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Seymour & Barbara J Leslie Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$35k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Health$68kReligion$37kFood & Nutrition$30kPhilanthropy$24kInternational$15kCivil Rights$11kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,725
Median grant
4
States reached
$372k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS$4,725
TJ MARTELL FOUNDATION$3,000
ADL$2,725
CITY HARVEST$2,725
UJA FEDERATION OF NY$2,725
WESTSIDE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER$2,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$1,725
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$1,725
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES$1,725
US FUND FOR UNICEF$1,725
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$1,725
CHILDRENS TUMOR FOUNDATION$1,725
CHRISTOPHER AND DANA REEVE FDN$1,225
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SRV$1,225
CITY MEALS ON WHEELS$1,225
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 78% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CITY HARVEST: $3k → 17%CHRISTOPHER AND DANA REEVE FDN: $1k → 16%JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS: $5k → 6%CITY HARVEST: $3k → 17%CHRISTOPHER AND DANA REEVE FDN: $1k → 16%JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS: $4k → 6%CITY HARVEST: $3k → 17%CHRISTOPHER AND DANA REEVE FDN: $1k → 16%JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS: $4k → 6%CITY HARVEST: $2k → 17%JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS: $4k → 6%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $2k → 17%JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS: $4k → 6%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $2k → 17%JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS: $4k → 6%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $2k → 17%JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS: $4k → 6%JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS: $4k → 6%TEMPLE BETH-EL: $1k → 6%US FUND FOR UNICEF: $2k → 17%US FUND FOR UNICEF: $2k → 17%US FUND FOR UNICEF: $2k → 17%TJ MARTELL FDN: $3k → 17%TJ MARTELL FDN: $3k → 17%TJ MARTELL FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%TJ MARTELL FDN: $3k → 17%TJ MARTELL FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%TJ MARTELL FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%TJ MARTELL FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%TJ MARTELL FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%UJA FEDERATION OF NY: $3k → 17%UJA FEDERATION OF NY: $3k → 17%UJA FEDERATION OF NY: $3k → 17%UJA FEDERATION OF NY: $2k → 17%UJA FEDERATION OF NY: $2k → 17%UJA FEDERATION OF NY: $2k → 17%UJA FEDERATION OF NY: $2k → 17%UJA FEDERATION OF NY: $2k → 17%CHILDRENS TUMOR FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%CHILDRENS TUMOR FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%CHILDRENS TUMOR FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%WESTSIDE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $4k → 17%WESTSIDE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $2k → 17%WESTSIDE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $2k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES: $2k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES: $2k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES: $2k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES: $2k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$201k · 17 repeat orgs$750 to everyone else

17 repeat relationships — 17 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
2

Total granted

$201k
$750

Still filing today

76%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $18k · revenue +39%
  • CITY HARVEST INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $13k · revenue +75%
  • WS
    WEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $12k · revenue +252%

Funded once

  • PH
    PHYLLIS & HARVEY SANDLER PAVILLON
    one grant, 2020 · $500
  • N
    NCJW
    one grant, 2022 · $250

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
4
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
5
Researchamerica

2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…

6
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
7
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
8
United Hospital Fund of New York

Working to build an effective and equitable health care system for every new yorker. (see sch. o)

Health
9
American Institute for Cancer Research

Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…

Health
10
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
11
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
12
Urology Care Foundation Inc

We support, through philanthropic efforts, the improvement of urological care globally by funding research, clinical education, patient education, and humanitarian programs.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Side Center for Community Life and the most unlike its peers is The Stecher and Horowitz Foundation. 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

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS — $30,675 · OtherJCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNSADL — $18,175 · OtherADLAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY — $9,175 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYTEMPLE BETH EL — $6,175 · OtherTEMPLE BETH EL+2 more — $750 · OtherTJ MARTELL FOUNDATION — $24,000 · HealthTJ MARTELL FOUNDATIONCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION — $10,175 · HealthCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATIONALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $9,675 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DI…American Heart Association Inc — $9,175 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION — $6,175 · HealthCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATIONUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $18,175 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH…ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION — $6,175 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FO…CITY HARVEST INC — $13,175 · Food & NutritionCITY HARV…CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $4,950 · Food & NutritionCITYMEALS…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $9,175 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $6,175 · InternationalWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE — $11,725 · Youth DevelopmentAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $10,675 · Civil RightsTHE STECHER AND HOROWITZ FOUNDATION — $4,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$64,950Health$59,200Philanthropy$24,350Food & Nutrition$18,125International$15,350Youth Development$11,725Civil Rights$10,675Arts & Culture$4,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTJ MARTELL FOUNDATION — $24,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $18,175 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC — $13,175 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE — $11,725 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $10,675 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION — $10,175 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $9,675 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $9,175 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $9,175 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION — $6,175 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $6,175 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION — $6,175 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $4,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STECHER AND HOROWITZ FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds TJ MARTELL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC
  • Who funds WEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
  • Who funds ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC
  • Who funds CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
  • Who funds THE STECHER AND HOROWITZ FOUNDATION

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Seymour & Barbara J Leslie Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 49%
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation49% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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