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Leptas Foundation Trust

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.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$1.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$15MEducation$6.6MReligion$5.9MHealth$800kPhilanthropy$500kInternational$445kHuman Services$190kCommunity Improvement$124kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.5M
$50,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$53M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG LIFE$1,934,000
MISSION HILLS CHURCH$600,000
VALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$224,000
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$200,000
WOW AND WONDER COLAB$135,000
AMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$100,000
ALTERNATIVES PREGNANCY CTR$100,000
AMG INTERNATIONAL$100,000
ISSACHAR CENTER$80,000
SERVANT LEADERSHIP FDN$55,000
INSPIRE RANCH COLORADO$50,000
INNER CITY HEALTH CENTER$50,000
SAVE OUR YOUTH$40,000
DRY BONES DENVER$20,000
BRIDGE2RWANDA$20,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $350k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%COMMUNIO FOUNDATION: $200k → 6%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $50k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $50k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $50k → 12%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

SD
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24M · 26 repeat orgs$5.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
15

Total granted

$24M
$4.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+16%

Still filing today

46%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $516k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $15M · revenue +59%
  • VC
    VALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
    6× · 2018–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +29%
  • AI
    AMG INTERNATIONAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $4.0M · revenue +17% · 32% of their budget
  • CC
    CHRIST CENTRAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $215k
  • CF
    COMMUNIO FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +190%
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
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
3
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
4
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
5
Visionsynergy

Our mission is to accelerate the great commission by equipping leaders, developing networks, and catalyzing collaboration toward spiritual breakthroughs among the least reached peoples and places of the world.

International
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Explore God Network
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7
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
8
Lx Ministries Inc

Our mission is to multiply the global impact and influence of Christian leaders and pastors throughout their organizations and communities. Our activities involve working with members of the leadership of other exclusively charitable…

Religion
9
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
10
Asia Us Impact

Religious

Religion
11
Saturate

Our hope is to see every church, every person, and every place saturated with the gospel of jesus christ in key cities and regions throughout north america.

Human Services
12
Christian Leaders for Africa Inc

Christian leaders from africa promotes christian theological training & education of local leaders in kenya and throughout africa. it invests in undergraduate, masters, and phd scholarships, faculty support for african professors and…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fellowship Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Servant Leadership 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

31 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. 31 of the 49 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG LIFE: $14,513,548 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE+1 more: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL: $3,983,360 · EducationTHE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOLVALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $2,271,300 · EducationVALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS+3 more: $340,000 · EducationMISSION HILLS CHURCH: $2,800,000 · OtherMISSION HILLS CHURC…VICTORY THRU CHRIST EVANGELICAL ASS: $300,000 · OtherVICTORY THRU CHRIST…CHRIST CENTRAL CHURCH: $215,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherCOMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · OtherSAVE OUR YOUTH INC: $310,000 · OtherSAVE OUR YOUTH INC+19 more: $1,149,400 · Other+19 moreAMG INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,150,000 · InternationalBRIDGE2RWANDA INC: $195,000 · International+2 more: $50,000 · InternationalAlternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $550,000 · HealthINNER CITY HEALTH CENTER: $250,000 · HealthIssachar Center: $330,000 · ReligionWOW & WONDER COLAB: $135,000 · ReligionCommunity Bible Study: $100,000 · ReligionONE EIGHT CATALYST: $85,000 · ReligionINSPIRE RANCH COLORADO: $50,000 · Religion+3 more: $21,500 · ReligionTHE SERVANT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $450,000 · PhilanthropyNEMA FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyCONCERTS FOR HOPE: $20,000 · Philanthropy
Youth Development$14,523,548Education$6,594,660Other$5,174,400International$1,395,000Health$800,000Religion$721,500Philanthropy$500,000

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 budgetYOUNG LIFE: $14,513,548 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL: $3,983,360 over 1y, 32% of budgetVALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $2,271,300 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetAMG INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,150,000 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetAlternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $550,000 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetTHE SERVANT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 8y, 27% of budgetIssachar Center: $330,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetSAVE OUR YOUTH INC: $310,000 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetINNER CITY HEALTH CENTER: $250,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetBRIDGE2RWANDA INC: $195,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $150,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetWOW & WONDER COLAB: $135,000 over 1y, 85% of budgetAMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCommunity Bible Study: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINSPIRE RANCH COLORADO: $50,000 over 1y, 61% of budgetYUMA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL -YUMA ARIZONA: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDRY BONES DENVER: $40,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEMA FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONCERTS FOR HOPE: $20,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetNEW VISION URBAN IMPACT: $10,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetTHRIVE MINISTRY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE MEDIA NA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVIVOBLU WATER FOR ALL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CHRISTIAN DISCIPLES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUrban Skye: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds VALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds AMG INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Alternatives Pregnancy Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SERVANT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Issachar Center ↗
  • Who funds SAVE OUR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds INNER CITY HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE2RWANDA INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds WOW & WONDER COLAB ↗
  • Who funds AMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Bible Study ↗
  • Who funds ONE EIGHT CATALYST ↗
  • Who funds INSPIRE RANCH COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds YUMA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL -YUMA ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds DRY BONES DENVER ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds NEMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCERTS FOR HOPE ↗
  • Who funds NEW VISION URBAN IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds FLORESTA USA INCORPORATED ↗

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.

Christian Community F…Tyl FoundationServant FoundationMile High United Way …The Anschutz Foundati…The Denver FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Lewan Family Foundati…Greater HorizonsColorado Gives Founda…Lumen Clarke M Willia…The Signatry Charitab…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO30.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Tyl Foundation · Servant Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Anschutz Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Lewan Family Foundation · Greater Horizons · Colorado Gives Foundation · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust

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 Leptas Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leptas Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%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
    ⤢ 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Leptas Foundation Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Leptas Foundation Trust 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 49 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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