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Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation

The organization is committed to funding research and care for pediatric type 1 & 2 diabetes and to create awarness for both diseases.

$87k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$760kHousing & Shelter$55kFood & Nutrition$47kRecreation & Sports$20kYouth Development$11kArts & Culture$10kEducation$10kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $70,491, the rows itemized in this filing. The $86,572 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $16,081 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$70,491
Median grant
1
States reached
$87k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$70,491
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%A SENSE OF HOME: $25k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME FOUNDATION: $13k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%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.
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$847k · 5 repeat orgs$142k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
15

Total granted

$847k
$142k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+6%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    8× · 2017–2025 · $725k · revenue +78%
  • LF
    LADYLIKE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2023 · $47k · revenue +20%
  • AS
    A SENSE OF HOME
    3× · 2020–2023 · $39k · revenue +107%

Funded once

  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +26%
  • TC
    Texas Children's Hospitalgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +105%
  • LF
    LA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $16k · revenue -11%
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
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
2
The Heart Foundation

The heart foundation (thf) was created to save lives from heart disease by increasing awareness, educating the public, and supporting innovative research at smidt heart institute at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california.…

Philanthropy
3
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
4
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
5
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
6
Johnson & Johnson Foundation United States Inc
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7
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
8
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
9
Marty Hennessy Inspiring Children Foundation

Mission statement the mission of the foundation is to revolutionize youth development and mental health by empowering children to heal, grow, and thrive through a whole-human approach. using proprietary ten pillars of healing, growth, and…

Health
10
Lupus Research Alliance Inc

Putting people with lupus at the center of all we do, the lupus research alliance drives the discovery & development of next generation lupus diagnostics and curative treatments through innovative research & collaborations.

Health
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
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is La Family Housing Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Anderson 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

17 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. 17 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $725,491 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles+4 more: $80,545 · Health+4 moreLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $16,176 · OtherANDERSON FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherDIABETES SPORTS PROJECT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE JUMP AND BALL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherPERFECT WORLD FOUNDATION INC: $6,100 · OtherTHE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS: $6,000 · Other+2 more: $403 · OtherLADYLIKE FOUNDATION: $47,000 · Food & NutritionA SENSE OF HOME: $38,500 · Human ServicesKyles Family Foundation: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentTEEN CANCER AMERICA INC: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHILDREN MENDING HEARTS INC: $735 · Youth DevelopmentUCLA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationHOLLYROD FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsWACO THEATER CENTER: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$806,036Other$58,679Food & Nutrition$47,000Human Services$38,500Youth Development$18,735Education$10,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Arts & Culture$10,000

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 budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $725,491 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLADYLIKE FOUNDATION: $47,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetA SENSE OF HOME: $38,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOMENTUM AGENCIES: $16,545 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $16,176 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKyles Family Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JUMP AND BALL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetHOLLYROD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWACO THEATER CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTEEN CANCER AMERICA INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN MENDING HEARTS INC: $735 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

California Community …American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA12× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Sugar Ray Leonard 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.

    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 21 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 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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