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Paul Liebman 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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2025
36
Organizations funded FY2024
61%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 36
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$47M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 61% of the organizations Paul Liebman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $590k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving46$1.6M46%
FY202436$1.1M61%
FY202311$390k45%
FY202210$125k70%
FY20216$57k50%
FY20206$214k50%
FY20197$100k43%
FY20186$100kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Environment$848kPhilanthropy$520kHousing & Shelter$320kHuman Services$320kEducation$297kCrime & Legal$270kFood & Nutrition$264kPublic Safety & Disaster$230kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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WA
MN
IL
NY
OR
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Green Empowerment$300,00034%
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness$165,00042%
Adirondack Mountain Club Inc$150,00031%
Reading Power Inc$150,00034%
Rose Haven Cic$140,00061%
Path Home$120,00041%
Casa for Children Inc$105,00062%
Greenwood Project$100,00014%
Kieve Wavus Education Inc$100,00020%
One Simple Wish Inc$100,00012%
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All grantees of Paul Liebman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Green Empowerment$300,00034%
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness$165,00042%
Adirondack Mountain Club Inc$150,00031%
Reading Power Inc$150,00034%
Rose Haven Cic$140,00061%
Path Home$120,00041%
Casa for Children Inc$105,00062%
Greenwood Project$100,00014%
Kieve Wavus Education Inc$100,00020%
One Simple Wish Inc$100,00012%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$90,00020%
Churches United in Ministry$90,00021%
Lena Foundation$60,00020%
Children's Healing Art Project Inc$60,000126%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$60,00020%
Sunstone Montessori School Inc$52,00041%
Chester Bowl Improvement Club$50,00018%
Free Geek$50,00031%
Mentor North$50,00025%
The Divided Sky Foundation Corporation$50,00011%
Damiano of Duluth Inc$50,00011%
Colorectal Cancer Alliance$50,00010%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$40,00040%
Pueblo Unido PDX$40,0001n/a
The Rosewood Initiative$40,00021%
Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon$40,00032%
Entreamigos$40,00028%
The Equine Sanctuary of Ojai$30,0001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$30,00030%
Fresh Youth Initiatives Inc$30,00021%
Cultivate Initiatives$30,00020%
Multnomah Bar Foundation$30,0001n/a
Diversify Whitewater$25,0001n/a
Urban League of Portland Inc$25,00030%
Oregon Public Broadcasting$25,00010%
North Shore Horizons Inc$25,00018%
Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest Inc$20,00010%
Immigrant Defenders Law Center$20,00010%
Human Appeal$20,0001n/a
Stuyvesant Park Neighborhood Association$20,000216%
Project Ledo$20,0001n/a
The Blueprint Foundation$20,00020%
Pear$20,00011%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$20,0001n/a
White Salmon Boat Library$20,0001n/a
Columbia Land Trust$15,00010%
Columbia Gorge Casa$15,00014%
Ocean Conservancy$10,00010%
Oxford House Inc$10,0001n/a
Main Street Mosier$10,000110%
Telluride Adaptive Sports Program$10,00011%
Community Support Services Inc$10,00010%
Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple$7,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($847k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Paul Liebman Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreen Empowerment: $300,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetNortheastern Minnesotans for Wilderness: $165,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetAdirondack Mountain Club Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetReading Power Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetRose Haven Cic: $140,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetPath Home: $120,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCasa for Children Inc: $105,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetGreenwood Project: $100,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetKieve Wavus Education Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOne Simple Wish Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChurches United in Ministry: $90,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLena Foundation: $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Healing Art Project Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetGod's Love We Deliver Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSunstone Montessori School Inc: $52,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetChester Bowl Improvement Club: $50,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetFree Geek: $50,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMentor North: $50,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetThe Divided Sky Foundation Corporation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDamiano of Duluth Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetColorectal Cancer Alliance: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFund for the City of New York Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rosewood Initiative: $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPartners for a Hunger Free Oregon: $40,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetEntreamigos: $40,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Youth Initiatives Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCultivate Initiatives: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUrban League of Portland Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Public Broadcasting: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Horizons Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetNative American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStuyvesant Park Neighborhood Association: $20,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetThe Blueprint Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPear: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetColumbia Land Trust: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColumbia Gorge Casa: $15,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMain Street Mosier: $10,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetTelluride Adaptive Sports Program: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCommunity Support Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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 Oregon Community FoundationOR27.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Autzen Foundation · Careoregon Inc · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Larson Legacy · Lloyd K Johnson Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · Onpoint Community Credit Union

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.

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How do I get to Paul Liebman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Paul Liebman Family 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.

About Paul Liebman Family Foundation

How much does Paul Liebman Family Foundation give?
Paul Liebman Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $1,595,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Paul Liebman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (21%), Philanthropy (13%), Housing & Shelter (8%).
Who are Paul Liebman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Green Empowerment ($300k), Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness ($165k), Adirondack Mountain Club Inc ($150k).
Does Paul Liebman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Paul Liebman Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Paul Liebman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, The Collins Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust.
Where is Paul Liebman Family Foundation based?
Paul Liebman Family Foundation is based in IL.

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 71 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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