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Leslies Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Leslies Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$271k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$1.2MHuman Services$818kYouth Development$670kCivil Rights$372kPublic Safety & Disaster$311kEducation$168kCommunity Improvement$60kRecreation & Sports$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$150,246
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boys & Girls Club$150,246
ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$120,765
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $89k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SEQUOIA YMCA: $250 → 7%YMCA OF NORTH WEST LOUISIANA: $250 → 22%YMCA: $3k → 11%FRESH START WOMENS FOUNDATION: $7k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $34k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $30k → 11%Ronald McDonald House: $15k → 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

IL
NY
IN
CA
NE
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
OK
LA
GA
TX
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 17 repeat orgs$704k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
63

Total granted

$3.0M
$554k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+24%

Still filing today

41%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $778k · revenue +59%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    2× · 2021–2022 · $249k · revenue +5%
  • BH
    Banner Health Foundation
    2× · 2019–2020 · $110k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • PC
    Phoenix Children's Hospitalgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $55k · revenue +67%
  • BG
    BOYS GIRLS CLUBS
    one grant, 2019 · $51k
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
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
Arizona Family Health Partnership

To make sexual and reproductive healthcare accessible to everyone

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3
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.

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4
Yuma Regional Medical Center

The purpose of yuma regional medical center is "building a healthier tomorrow." we are guided by three pillars: (1) putting patients first; (2) rooted in the community and; (3) committed to progress.

Health
5
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

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6
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
7
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Foundation

Bringing together diverse voices to advance health and healthcare in arizona.

Health
8
Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Azaap is committed to improving the health of arizona children and supporting the pediatric professionals who care for them.

Health
9
Ywca Metropolitan Phoenix

YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

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10
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
11
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
12
Northern Arizona Healthcare Corporation

Improving health, healing people.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ymca of Southern Arizona; the most unlike its peers is Gilbert American Little League. 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 82 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA OF THE USA: $399,334 · OtherYMCA OF THE USATEAM LESLIE'S CARES: $324,855 · OtherTEAM LESLIE'S CARESAMERICAN RED CROSS: $305,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS FUND: $300,000 · OtherNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS FUNDBoys & Girls Club: $150,246 · OtherBoys & Girls ClubINTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AND TUITION SERVICES INC: $136,740 · OtherINTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AND TUITION SERVICES INCBANNER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $110,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $100,000 · OtherBIG BROTHER'S BIG SISTER'S: $93,000 · Other+55 more: $331,760 · Other+55 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $777,889 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HO…Banner Health Foundation: $110,000 · HealthBanner Health FoundationPhoenix Children's Hospital: $55,000 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital+3 more: $46,000 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $249,088 · Youth DevelopmentRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA: $78,500 · Human ServicesFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Human ServicesValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $3,400 · Human Services+3 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsPHOENIX PRIDE INC: $6,000 · Civil RightsNew Pathways For Youth: $15,500 · Crime & LegalUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterPhased In: $1,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,250,935Health$988,889Youth Development$249,088Human Services$89,900Civil Rights$56,000Crime & Legal$15,500Housing & Shelter$11,500

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 budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $777,889 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $249,088 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $110,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA: $78,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $55,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Pathways For Youth: $15,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIM FOR HER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHOENIX PRIDE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $3,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhased In: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGILBERT AMERICAN LITTLE LEAGUE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetARIZONA WOMEN'S BOARD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHERN ARIZONA PRIDE ASSOCIATION: $750 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION STOPS ABUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA of Northwest Louisiana: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $100 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.

  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Banner Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds New Pathways For Youth ↗
  • Who funds UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds HIM FOR HER INC ↗
  • Who funds FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX PRIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds EL PASO COMMUNITY 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.

Arizona Community Fou…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Arizona Community FoundationAZ16.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Leslies Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leslies Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Community Action Stops Abuse Inc: 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report 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.

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 82 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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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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