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Red Leaf 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.

$306k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
74%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 29
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$6.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 74% of the organizations Red Leaf Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthCivil RightsEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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 arriving37$299k62%
FY202419$170k74%
FY202324$254k33%
FY202229$237k83%
FY202115$85kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$224kCivil Rights$182kArts & Culture$151kEducation$69kHousing & Shelter$69kScience & Tech$60kCrime & Legal$48kPublic Benefit$47kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
OR
PA
NJ
CA
VA
AZ
DC
LA
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of Red Leaf Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Medical Students for Choice$75,00043%
California Science Center Foundation$60,00030%
Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project$50,00021%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$45,00020%
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice$35,00030%
Pro Publica Inc$30,00030%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$25,00030%
National Day Laborer Organizing Network$25,00020%
Jovenes Inc$25,00010%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$25,00020%
Wells Bring Hope$25,00023%
World Central Kitchen Inc$20,00020%
Altamed Foundation$20,0001n/a
Center for the Pacific-Asian Family Inc$20,00020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$20,00030%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$15,00020%
Immigrant Defenders Law Center$15,00010%
Justice in Aging$15,00020%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy$11,5001n/a
Direct Relief$10,00010%
Downtown Women's Center$10,0001n/a
Pacific Heart Lung and Blood Institute$10,00013%
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking$10,00010%
Native Public Media Inc$10,0001n/a
Pacific Battleship Center$10,00010%
College Match$10,00011%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$10,00010%
Democracy Forward$10,0001n/a
Pbs Foundation$10,00010%
Citizen University$10,00021%
Institute for Nonprofit News$10,00010%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$10,00020%
PICO California$10,0001n/a
Hobart and William Smith Colleges$7,20030%
Social and Public Art Resource Center$5,0001n/a
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$5,0001n/a
Montclair Early Childhood Corp Montclair Community Pre-K$5,00010%
Cancer Support Community Los Angeles$4,00040%
Alexandria House$3,00010%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$3,00030%
Just Detention International$3,00010%
The International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Jewish Center for Justice$2,00020%
Sherwood Forestry Service$1,5001n/a
The Lynn Harrell Foundation$1,0001n/a
St Augustine By-The-Sea$1,0001n/a
Ecd Global Alliance Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($304k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Red Leaf Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMedical Students for Choice: $75,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetCalifornia Science Center Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Latinas for Reproductive Justice: $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Day Laborer Organizing Network: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJovenes Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCoalition for Humane Immigrant Rights: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWells Bring Hope: $25,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for the Pacific-Asian Family Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJustice in Aging: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDirect Relief: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Heart Lung and Blood Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCoalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Battleship Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCollege Match: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPbs Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizen University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetInstitute for Nonprofit News: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHobart and William Smith Colleges: $7,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMontclair Early Childhood Corp Montclair Community Pre-K: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Support Community Los Angeles: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlexandria House: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Center for Family Philanthropy Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJust Detention International: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Center for Justice: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEcd Global Alliance Inc: $500 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 36.

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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.

Weingart FoundationCA27× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Weingart Foundation · California Community Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ford Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The California Endowment · Sempra Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Tides 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.

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How do I get to Red Leaf Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Red Leaf 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 Red Leaf Family Foundation

How much does Red Leaf Family Foundation give?
Red Leaf Family Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $306,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 29 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Red Leaf Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (21%), Civil Rights (17%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Red Leaf Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Medical Students for Choice ($75k), California Science Center Foundation ($60k), Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project ($50k).
Does Red Leaf Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 74% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Red Leaf 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 Red Leaf Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Weingart Foundation, California Community Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation.
Where is Red Leaf Family Foundation based?
Red Leaf Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 88 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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