· Private foundation
Leota Steed 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k18 grants · $92k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $135k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WICHITA FALLS | $85,000 |
| UNITED REGIONAL FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| HANDS TO HANDS | $15,000 |
| THE KITCHEN | $10,000 |
| FAITH MISSION | $10,000 |
| CHRIST ACADEMY | $6,735 |
| WICHITA FALLS AREA FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| CAMP FIRE NORTH TEXAS | $5,000 |
| ARC OF WICHITA COUNTY | $5,000 |
| FIRST STEP WICHITA FALLS INC | $5,000 |
| BIG BORHTERS BIG SISTERS | $5,000 |
| MSU PRESIDENT'S EXCELLANCE CIRCLE | $5,000 |
| RATHGEBER HOSPITALITY HOUSE | $5,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY OF WF | $5,000 |
| PATSYS HOUSE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $165k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CACHRIST ACADEMY3× · 2020–2024 · $147k · revenue +53%
- HOHospice of Wichita Falls Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +18%
- RHRathgeber Hospitality House5× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +58%
Funded once
- MSMIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2022 · $15k
- PCPRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOMES & SERVICESone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -4%
- ACAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYone grant, 2022 · $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.
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.
To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.
The Organizations mission is to bring unity and efficiency to investigations of child abuse through the use of a multi-disciplinary team and, thereby, to provide the best possible services to victims of child abuse and their families.
Formerly ywca wichita, the wichita family crisis center (wfcc) began operations in wichita, ks in 1907. wfcc's mission is to eliminate domestic violence in our community by supporting survivors through shelter, education & advocacy.
The organization is dedicated to providing quality, comprehensive services to pregnant women, infants, and toddlers. teaming with other agencies enables them to help each child and family achieve social competency. early head start…
To provide emergency/supplemental assistance in the form of food, clothing, household items, utility, rent and mortgage aid to people in need in the waco community.also provides case management assistance to people wanting to become…
CASA of Williamson County, TX exists to empower community volunteers to advocate for children who have experienced abuse or neglect to find loving, safe, and permanent homes.
In partnership with the community, christmas in action rehabilitates the homes of low income elderly and low income disabled so that they may continue to live in warmth, safety and independence.
To procure and distribute nutritional food to qualified agencies that feed the hungry of West Central Texas.
The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…
To provide christ-centered programs and services that lead the homeless toward self-sufficiency.
Wichita area sexual assault center works with individuals and communities through comprehensive services and education to create a culture of intolerance for sexual violence and an atmosphere of healing for those impacted by it.
Women's and children's crisis shelter is committed to providing safety, shelter and hope to victims of domestic violence.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 36 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds CHRIST ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Hospice of Wichita Falls Inc ↗
- Who funds Rathgeber Hospitality House ↗
- Who funds SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS INC DBA THE KITCHEN ↗
- Who funds WICHITA FALLS AREA FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds North Central Texas Community Health Care Center ↗
- Who funds CAMP FIRE NORTH TEXAS ↗
- Who funds THE ARC OF WICHITA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds Patsy's House Children's Advocacy Center ↗
- Who funds FIRST STEP OF WICHITA FALLS INC ↗
- Who funds PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOMES & SERVICES ↗
- Who funds CHRIST COUNSELING MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds Project Back to School ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF WEST TX INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA COUNTY ↗
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: James N McCoy Foundation · Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation · The Fain Foundation · Bryant Edwards Foundation Inc · Donnell Foundation · Julia Lee Taubert Foundation · Guinn Foundation Inc · J S Bridwell Foundation · The Priddy Foundation · Kadane Foundation · Gene Conley Foundation · Bill & Jan Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Leota Steed Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leota Steed Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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