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Minnie B Leonette Family Foundation at a glance

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Minnie B Leonette Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$138k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$182kYouth Development$115kHuman Services$84kEducation$68kArts & Culture$36kPhilanthropy$25kFood & Nutrition$20kCrime & Legal$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $110k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS$25,000
GOOD SHEPHERD'S CLOTHES CLOSET$20,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE$15,000
LEAD WITH HORSES$10,000
MAKE A WISH$10,000
TERRY LEE WELLS NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM$10,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHERN NEVADA$10,000
FOOD BANK OF NORTHERN NEVADA$10,000
TINY TOES INC$8,000
NOTE-ABLE MUSIC THERAPY SERVICES$5,000
SIERRA KIDS FOUNDATION$5,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHERN NEVADA$5,000
GREAT BASIN OUTDOOR SCHOOL$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $114k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHERN NEVADA: $10k → 10%NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION: $5k → 10%CASA DE VIDA: $13k → 10%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 10%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 10%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 10%EDDY HOUSE: $5k → 10%EDDY HOUSE: $3k → 10%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF RENOSPARKS: $15k → 10%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF RENOSPARKS: $10k → 10%GOOD SHEPHERD'S CLOTHES CLOSET: $20k → 10%TINY TOES INC: $8k → 10%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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$319k · 11 repeat orgs$221k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +148% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
14

Total granted

$319k
$128k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+148%
+21%

Still filing today

100%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k 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
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS
    3× · 2020–2025 · $75k · revenue +24%
  • SR
    SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $50k · revenue +5%
  • UR
    URBAN ROOTS GARDEN CLASSROOMS
    2× · 2021–2023 · $43k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Nevada Reno Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +94%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • CD
    CASA DE VIDA
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue -90%
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.

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Healthy Nevada
Health
2
Nevada Peer Support Network Inc
Health
3
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada (BBBSN) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation that is a leader in youth mentoring services. Since 1971, BBBSN has been developing positive relationships that have a direct and lasting impact on…

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4
Community Services of Nevada

CSNV is engaged in comprehensive community development projects that promote neighborhood revitalization and economic development, community education and civic action, housing, development; cultural awareness, equity and

Housing & Shelter
5
Northern Nevada Hiv Outpatient Program Education and Services

Northern Nevada Hopes provides affordable, high-quality, medical, behavioral health, and support services for all. We are dedicated to building a healthier community by providing coordinated care and support for individuals and family…

Health
6
Carson Valley Health Foundation

None

Health
7
Nevada Health Centers Inc

NVHC provides health services throughout the State of Nevada. Health services include OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Primary medical, Behavioral Health and dental care services. NVHC operates a mobile mammography clinic, two mobile…

Health
8
Green Chips Dba Impact Nv

Founded in 2008, ImpactNV has served as an independent nonprofit comprised of Nevadas public and private entities and NGOs. The goal of this alliance is to make Nevada and its communities more environmentally, economically and socially…

Environment
9
Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation

To provide social, emotional, educational, and psychological support and programs to families of all children diagnosed with life threatening or critical illnesses and provide healing arts and wellness programs to adults touched by cancer…

Health
10
The Nevada Bighorns Foundation
Education
11
Special Olympics Nevada

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. This gives them continuing opportunities to…

Recreation & Sports
12
Southern Nevada Senior Law Program

To provide quality legal assistance and advocacy services for residents 60 years and older facing challenges of aging.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nothern Nevada Inc; the most unlike its peers is Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc. 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

29 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. 29 of the 34 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC: $50,000 · OtherSPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INCCOMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE: $15,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCEUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO: $15,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENORenown Health Foundation: $12,500 · OtherRenown Health FoundationCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE (CASA): $10,000 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE (…MAKE A WISH: $10,000 · OtherMAKE A WISHTERRY LEE WELLS NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $10,000 · OtherTERRY LEE WELLS NEVADA DISCOVERY M…The Ballroom of Reno: $6,294 · OtherFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $10,000 · OtherFood Bank of Northern Nevada IncSoulful Seeds: $10,000 · OtherSoulful Seeds+3 more: $15,000 · Other+3 moreDOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $26,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOU…THE 1701 GROUP FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF RENO-SPARKS: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE 1701 GROUP FKA ASSI…GOOD SHEPHERD'S CLOTHES CLOSET: $20,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SHEPHERD'S CLOTHES…CASA DE VIDA: $12,601 · Human ServicesCASA DE VIDACatholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $10,000 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities of N…Tiny Toes Inc: $8,000 · Human ServicesTiny Toes IncEDDY HOUSE: $7,500 · Human ServicesEDDY HOUSENEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $5,000 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB O…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NOTHERN NEVADA INC: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SIST…NEVADA AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 329: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEVADA AREA COUNCIL B…URBAN ROOTS GARDEN CLASSROOMS: $42,849 · EducationURBAN ROOTS GA…University of Nevada Reno Foundation: $20,000 · EducationUniversity of …THE GREAT BASIN OUTDOOR SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationTHE GREAT BASI…CARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA: $25,000 · HealthLead with Horses: $13,248 · HealthParkinson Support Center of Northern Nevada: $2,000 · HealthNOTE-ABLE MUSIC THERAPY SERVICES: $16,640 · Arts & CultureCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNevada Museum of Art: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN NEVADA CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Philanthropy
Other$163,794Human Services$114,101Youth Development$102,500Education$67,849Health$40,248Arts & Culture$31,640Philanthropy$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetURBAN ROOTS GARDEN CLASSROOMS: $42,849 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $26,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE 1701 GROUP FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF RENO-SPARKS: $25,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHERN NEVADA CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NOTHERN NEVADA INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNOTE-ABLE MUSIC THERAPY SERVICES: $16,640 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLead with Horses: $13,248 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetCASA DE VIDA: $12,601 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetRenown Health Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEVADA AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 329: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSoulful Seeds: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCatholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTiny Toes Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetEDDY HOUSE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ballroom of Reno: $6,294 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetSky Tavern Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNevada Museum of Art: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetParkinson Support Center of Northern Nevada: $2,000 over 1y, 4.9% 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 Nell J Redfield F…Robert Z Hawkins Foun…Community Foundation …The E L Cord Foundati…Dermody Properties Fo…The Marshall R Matley…John Ben Snow Memoria…NV Energy Charitable …Thelma B & Thomas P H…Renown HealthEstelle J Kelsey Foun…William N Pennington …
The Nell J Redfield FoundationNV47.4× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · The E L Cord Foundation · Dermody Properties Foundation · The Marshall R Matley Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · Renown Health · Estelle J Kelsey Foundation · William N Pennington 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 Minnie B Leonette Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Minnie B Leonette Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report 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 34 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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