Illinois · Private foundation
Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,900
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $660k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 59% of the organizations Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $35k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $20k | 59% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $8k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $6k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $5k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association | $20,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Food for Greater Elgin Inc | $11,530 | 6 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $10,505 | 5 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $9,230 | 6 | n/a |
| Misericordia Home | $4,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Dental Lifeline Network | $2,200 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake County Symphony Orchestra | $1,400 | 2 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Dundee Township | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| The Ridges Sanctuary Inc | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association | $20,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Food for Greater Elgin Inc | $11,530 | 6 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $10,505 | 5 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $9,230 | 6 | n/a |
| Misericordia Home | $4,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Dental Lifeline Network | $2,200 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake County Symphony Orchestra | $1,400 | 2 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Dundee Township | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| The Ridges Sanctuary Inc | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Animal House Shelter Inc | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Gail Borden Public Library District Foundation | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Charity Navigator | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Tree House Humane Society Inc | $450 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation with peer funders
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About Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation
- How much does Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation give?
- Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $35,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (29%), Arts & Culture (29%), Human Services (20%).
- Who are Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association ($21k), Food for Greater Elgin Inc ($12k), Northern Illinois Food Bank ($11k).
- Does Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arthur J Gallagher Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation based?
- Richard and Carol Leonard Foundation is based in IL.
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