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Paul and Lynn Leight Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Paul and Lynn Leight 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.

$8.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
41
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$8.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

International$80kHealth$43kReligion$40kArts & Culture$40kHuman Services$23kEducation$16kCivil Rights$16kEnvironment$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k34 grants · $130k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $8.0M
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$8,000,000
THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION$50,000
JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER PROCESSING$25,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES - MIAMI CHAPTER$20,000
CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER$15,000
UNITED HATZALAH OF ISRAEL$10,000
BREAKTHROUGH - MIAMI$10,000
CHABAD AT HAMILTON$8,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$5,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$5,000
SEEDS OF PEACE$5,000
AMERICAN ZIONIST MOVEMENT$5,000
STANDWITHUS$5,000
THE WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE$5,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$5,000
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, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PROJECT NEWBORN: $5k → 13%BELEV ECHAD: $5k → 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

IL
NY
MA
WY
PA
CT
CA
CO
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.
03Its 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
Boundless Israel Inc

The organization is a think-action tank partnering with community leaders to revitalize israel education and take bold collective action to combat jew-hatred.

Education
2
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
3
The Jerusalem Connection
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4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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5
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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6
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc

Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…

Religion
7
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
8
Gainesville Jewish Student Foundation Inc

The gainesville jewish student foundation, inc. (known as schilit hillel at uf) mission: schilit hillel at uf enriches the lives of jewish students, inspiring them to make an enduring commitment to jewish life, learning, and israel

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9
Clal-the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc

A leading advocate for pluralism and diversity, clal offers jewish wisdom that enhances public life, deepens civic engagement and cultivates personal growth.

Religion
10
American Jewish University

American jewish university (aju) advances and elevates the jewish journey of individuals, organizations and our community through excellence in scholarship, teaching, engaged conversation, and outreach. aju is a thriving center of jewish…

Education
11
Sherit Isroel
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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Moishe House; the most unlike its peers is Project New Born 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

24 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. 24 of the 40 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
9/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $8,000,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+23 more: $119,970 · OtherJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · InternationalSEEDS OF PEACE INC: $5,000 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $5,000 · InternationalJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $35,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $15,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC: $10,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF ZO ARTZEINU INC DBA THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP MOVEMENT/MANHIGUT YEHU: $3,000 · EducationBOOK TRUST: $2,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $5,000 · ReligionMOISHE HOUSE: $5,000 · ReligionAmerican Zionist Movement Inc: $5,000 · ReligionHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $5,000 · ReligionPROJECT NEW BORN INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesBELEV ECHAD INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $5,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Other$8,119,970International$60,000Arts & Culture$35,000Education$30,500Religion$20,000Human Services$10,000Civil Rights$10,000

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 budgetJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $35,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEEDS OF PEACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOISHE HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Zionist Movement Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELEV ECHAD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $3,334 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Forests: $3,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST SERVE MIAMI INC: $3,333 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF ZO ARTZEINU INC DBA THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP MOVEMENT/MANHIGUT YEHU: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEV LALEV INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOOK TRUST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $2,500 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 Batchelor Foundat…Jewish Communal FundThe Miami Foundation …National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Batchelor Foundation IncFL13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Miami Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Paul and Lynn Leight Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul and Lynn Leight Charitable Foundation Inc. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 19%
  • Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report 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 40 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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