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Letzler Family Foundation at a glance

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Letzler Family 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.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$7kEnvironment$6kFood & Nutrition$6kAnimals$4kRecreation & Sports$4kInternational$1kHealth$600Civil Rights$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Three Square$1,000
Pasadena Humane$1,000
The Statue Fund$1,000
Riverside Park Conservancy$1,000
Friends of Red Rock$1,000
Oasis Sanctuary$500
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 (FY24–24, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Action for Boston Community Development: $500 → 16%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

NY
MA
NV
CA
MO
AZ
DC
LA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Letzler Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Letzler Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25k · 12 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$25k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+10%

Still filing today

58%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsFood & NutritionEnvironmentArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterInternationalOther
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

  • RP
    RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $4k · revenue +18%
  • OS
    OASIS SANCTUARY FOUNDATION LTD
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3k · revenue +115%
  • TS
    The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +1%
  • JI
    JAZZMOBILE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +103%
  • AF
    ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $500 · revenue 0%
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
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
4
Jefferson National Parks Association

Jefferson national parks association provides quality educational products and related services that enhance public understanding and appreciation of america's national parks, public lands and historic places.

Arts & Culture
5
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
6
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
10
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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11
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
12
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Capital Area Food Bank Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 24 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Friends of Red Rock: $3,600 · OtherFriends of Red RockThe Statue Fund: $2,500 · OtherThe Statue FundIndividual grant recipient: $1,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $850 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCERDDORIAN: $550 · OtherACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $500 · Other+3 more: $460 · OtherTHREE SQUARE: $4,250 · Food & NutritionTHREE SQUARECAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $1,300 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOOD BAN…+1 more: $100 · Food & NutritionRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,500 · EnvironmentRIVERSIDE PARK CONSE…SOUTHERN NEVADA CONSERVANCY: $1,500 · EnvironmentSOUTHERN NEVADA CONS…FRIENDS OF RED ROCK CANYON: $500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF RED ROCK …OASIS SANCTUARY FOUNDATION LTD: $2,800 · AnimalsOASIS SANCTUARY …PASADENA HUMANE: $1,000 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANESAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $500 · AnimalsSAVE THE MANATEE…+1 more: $100 · AnimalsThe Smith Center for the Performing Arts: $2,000 · Arts & CultureThe Smith…JAZZMOBILE INC: $500 · Arts & CultureJAZZMOBIL…United States Association for UNHCR: $1,000 · InternationalGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $500 · Civil Rights
Other$10,460Food & Nutrition$5,650Environment$5,500Animals$4,400Arts & Culture$2,500International$1,000Civil Rights$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 budgetTHREE SQUARE: $4,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOASIS SANCTUARY FOUNDATION LTD: $2,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Smith Center for the Performing Arts: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN NEVADA CONSERVANCY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAZZMOBILE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF RED ROCK CANYON: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $260 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SENTENCING PROJECT: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE 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.

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Letzler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Letzler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Action for Boston Community Development Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 24 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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