Skip to content
Leonard H McIntosh Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Leonard H McIntosh Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$129k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$92kPublic Benefit$89kEnvironment$69kHousing & Shelter$59kHuman Services$57kFood & Nutrition$50kHealth$43kRecreation & Sports$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $88k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARCH COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST$25,000
PROJECT BIG WOOD$22,500
TROUT UNLIMITED$20,000
WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST$20,000
BLAINE COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND$7,000
MOUNTAIN HUMANE$5,000
HOSPICE OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY$5,000
THE HUNGER COALITION$5,000
THE SALMONFLY PROJECT$5,000
SPUR$5,000
WOOD RIVER COMMUNITY YMCA$3,000
HAWKEN SCHOOL$2,500
SUN VALLEY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION$2,500
DESERT SCHOLARSHIP 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 (FY22–22, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%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

ID
MT
NV
WY
OH
CA
VA
MD
TN
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$401k · 14 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
6

Total granted

$401k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+28%

Still filing today

71%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitOther
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

  • TY
    THE YORK SCHOOL
    3× · 2019–2023 · $72k · revenue +0%
  • AC
    ARCH COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $59k · revenue +393%
  • BC
    BLAINE COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $39k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • MF
    MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -51%
  • BB
    BUFFALO BILL CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $26k
  • CO
    CITY OF KETCHUM
    one grant, 2023 · $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
California Trout Inc

Caltrout's mission is ensuring healthy water and resilient wild fish for a better california. we share a common vision of a california where healthy waters flow from headwaters to sea. where the diversity and resilience of our waters and…

Animals
2
Washington Water Trust

Wwt's mission is to protect and restore water in rivers and streams across washington state. washington water trust restores and protects water in rivers and streams and promotes sustainable freshwater management in washington, and, more…

Environment
3
Swan Valley Connections

Maintain the swan valley's unique natural resources and ensure that a vibrant human community can sustain itself through stewardship, education, economic viability, and conservation on public and private lands.

Environment
4
Fishery Foundation of California

To improve fisheries resources in the state of california.

Animals
5
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
6
Wild Salmon Rivers

To conserve functioning salmon/steelhead eco-system at watershed levels, integrate angling activities with basic scientific research, collect raw data, monitor environmental functions, salmon/steelhead population dynamics, public…

Environment
7
Big Thompson Watershed Coalition

Vision: a healthy and resilient big thompson watershed benefitting fish, wildlife, and the people itserves through collaborative efforts for current and future generations. mission: working with others to take action that protects and…

Environment
8
Washington Coast Sustainable Salmon Foundation

The foundation board is comprised of members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who devote their shared commitment and passion to collectively support protection and restoration of the washington coast region salmon by providing…

Animals
9
Sky Island Alliance

We work to connect people, wildlife, and lands across the u.s.-mexico border through the use of science, advocacy, educational activities, community engagement, and on-the-ground conservation initiatives. our main activities include…

Environment
10
Green Lake Association Inc

Safeguard green lake by improving its water quality, protecting it from critical threats, and accelerating its return to a clean lake.

Environment
11
Council for Watershed Health

Council for watershed health advances the health and sustainability of the region's watersheds, rivers, streams, and habitats - in both natural areas and urban neighborhoods - through science-based research, education, and inclusive…

Environment
12
Ecosystem Sciences Foundation Inc

River and watershed restoration

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc; the most unlike its peers is Desert Scholarship Foundation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 24 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOSPICE OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY: $42,250 · OtherHOSPICE OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEYSPUR - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA PLANNING AND URBAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $40,250 · OtherSPUR - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA PLANNING AND UR…SENIOR CONNECTION: $26,550 · OtherSENIOR CONNECTIONBUFFALO BILL CENTER: $26,250 · OtherBUFFALO BILL CENTERWOOD RIVER COMMUNITY YMCA: $17,750 · OtherWOOD RIVER COMMUNITY YMCASUN VALLEY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $17,250 · OtherSUN VALLEY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCCITY OF KETCHUM: $10,000 · OtherMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · OtherMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC+3 more: $2,250 · OtherTHE YORK SCHOOL: $71,500 · EducationTHE YORK SCHOOLHAWKEN SCHOOL: $11,500 · EducationHAWKEN SCHOOLDESERT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $6,500 · EducationDESERT SCHOLARSHIP …ARCH COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST INC: $59,250 · Housing & ShelterARCH COMMUNI…BLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC: $45,250 · Food & NutritionBLAINE COU…Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $5,000 · Food & NutritionFood Bank …PROJECT BIG WOOD A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $22,500 · EnvironmentPROJECT B…WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $20,000 · EnvironmentWOOD RIVE…BLAINE COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND INC: $38,500 · Public BenefitTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $21,715 · AnimalsTHE SALMONFLY PROJECT: $5,000 · AnimalsANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE: $5,000 · AnimalsSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County: $1,500 · Animals
Other$212,550Education$89,500Housing & Shelter$59,250Food & Nutrition$50,250Environment$42,500Public Benefit$38,500Animals$33,215

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 budgetTHE YORK SCHOOL: $71,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetARCH COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST INC: $59,250 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC: $45,250 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSPUR - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA PLANNING AND URBAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $40,250 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND INC: $38,500 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT BIG WOOD A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $22,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $21,715 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSUN VALLEY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $17,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHAWKEN SCHOOL: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SALMONFLY PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 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.

Spur Community Founda…Idaho Community Found…The Bessemer Giving F…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Spur Community Foundation IncID13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Spur Community Foundation Inc · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Leonard H McIntosh Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leonard H McIntosh Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Leonard H McIntosh Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Leonard H McIntosh 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 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.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Leonard H McIntosh’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home