· Private foundation
Phillip & Edith Leonian Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $116k
- $10k–50k34 grants · $526k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER | $50,000 |
| NYC SALT | $30,000 |
| FOTOFEST INTERNATIONAL | $30,000 |
| UNITED PHOTO INDUSTRIES | $25,000 |
| CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK | $25,000 |
| WILLIAM EUGENE SMITH MEMORIAL FUND CO INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY | $25,000 |
| OREGON CENTER FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS-DBA BLUE SKY GALLERY | $25,000 |
| MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY | $25,000 |
| EDDIE ADAMS WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION INC | $25,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY | $25,000 |
| SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE | $20,000 |
| PENUMBRA FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM | $15,000 |
| VISUAL STUDIES WORKSHOP | $15,000 |
| THE VII FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
52 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $152k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TBTHE BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER9× · 2017–2025 · $493k · revenue +84%
- NSNYC SALT INC8× · 2018–2025 · $220k · revenue +48%
- CFCENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK8× · 2017–2025 · $201k · revenue +297%
Funded once
- VCVIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTSone grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -55%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $30k
- TJTHE JEWISH MUSEUMgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +30%
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.
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.
The mission of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is to inspire, engage and educate through the exhibition, preservation and collection of photographic works. The Museums programs address contemporary, historical, cultural and…
To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.
Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…
SF Camerawork provokes discovery, experimentation, and exchange through exhibitions and experiences for all who value new ideas in photography.
Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.
The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…
How this is measured
71 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. 71 of the 114 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds THE BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER ↗
- Who funds Fotofest Inc ↗
- Who funds NYC SALT INC ↗
- Who funds Houston Center for Photography Inc ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK ↗
- Who funds United Photo Industries Inc ↗
- Who funds EDDIE ADAMS WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION INC ↗
- Who funds VISUAL STUDIES WORKSHOP INC ↗
- Who funds EN FOCO INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART FKA MEXICAN FINE ARTS CENTER MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds EVANSTON ART CENTER ↗
- Who funds PENUMBRA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds PROOF MEDIA FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIONS PRESERVATION PROJECT INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS ↗
- Who funds THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM ↗
- Who funds Case Art Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds JOSEPHINE HERRICK PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds APERTURE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS ↗
- Who funds SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY ↗
- Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Joy of Giving Something Inc · Hillman Family Foundations · The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · The Ford Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel · The New York Community Trust · Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation · The Murthynayak Foundation Inc · Henry Nias Foundation Inc · The Honickman Foundation · Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Phillip & Edith Leonian Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Phillip & Edith Leonian Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- 4YOUTH Productions Inc: 21% of income from government
- The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Inc: 18% of income from government
- The Griffin Museum of Photography Inc: 5% of income from government
- Neskowin Coast Foundation: 2% of income from government
- Brattleboro Museum & Art Centerinc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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