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Linda J Leith Family Foundation at a glance

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Linda J Leith Family Foundation

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.

$155k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Community Improvement$50kPublic Benefit$30kHuman Services$30kHealth$26kInternational$20kFood & Nutrition$16kSocial Science$15kArts & Culture$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $107k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VETERANS LIFE CENTER$25,000
WOODSON CENTER$20,000
WHITE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION INC$12,000
REACHING U - A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY$10,000
RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION$10,000
INFORMED CONSENT ACTION NETWORK$10,000
LUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC$10,000
MAINE COAST HERITAGE TRUST$10,000
INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE$8,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
MEALS ON WHEELS OF WAKE COUNTY INC$8,000
HOPE REINS$8,000
CHILDRENS HOPE ALLIANCE$5,000
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY FOUNDATION$5,000
FOUNDATION OF HOPE$3,000
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 (FY24–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $8k → 8%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.
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$130k · 5 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
12

Total granted

$130k
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
0%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • WC
    WOODSON CENTER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $50k · revenue -37%
  • AF
    AMERICAS FUTURE INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $30k · revenue +205%
  • RU
    REACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue -5%

Funded once

  • VL
    VETERANS LIFE CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • WM
    WHITE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $12k
  • Maine Coast Heritage Trust
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · 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
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Inc

Provide food, shelter, rehabilitation and christian ministry to the poor and homeless

Housing & Shelter
2
Wireless Research Center of North Carolina

The Wireless Research Center is an independent, private nonprofit research center dedicated to applied research and engineering. Located in North Carolina's Research Triangle region, the WRC helps clients from around the world develop…

Science & Tech
3
First Fruit Ministries

First fruit ministries shares the unconditional love of god through outreach and supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness or trafficking in southeastern north carolina.

Religion
4
Feeding Avery Families Inc

Provide food at no cost to hungry people in need in avery county, nc and improve their health where possible

Food & Nutrition
5
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
6
Our Daily Rest Inc

To build a safe and nurturing facility where families and individuals can maintain their sense of well-being and dignity while rebuilding their lives and ultimately finding and securing permanent housing.

Housing & Shelter
7
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
8
Secu Family House At Unc Hospitals

Secu family house at unc hospitals provides an affordable, safe, nurturing home away from home for seriously ill patients, their family members, and caregivers from throughout north carolina and beyond.

Health
9
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
10
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
11
Shelterwell Inc

Shelterwell fosters a spirit of connected community, centered on the belief that housing is a human right.

Housing & Shelter
12
Upstate Freshwater Institute Inc

Upstate freshwater institute, inc. (ufi) is a not-for-profit research corporation dedicated to the improvement of water quality and the advancement of freshwater research.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Raleigh Rescue Mission Inc; the most unlike its peers is Maine Coast Heritage Trust. 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
5/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAS FUTURE INC: $30,000 · OtherAMERICAS FUTURE INCLUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC: $15,000 · OtherLUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN …WHITE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · OtherWHITE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION I…Individual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMEALS ON WHEELS OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $8,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS OF WAKE COUNTY INCCHILDRENS HOPE ALLIANCE: $5,000 · OtherCHILDRENS HOPE ALLIANCEFOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: $3,000 · OtherRESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 · OtherWOODSON CENTER: $50,000 · Community ImprovementWOODSON CENTERVETERANS LIFE CENTER: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterVETERANS LIF…INFORMED CONSENT ACTION NETWORK: $15,000 · HealthINFORMED CO…HOPE REINS: $8,000 · HealthHOPE REINSREACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY: $20,000 · InternationalREACHING …THE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $8,000 · Human ServicesMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $10,000 · EnvironmentNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$84,000Community Improvement$50,000Housing & Shelter$25,000Health$23,000International$20,000Human Services$18,000Environment$10,000Arts & Culture$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOODSON CENTER: $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAS FUTURE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetVETERANS LIFE CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetREACHING U A FOUNDATION FOR URUGUAY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINFORMED CONSENT ACTION NETWORK: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE REINS: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 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.

North Carolina Commun…Renaissance Charitabl…Edward Jones Foundati…Duke Energy FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
North Carolina Community FoundationNC13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Linda J Leith Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Linda J Leith Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–25%
    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 17 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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