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Leonard Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2k
Granted FY2023
5
Grants FY2023
5
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$500
Largest grant, FY2023
$500
Organizations funded a year
5 to 67
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Leonard Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $445 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesInternationalArts & CultureFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20235$2k20%
FY202267$176k30%
FY202152$99k58%
FY202033$30kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Human Services$68kFood & Nutrition$54kInternational$43kReligion$26kEducation$23kEnvironment$13kHousing & Shelter$13kHealth$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
OK
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Americares Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Community Action House$19,50020%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$15,20030%
De Lasalle Institute$15,0002n/a
Foster Village Charlotte$11,20031%
Feeding America$10,00010%
International Medical Corps$10,00010%
The Salvation Army$9,4503n/a
Feeding America West Michigan$7,00020%
The Night Ministry$6,50030%
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All grantees of Leonard Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Americares Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Community Action House$19,50020%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$15,20030%
De Lasalle Institute$15,0002n/a
Foster Village Charlotte$11,20031%
Feeding America$10,00010%
International Medical Corps$10,00010%
The Salvation Army$9,4503n/a
Feeding America West Michigan$7,00020%
The Night Ministry$6,50030%
Old St Patricks Church$5,7003n/a
Good Shepherd Manor Inc$5,50030%
Hope College$5,00010%
Wheatland Music Organization Inc$5,00010%
The Food Depot$5,00030%
Arlington Heights Senior Center Inc$5,0004n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$4,00020%
Repairers of the Breach$4,00020%
Pads to Hope Dba-Journeys the Road Home$4,00030%
Alliance for the Great Lakes$3,50020%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$3,50030%
Friends of the Earth$3,00030%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$3,00030%
Shelter Inc$3,00030%
Redemptoristine Nuns$3,0003n/a
Razom Inc$3,00010%
National Audubon Society Inc$3,00030%
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois$2,50020%
Feed the Children Inc$2,50020%
Feed My Starving Children Inc$2,50030%
Wings Program Inc$2,50020%
Catholic Charities Inc$2,5002n/a
Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson$2,0002n/a
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly$2,00010%
Santa Fe Pickleball Club$2,00012%
Gary Sinise Foundation$2,00020%
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance$2,00020%
Pro Publica Inc$2,00020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$2,00010%
Malaria Consortium US Inc$2,00010%
Pacific Garden Mission$2,0001n/a
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired$2,00010%
El Rito Public Library$2,00021%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$2,00020%
Uptown People's Law Center$2,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,50010%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$1,50020%
Urban Growers Collective Inc$1,00010%
Contigo Immigrant Justice$1,00010%
Santa Fe Watershed Association$1,00010%
Window to the World Communications Inc$1,00010%
Free Press$1,00010%
Network Education Program Network Advocates for Catholic Social Justice$1,00020%
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization$1,00010%
National Wwi Museum and Memorial$75020%
Figueroa Wu Family Foundation$44510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leonard Family Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Action House: $19,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $15,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoster Village Charlotte: $11,200 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America West Michigan: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Night Ministry: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGood Shepherd Manor Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHope College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWheatland Music Organization Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Food Depot: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRepairers of the Breach: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPads to Hope Dba-Journeys the Road Home: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for the Great Lakes: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShelter Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRazom Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Northern Illinois: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeed the Children Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeed My Starving Children Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWings Program Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Brothers - Friends of the Elderly: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Fe Pickleball Club: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Mexico Wilderness Alliance: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Chicago: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMalaria Consortium US Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEl Rito Public Library: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUptown People's Law Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Growers Collective Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetContigo Immigrant Justice: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Fe Watershed Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWindow to the World Communications Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFree Press: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNetwork Education Program Network Advocates for Catholic Social Justice: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKenwood Oakland Community Organization: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wwi Museum and Memorial: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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 Chicago Community TrustIL17.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · John Marshall Family Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Helen V Brach Foundation · Santa Fe Community Foundation · Greater Chicago Food Depository · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The San Francisco 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.

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About Leonard Family Charitable Foundation

How much does Leonard Family Charitable Foundation give?
Leonard Family Charitable Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $2,389 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 67 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Leonard Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (22%), Food & Nutrition (17%), International (14%).
Who are Leonard Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Americares Foundation Inc ($20k), Community Action House ($20k), Greater Chicago Food Depository ($15k).
Does Leonard Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Leonard Family Charitable Foundation 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 Leonard Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Leonard Family Charitable Foundation based?
Leonard Family Charitable Foundation is based in IL.

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 85 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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