLUMBIA COMMUNITY FOUNDA
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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3
Catholic Leadership Institute

Catholic leadership institute provides bishops, priests,religious, deacons and lay persons in the roman catholic church with world-class, pastoral leadership formation and consulting services that strengthen their confidence and competence…

Religion
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
Corus International Inc

TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…

Human Services
9
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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10
Columbus Hospice Inc

Care of the terminally ill

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11
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Riverside the Farnsley-Moremen Landing Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 43 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
11/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $20,000 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESSOUTHEAST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY INC: $18,000 · OtherSOUTHEAST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTU…DREAM BIG ADAPTIVE WATERSPORTS: $15,000 · OtherDREAM BIG ADAPTIVE WATERSPORTSIndividual grant recipient: $11,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST MICHAEL CATHOLIC PARISH: $10,000 · OtherST MICHAEL CATHOLIC PARISHTURNING POINT USA INC: $10,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCFALL GALA COLUMBIA COMMUNITY FOUNDA: $10,000 · OtherFALL GALA COLUMBIA COMMUNITY FOUNDAHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $7,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES: $5,000 · OtherST PIUS X CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITY OF LOUISVILLE: $5,000 · OtherFeed Louisville Inc: $5,000 · Other+17 more: $23,800 · Other+17 moreBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $40,000 · EducationBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INC…COLUMBIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationCOLUMBIA COMMUNITY FOUNDA…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $12,376 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION+1 more: $2,000 · EducationHands of Kindness: $29,186 · Human ServicesHands of Kind…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRI…HOSPARUS INC HOSPARUS HEALTH: $3,000 · Human ServicesHOSPARUS INC …ROLLING THUNDER CHARITIES INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $1,000 · Public BenefitFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $21,000 · InternationalACTION FOR LIFE INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · HealthNEW LIFE SOLUTIONS INC: $3,000 · Health
Other$144,800Education$69,376Human Services$38,186Public Benefit$22,000International$21,000Civil Rights$10,000Health$8,000

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 budgetBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROLLING THUNDER CHARITIES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCOLUMBIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $12,376 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTION FOR LIFE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW LIFE SOLUTIONS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetImmaculata Classical Academy Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARYHURST INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBILLIARD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE THE FARNSLEY-MOREMEN LANDING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WHAS CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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 Foundat…Baird Foundation IncNorton Healthcare IncThe Community Foundat…The Gheens Foundation…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…Kirchdorfer FoundationElite Homes Charitabl…Irvin F & Alice S Ets…Charles L Weisberg Fa…Lift a Life Foundatio…Kosair Charities Comm…
The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY23.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Norton Healthcare Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Kirchdorfer Foundation · Elite Homes Charitable Foundation Inc · Irvin F & Alice S Etscorn Charitable Foundation · Charles L Weisberg Family Foundation · Lift a Life Foundation Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc

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 Leonard A Loesch Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leonard A Loesch Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 43 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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