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Leslie Peter Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$375k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2025
25
Organizations funded FY2024
12%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$45,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$5.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Leslie Peter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving24$375k17%
FY202425$488k12%
FY202324$369k13%
FY202221$220k5%
FY202130$393k10%
FY202028$323k7%
FY201930$327k17%
FY201829$422k28%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$817kInternational$732kHealth$629kHuman Services$279kArts & Culture$255kCrime & Legal$200kFood & Nutrition$136kAnimals$114kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
NY
MA
IA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Leslie Peter Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Gordon College$231,60090%
Instruments of Change Inc$200,000926%
Tampa Preparatory School Inc$135,00090%
Room to Read$135,00090%
First Book$135,00090%
Hope for Her Florida Inc$135,00095%
Mercy Ships International$130,00080%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$120,00080%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$115,00090%
Lawyers for Children Inc$105,00080%
Greater Brandon Meals on Wheels Inc$100,000822%
Direct Relief$95,00030%
Americares Foundation Inc$95,00060%
Heart to Heart International Inc$90,00040%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$85,00050%
Macdonald Training Center Foundation Inc$75,00076%
The Dan Marino Foundation Inc$50,00050%
Prep for Prep$50,00050%
Autism Speaks Inc$50,00030%
American Diabetes Association$40,00030%
Mercy Chefs Inc$35,00020%
United Service Organizations Inc$32,50050%
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc$30,00030%
Givedirectly Inc$30,00020%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc$25,00030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$25,00010%
Operation Homefront Inc$25,00030%
Samaritan's Purse$25,00020%
International Relief Teams$20,00010%
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc$20,00010%
Children of the Night$15,00011%
Unbridled Heroes Project$12,0003n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tampa Bay Inc$10,00010%
Operation Gratitude Inc$10,00010%
Fisher College$10,00010%
Feeding South Florida Inc$10,00010%
The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA Inc$10,00011%
National Tuberous Sclerosis Association$10,00010%
The Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation$5,00010%
Bell Shoals Baptist Church$5,0001n/a
Choices Clinics Inc$5,00011%
Stars & Stripes 4 Ever Foundation$2,00015%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($785k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Leslie Peter Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGordon College: $231,600 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetInstruments of Change Inc: $200,000 over 9y, 26% of budgetTampa Preparatory School Inc: $135,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRoom to Read: $135,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Book: $135,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Her Florida Inc: $135,000 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetMercy Ships International: $130,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $120,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $115,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLawyers for Children Inc: $105,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Brandon Meals on Wheels Inc: $100,000 over 8y, 22% of budgetDirect Relief: $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $95,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHeart to Heart International Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $85,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMacdonald Training Center Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetThe Dan Marino Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPrep for Prep: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Chefs Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $32,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGivedirectly Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Homefront Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Relief Teams: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren of the Night: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Tampa Bay Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Gratitude Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFisher College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding South Florida Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNational Tuberous Sclerosis Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChoices Clinics Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStars & Stripes 4 Ever Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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.

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Find your warmest path to Leslie Peter 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.

About Leslie Peter Foundation

How much does Leslie Peter Foundation give?
Leslie Peter Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $375,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Leslie Peter Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (25%), International (22%), Health (19%).
Who are Leslie Peter Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gordon College ($232k), Instruments of Change Inc ($200k), Tampa Preparatory School Inc ($135k).
Does Leslie Peter Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Leslie Peter Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Leslie Peter Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Leslie Peter Foundation based?
Leslie Peter Foundation is based in FL.

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 61 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.

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