· Private foundation
Leslie and Loretta Copeland Foundation Tr
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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k15 grants · $320k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $245k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BEREA COLLEGE | $80,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI | $65,000 |
| SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC | $50,000 |
| ST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $50,000 |
| EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE | $30,000 |
| URGENT INC | $25,000 |
| ST JOSEPH'S CHURCH | $25,000 |
| CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $25,000 |
| MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY | $20,000 |
| NORTH LAWNDALE COLLEGE | $20,000 |
| THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| MISERICORIDA HOME | $20,000 |
| GARRETT EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY | $20,000 |
| MCGAW YMCA | $20,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $620k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
BEREA COLLEGE8× · 2017–2024 · $645k · revenue +50%- UOUniversity of Miami8× · 2017–2024 · $475k · revenue +96%
SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC8× · 2017–2024 · $358k · revenue +51%
Funded once
- MCMarrilac Center Incone grant, 2018 · $25k
MISERICORDIA FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +52%
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.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…
Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
To promote and support the educational, medical, scientific, and research purposes of the medical university of south carolina "musc", and university medical associates of the medical university of south carolina "uma", including their…
Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.
Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 25 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 BEREA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds University of Miami ↗
- Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE IGNITES CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds URGENT INC ↗
- Who funds Young Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc ↗
- Who funds MISERICORDIA HOME ↗
- Who funds East Ridge Retirement Village Inc ↗
- Who funds DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
- Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION ↗
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: The Chicago Community Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Leslie and Loretta Copeland Foundation Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leslie and Loretta Copeland Foundation Tr. Bigger dots raise more.
- University of Miami: 5% of income from government
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