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Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $357k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MILLSAPS COLLEGE$35,000
POTOMAC CONSERVANCY$30,000
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$30,000
GRAND CANYON TRUST$30,000
BEARS EARS PARTNERSHIP$30,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN VA$30,000
ADVOCATES FOR THE WEST$30,000
GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION$30,000
CHILDREN'S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON$25,000
THE SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK TRUST$20,000
JOURNEYPARTNERS$16,000
CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK$11,000
SOCIETY OF ST ANDREW$10,000
WEST VIRGINIA LAND TRUST$10,000
GLEANING FOR THE WORLD$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%FISH OF CLARKE COUNTY: $1k → 7%FISH OF CLARKE COUNTY: $1k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MT
CA
UT
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
LA
MS
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 37 repeat orgs$262k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
10

Total granted

$2.5M
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+133%

Still filing today

76%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $161k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • OD
    OLD DOMINION LAND CONSERVANCY INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $747k · revenue +419%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CEDAR MESA
    7× · 2019–2025 · $191k · revenue +187%
  • E
    Earthworks
    4× · 2019–2024 · $135k · revenue +146%

Funded once

  • UP
    UNION PRESBYTERIAN SEMINARY
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • TW
    THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIAgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $18k · revenue +189%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
2
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
3
Conservation Legacy

Conservation legacy engages future leaders who protect, restore, and enhance our nation's lands through community-based service.in 2024, conservation legacy engaged 2,524 participants who completed over 1.5 million service hours on public…

Youth Development
4
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
5
Harpeth Conservancy

To restore and protect clean water and healthy ecosystems for rivers in tennessee by employing scientific expertise and collaborative relationships to develop, promote, and support broad community stewardship and action.

Environment
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley

Alliance for the shenandoah valley informs and engages people to protect the natural resources, cultural heritages, and rural character of our region.

Community Improvement
8
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

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9
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
10
Historic Virginia Land Conservancy

Promoting for the benefit of the general public, the preservation, protection and enjoyment of our natural resources, principally in the lower james, york, rappahannock and chowan rivers and surrounding watersheds.

Environment
11
The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc

To conserve and restore the natural resources through land conservation, water resources stewardship and environmental outreach across central pennsylvania.

Environment
12
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Potomac Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Capital Area Food Bank Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 54 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
27/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OLD DOMINION LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $746,836 · EducationOLD DOMINION LAND CONSERVANCY INCMillsaps College: $182,000 · EducationMillsaps CollegeJourneyPartners Inc: $54,420 · EducationJourneyPartners Inc+1 more: $4,000 · EducationWILDEARTH GUARDIANS: $200,000 · OtherWILDEARTH GUARDIANSFRIENDS OF CEDAR MESA: $191,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF CEDAR MESAIndividual grant recipient: $80,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $30,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN VA: $30,000 · OtherUNION PRESBYTERIAN SEMINARY: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN HIKING SOCIETY: $25,000 · Other+18 more: $89,945 · Other+18 moreSHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK TRUST: $100,000 · EnvironmentSHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK …Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $100,000 · EnvironmentSouthern Utah Wilderness …GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $84,400 · EnvironmentGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCYNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $70,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATI…NEW RIVER LAND TRUST: $42,920 · EnvironmentNEW RIVER LAND TRUSTADVOCATES FOR THE WEST INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentADVOCATES FOR THE WEST IN…THE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $30,000 · EnvironmentTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentWEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION INC: $25,000 · Environment+3 more: $40,000 · Environment+3 moreEarthworks: $135,000 · Public BenefitCoalition to Protect Americas National: $20,000 · Public BenefitThe Washington Chorus Inc: $64,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'SCHORUSOFWASHINGTON: $30,000 · Arts & CultureDC YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRISE AGAINST HUNGER INC: $45,000 · InternationalGLEANING FOR THE WORLD INC: $45,000 · InternationalART FOR HUMANITY INC: $5,500 · InternationalTHE SOCIETY OF ST ANDREW INC: $45,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $40,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$987,256Other$695,945Environment$622,320Public Benefit$155,000Arts & Culture$104,000International$95,500Food & Nutrition$85,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
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.

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.

PatagoniaorgNational Fish and Wil…Ibm International Fou…T Rowe Price Program …Duke Energy FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Donor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert & Dee Leggett Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Anacostia Watershed Society Inc: 15% of income from government
  • American Hiking Society: 14% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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