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Marc E Leland 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.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$430kEducation$325kInternational$245kCivil Rights$198kReligion$105kScience & Tech$75kSocial Science$50kPhilanthropy$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $105k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY INC$45,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM HOHENEMS$20,000
ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS$20,000
MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS$10,000
WARM HEART WORLDWIDE INC$10,000
CAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP$5,000
SF CAMPUS FOR JEWISH LIVING$5,000
MYRIAD USA$5,000
INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE$5,000
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.

US giving: 88% of grant dollars ($1.3M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 12% that went abroad ($182k) is mapped below.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE ASSOCIATION OF MARSHALL SCHOLARS INC: $100k → 20%CAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP: $5k → 14%JEWISH MUSEUM OF HOHENEMS: $40k → 7%WARM HEART WORLDWIDE INC: $10k → 8%GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION (USA): $5k → 9%AMERICAN PURPOSE INC: $10k → 8%CHIZUK AMUNO CONGREGATION: $25k → 11%THE ASSOCIATION OF MARSHALL SCHOLARS INC: $100k → 20%ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS: $20k → 14%JEWISH MUSEAUM HOHENEMS: $40k → 7%GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION (USA): $5k → 9%CHIZUK AMUNO CONGREGATION: $25k → 11%SF CAMPUS FOR JEWISH LIVING: $5k → 10%THE HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY INC: $45k → 17%THE ASSOCIATION OF MARSHALL SCHOLARS INC: $100k → 20%ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM HOHENEMS: $20k → 7%BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION: $25k → 11%THE HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY INC: $40k → 17%THE ASSOCIATION OF MARSHALL SCHOLARS INC: $12k → 20%ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS: $10k → 14%BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION: $25k → 11%THE HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY INC: $35k → 17%ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS: $10k → 14%THE HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY INC: $35k → 17%ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS: $10k → 14%HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY INC: $30k → 17%ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS: $10k → 14%THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES: $5k → 14%THE WALLACE COLLECTION IN AMERICA: $13k → 17%MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS: $10k → 17%HUDSON INSTITUTE: $50k → 14%MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS: $10k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS & PRESERVATION EMBASSIES: $25k → 14%MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS: $10k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS & PRESERVATION EMBASSIES: $20k → 14%MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $10k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS & PRESERVATION EMBASSIES: $20k → 14%MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS: $10k → 17%UNITED NATIONS WATCH USA: $35k → 14%MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS: $10k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS & PRESERVATION EMBASSIES: $20k → 14%UNITED NATIONS WATCH USA: $30k → 14%MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS: $10k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS & PRESERVATION EMBASSIES: $20k → 14%AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $75k → 17%MARET SCHOOL INC: $10k → 14%THE CHATHAM HOUSE FOUNDATION: $60k → 17%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
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC

Beyond the US: 12% of all-years giving ($182k)

3 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Switzerland$77k · 3 grants
United Kingdom$60k · 2 grants
Thailand$45k · 4 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 15 repeat orgs$378k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
22

Total granted

$1.1M
$353k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+55%

Still filing today

47%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationCivil RightsSocial SciencePhilanthropyOther
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

  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATION OF MARSHALL SCHOLARS INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $312k · revenue +94%
  • UN
    UNITED NATIONS WATCH - USA
    2× · 2022–2023 · $65k · revenue +102%
  • MS
    MARET SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2019–2023 · $12k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue +71%
  • TC
    THE CHATHAM HOUSE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue +146%
  • HI
    Hudson Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +38%
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
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
4
The American Friends of the Moderna Museet Inc

The corporation is organized and operates exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Arts & Culture
5
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
6
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies

The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) is dedicated to enhancing the United States' image abroad through American Art. Founded as a public-private, non-partisan partnership in 1986, FAPE works with the U.S. Department…

Arts & Culture
7
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
8
American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery (London) Foundation Inc

To encourage appreciation and understanding of the art of portraiture through support of the operations and activities of the national portrait gallery in london and its collaboration with american arts and academic institutions.

Arts & Culture
9
Berggruen Institute
Education
10
The American Federation of Arts Inc

The american federation of arts initiates and organizes a national and international program of art exhibitions, publications, and educational activities to benefit the museum community and enrich the public's experience and understanding…

Arts & Culture
11
American Friends of the Shanghai Museum Inc

Founded in 1995, the american friends of the shanghai museum is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to raise awareness and financial support for the shanghai museum, continuing a distinguished history of patron support for…

Arts & Culture
12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Francisco Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Contemporary Jewish Museum. 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 43 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ASSOCIATION OF MARSHALL SCHOLARS INC: $312,000 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATION OF MARSHALL SCHOLARS INCFOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS & PRESERVATION EMBASSIES: $105,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS & PRESERVATION EMBASSIESORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS: $70,000 · OtherORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICASTHE HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY INC: $60,000 · OtherTHE HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY INCUNITED NATIONS WATCH: $55,000 · OtherUNITED NATIONS WATCHHudson Institute Inc: $50,000 · OtherCHIZUK AMUNO CONGREGATION: $50,000 · OtherBETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION: $50,000 · OtherWARM HEART WORLDWIDE: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherJEWISH MUSEUM OF HOHENEMS: $40,000 · Other+9 more: $69,910 · Other+9 moreTHE HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY INC: $185,000 · Social ScienceTHE HENRY JAC…AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $75,000 · InternationalAMERICAN COM…THE CHATHAM HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · InternationalTHE CHATHAM …GLF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $10,000 · InternationalGLF GLOBAL L…WARM HEART WORLDWIDE INC: $10,000 · InternationalWARM HEART W…+2 more: $10,000 · International+2 moreMuseum of Modern Art: $70,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF COVENT GARDEN THE ROYAL BALLET INC: $7,950 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $4,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $3,195 · Arts & CultureUNITED NATIONS WATCH - USA: $65,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,000 · Civil RightsTHE WALLACE COLLECTION IN AMERICA INC: $13,100 · EducationMARET SCHOOL INC: $11,700 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY LONDON INC: $7,400 · EducationINTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KISHORIT INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Philanthropy
Other$946,910Social Science$185,000International$165,000Arts & Culture$85,145Civil Rights$68,000Education$37,700Philanthropy$12,000

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 budgetTHE ASSOCIATION OF MARSHALL SCHOLARS INC: $312,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTHE HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY INC: $185,000 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NATIONS WATCH - USA: $65,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHudson Institute Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WALLACE COLLECTION IN AMERICA INC: $13,100 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMARET SCHOOL INC: $11,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KISHORIT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF COVENT GARDEN THE ROYAL BALLET INC: $7,950 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR KHMER STUDIES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $95 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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundKoret FoundationNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Koret Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Marc E Leland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marc E Leland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Marc E Leland Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Marc E Leland 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.

    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 43 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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