· Private foundation
The George & Wilma Leonard Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k29 grants · $106k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $272k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $330k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $150,000 |
| MACALESTER COLLEGE | $100,000 |
| FOOTHILLS CHURCH | $80,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY | $30,000 |
| SANTA MARIA URBAN MINISTRY | $30,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $25,000 |
| CASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY | $25,000 |
| KQED INC (NORTHERN CA PUBLIC BROADCASTING) | $20,000 |
| FOOTHILLS CHURCH | $20,000 |
| SARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA | $15,000 |
| MVLA HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT | $12,000 |
| SWARTHMORE COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $10,000 |
| MACALESTER COLLEGE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $305k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.
70 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2026, 30 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
MACALESTER COLLEGE7× · 2020–2026 · $665k · revenue +69%- CSCOMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC10× · 2017–2026 · $265k · revenue +131%
- CSCASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION8× · 2019–2026 · $124k · revenue +50%
Funded once
- MCMACALESTER COLLEGE (ROSENBERG SCHOLARSHIP FUND)one grant, 2020 · $100k
- FCFOOTHILLS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $49k
- ARAMERICAN RED CROSS (UNRESTRICTED)one grant, 2023 · $10k
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.
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.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
Education and Research
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
How this is measured
41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 92 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds MACALESTER COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds PACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC ↗
- Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds CASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SILICON VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds LUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE EXPLORATORIUM ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Bright Funds Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · United Way Worldwide · The Valley Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The George & Wilma Leonard Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The George & Wilma Leonard Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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