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The Lebaron Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$175k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
17
Grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 62
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$3.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Lebaron Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving17$175k24%
FY202412$167k17%
FY20239$125k0%
FY202214$134k0%
FY202124$198k25%
FY202038$203k42%
FY201962$229kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$363kEducation$283kFood & Nutrition$220kArts & Culture$48kAnimals$47kInternational$47kEnvironment$43kCivil Rights$40kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
VT
NH
ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
MO
WV
VA
MD
NM
NC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 69 grantees
All grantees of The Lebaron Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc$310,00070%
All Faiths Food Bank Inc$142,50070%
Marshall University Foundation Incorporated$140,00070%
Meals on Wheels of Sarasota Inc$75,00051%
Infact DBA Corporate Accountability$35,00040%
Plymouth Antiquarian Society$30,000112%
Compas de Nicaragua$30,000311%
The Doolittle Home Inc$20,00040%
Esperanza Academy Inc$20,00020%
Malayaka House Inc$20,00027%
Nepal Youth Foundation$17,50040%
The New London Hospital Association Inc$17,50040%
Ringling College of Art and Design Inc$15,00010%
Sistersong Inc$15,00020%
Grassroots International Inc$10,0001n/a
Native Movement$10,00020%
Architecture Sarasota Inc$10,00011%
Si Se Puede Inc$8,50032%
Cooperative for Education$8,00010%
Milton Academy$8,00070%
Groundwork Lawrence Inc$7,50020%
Friends of Burial Hill Inc$7,000642%
Santa Fe Institute$7,00070%
Carribean Equality Project Inc$5,00012%
Martin Luther King Community Center Incorporated$5,00010%
The Loveland Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Agencia Alpha Inc$5,0001n/a
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$5,00010%
Lake Sunapee Protective Association$3,00030%
Vassar College$2,50010%
University of Chicago$2,50010%
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program Inc$2,50010%
Dewey Animals Inc$2,0002n/a
Scruff Inc$1,91022%
Purrhaven$1,4352n/a
Cause 4 Paws Inc$1,0602n/a
Pet Adoption Alternative of Warren$1,0001n/a
T-Town Tnr Inc$1,0001n/a
Gateway Pet Guardians$1,0001n/a
Moco Kitty Kontrol$1,0001n/a
Paws for the Cause Feral Cat Rescue$1,0001n/a
Save the Animals Rescue Team Association$1,00011%
Pawz and Purrz Animal Rescue Inc$1,0001n/a
Meow or Never Inc$1,0001n/a
Meow Mission Incorporated$1,00011%
Benewah Humane Society Inc$1,00011%
Kitty Queen Cat Rescue Inc$1,0001n/a
A Kittys Purrsuit of Happiness$1,00012%
Gods Feral Felines Inc$1,0001n/a
Catsnip Etc$1,00011%
St Louis Feral Cat Outreach Inc$1,00011%
Cat Connection Inc$1,00011%
Sb Community Cat Assistance Project$1,0001n/a
Rock Creek Cats Inc$1,0001n/a
Animal Outreach of Shelby County$1,0001n/a
Appalachian Peace Paws Rescue$1,0001n/a
Goochland Community Cats$1,0001n/a
Visalia Feral Cat Coalition Inc$1,00011%
Hands for Paws Inc$1,00012%
Fact-Feline Advocates Coming Together-Inc$1,0001n/a
Madison Community Cats$1,0001n/a
Lawns to Laps Cat Rescue$1,00018%
Animal Outreach Project Inc$1,0001n/a
Allegany County Trap Neuter Return$1,0001n/a
Alight$1,0001n/a
KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society$1,0001n/a
John Hay Estate at the Fells$1,0001n/a
Whiskers Tnr of Warren County$6651n/a
Lake Sunapee Region Visiting Nurse Association$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($192k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Lebaron Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc: $310,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAll Faiths Food Bank Inc: $142,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMarshall University Foundation Incorporated: $140,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Sarasota Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPlymouth Antiquarian Society: $30,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCompas de Nicaragua: $30,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetThe Doolittle Home Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEsperanza Academy Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMalayaka House Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetNepal Youth Foundation: $17,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe New London Hospital Association Inc: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRingling College of Art and Design Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSistersong Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNative Movement: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArchitecture Sarasota Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSi Se Puede Inc: $8,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCooperative for Education: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMilton Academy: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGroundwork Lawrence Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Burial Hill Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 42% of budgetSanta Fe Institute: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCarribean Equality Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMartin Luther King Community Center Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Sunapee Protective Association: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVassar College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetScruff Inc: $1,910 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSave the Animals Rescue Team Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMeow Mission Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBenewah Humane Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetA Kittys Purrsuit of Happiness: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCatsnip Etc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSt Louis Feral Cat Outreach Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCat Connection Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetVisalia Feral Cat Coalition Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHands for Paws Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLawns to Laps Cat Rescue: $1,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetLake Sunapee Region Visiting Nurse Association: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 41.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA15.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Barrette Family Fund · On Shore Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Summerlee Foundation · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Greater Horizons · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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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How do I get to The Lebaron Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Lebaron 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.

About The Lebaron Foundation

How much does The Lebaron Foundation give?
The Lebaron Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $175,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 62 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does The Lebaron Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (29%), Education (23%), Food & Nutrition (18%).
Who are The Lebaron Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc ($310k), All Faiths Food Bank Inc ($143k), Marshall University Foundation Incorporated ($140k).
Does The Lebaron Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Lebaron Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Lebaron Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Barrette Family Fund, On Shore Foundation.
Where is The Lebaron Foundation based?
The Lebaron Foundation is based in VT.

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 90 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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