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Leonard Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$99k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$1.1MHealth$1.1MPhilanthropy$145kHousing & Shelter$123kHuman Services$65kArts & Culture$40kInternational$10kYouth Development$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $94k
$24,033
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
S Cal Alcohol & Drug Recovery Fdn$25,000
WEBCO Foundation$25,000
Mission Hospital Foundation$24,033
Caterinas Club$10,000
Orange County Community Foundation$10,000
For the Children$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Caterinas Club: $10k → 10%California Youth Services: $3k → 10%California Youth Services: $3k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.4M · 7 repeat orgs$289k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +51% since the first grant, against +41% for the ones you funded once.

7 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$2.4M
$274k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+41%

Still filing today

43%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LP
    Las Palmas Elementary School
    5× · 2017–2022 · $1.1M
  • MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
    4× · 2017–2024 · $924k · revenue +51%
  • SC
    S Cal Alcohol & Drug Recovery Fdn
    6× · 2019–2024 · $150k

Funded once

  • CT
    Casa Teres Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • CT
    CASA TERESA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +49%
  • SC
    S Cal Alcohol Drug Recovery Fdn
    one grant, 2017 · $31k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

2
Children's Healthcare of California

The primary exempt purpose of children's healthcare of california includes without limitation the receipt of distributions and grants for the making of distributions and grants to children's hospital of orange county (choc) and to…

Health
3
Children's Home Society of California

The mission of children's home society of california is to provide children, families, and communities with supportive services to thrive.

Human Services
4
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association

California casa was founded in 1987. its mission is to ensure that children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have both a voice and the services they need to thrive. we achieve this by strengthening and empowering…

Civil Rights
5
Children's Hospital of Orange County

To nurture, advance and protect the health and well-being of children.

Health
6
Children's Shelter of Cebu

We exist to glorify god by demonstrating his love to the philippines as we provide a loving, christ-centered home with comprehensive medical, educational and placement services for homeless filipino children.

International
7
Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Orange County provides a powerful voice and a meaningful connection for children who have experienced abuse, neglect and abandoment.

Civil Rights
8
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
9
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
10
Colette's Children's Home Inc

Colettes childrens home provides housing and supportive services to homeless women and children with nowhere to turn. we work to remove the barriers that cause displacement and provide the means for transition from homelessness to stable…

Housing & Shelter
11
Young Men's Christian Association

The burbank community ymca (burbank y) is committed to strengthening the foundation of our community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. we work within our community to ensure that everyone, regardless of…

Human Services
12
Catholic Charities of Orange County Inc

The mission of catholic charities of orange county is to provide service to people in need, promote their voice in society, and to call the church and all people to do the same."

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is For the Children and the most unlike its peers is Anaheim Hills Elementary Pta. 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

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Las Palmas Elementary School — $1,125,000 · OtherLas Palmas Elementary SchoolS Cal Alcohol & Drug Recovery Fdn — $150,000 · OtherS Cal Alcohol & Drug Recovery FdnCasa Teres Foundation — $100,000 · OtherCasa Teres Foundation+5 more — $151,000 · Other+5 moreMISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER — $924,033 · HealthMISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENT…WEBCO FOUNDATION — $125,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyCASA TERESA INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesCATERINAS CLUB — $10,000 · Human ServicesCalifornia Youth Services — $5,500 · Human ServicesOrange County Rescue Mission Inc — $12,683 · Housing & ShelterLOS ANGELES MISSION INC — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterAnaheim Hills Elementary PTA — $20,000 · EducationKIDS AROUND THE WORLD INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOR THE CHILDREN — $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,526,000Health$924,033Philanthropy$145,000Human Services$65,500Housing & Shelter$22,683Education$20,000Youth Development$10,000Recreation & Sports$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER — $924,033 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWEBCO FOUNDATION — $125,000 over 5y, 28% of budgetCASA TERESA INC — $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetAnaheim Hills Elementary PTA — $20,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc — $12,683 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS AROUND THE WORLD INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATERINAS CLUB — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCalifornia Youth Services — $5,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFOR THE CHILDREN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
  • Who funds WEBCO FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CASA TERESA INC
  • Who funds Anaheim Hills Elementary PTA
  • Who funds Orange County Rescue Mission Inc
  • Who funds KIDS AROUND THE WORLD INC
  • Who funds THE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES MISSION INC
  • Who funds CATERINAS CLUB
  • Who funds California Youth Services
  • Who funds FOR THE CHILDREN

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Orange County Community FoundationCA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Leonard Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Leonard Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Leonard Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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