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Robert & Dee Leggett 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.

$370k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 31
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$4.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureInternationalPublic BenefitFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving25$370k28%
FY202423$206k13%
FY20237$215k0%
FY202226$402k8%
FY202131$381k32%
FY202026$225k46%
FY201919$221k95%
FY20182$726kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$2.0MEducation$211kArts & Culture$139kFood & Nutrition$104kInternational$96kReligion$74kCommunity Improvement$53kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

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

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Old Dominion Land Conservancy Inc$746,83633%
Wildearth Guardians$200,00061%
Friends of Cedar Mesa$191,00073%
Millsaps College$182,00060%
Earthworks$135,00041%
Shenandoah National Park Trust$100,00062%
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance$100,00041%
Grand Canyon Conservancy$84,40040%
National Parks Conservation Association$70,00030%
The Washington Chorus Inc$64,00033%
JourneyPartners Inc$54,420616%
The Society of St Andrew Inc$45,00060%
Rise Against Hunger Inc$45,00060%
Gleaning for the World Inc$45,00060%
New River Land Trust$42,92033%
Advocates for the West Inc$40,00020%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$40,00050%
The Grand Canyon Trust Inc$30,00010%
Southern Environmental Law Center$30,00010%
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$30,00010%
The Potomac Conservancy Inc$30,00011%
Children'Schorusofwashington$30,00022%
Anacostia Watershed Society Inc$30,00021%
Union Presbyterian Seminary$25,0001n/a
West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc$25,00024%
American Hiking Society$25,00022%
Coalition to Protect Americas National$20,00024%
The Wildlife Center of Virginia$18,00011%
Catoctin Land Trust Inc$15,000111%
Naturebridge$15,00020%
Jubilee Project Inc$12,50024%
The West Virginia Land Trust Inc$10,0001n/a
DC Youth Orchestra Program$10,00011%
Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church$7,5005n/a
Art for Humanity Inc$5,50051%
Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc$4,00040%
Shepherdstown Shares$2,00021%
Timberlake Church Inc$2,0002n/a
Fish of Clarke County Inc$2,00021%
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy$1,00010%
Association of Small Foundations$69510%
Rising Hope United Methodist Church$5001n/a
Jefferson County Community Ministries Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($178k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOld Dominion Land Conservancy Inc: $746,836 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetWildearth Guardians: $200,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetFriends of Cedar Mesa: $191,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetMillsaps College: $182,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEarthworks: $135,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetShenandoah National Park Trust: $100,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $100,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGrand Canyon Conservancy: $84,400 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Washington Chorus Inc: $64,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetJourneyPartners Inc: $54,420 over 6y, 16% of budgetThe Society of St Andrew Inc: $45,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRise Against Hunger Inc: $45,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGleaning for the World Inc: $45,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNew River Land Trust: $42,920 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetAdvocates for the West Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Grand Canyon Trust Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Yellowstone Coalition: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Potomac Conservancy Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetChildren'Schorusofwashington: $30,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetAnacostia Watershed Society Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWest Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetAmerican Hiking Society: $25,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCoalition to Protect Americas National: $20,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetThe Wildlife Center of Virginia: $18,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCatoctin Land Trust Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNaturebridge: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJubilee Project Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetDC Youth Orchestra Program: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetArt for Humanity Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGood Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShepherdstown Shares: $2,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFish of Clarke County Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLoudoun Wildlife Conservancy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAssociation of Small Foundations: $695 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJefferson County Community Ministries 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 38.

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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.

PatagoniaorgCA14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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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About Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation

How much does Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation give?
Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $370,095 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (74%), Education (8%), Arts & Culture (5%).
Who are Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Old Dominion Land Conservancy Inc ($747k), Wildearth Guardians ($200k), Friends of Cedar Mesa ($191k).
Does Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert & Dee Leggett 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 Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Ibm International Foundation.
Where is Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation based?
Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation is based in VA.

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 54 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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