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The Lebaron Foundation at a glance

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The Lebaron Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$175k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$50,000
ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK$25,000
THE MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$20,000
MEALS ON WHEELS OF SARASOTA$15,000
NEW LONDON HOSPITAL$10,000
MEDICAL & HEALTHCARE ADVANCEMENT DARTMOUTH MEDICAL$10,000
GRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL$10,000
LOVELAND FOUNDATION$5,000
SISTER SONG$5,000
MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER$5,000
HARVARD COLLEGE FUND$5,000
NATIVE MOVEMENT$5,000
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL$5,000
MILTON ACADEMY$2,000
PILGRIM HALL MUSEUM$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CARIBBBEAN EQUALITY PROJECT: $5k → 13%SISTER SONG: $10k → 13%SISTER SONG: $5k → 13%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

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 28 repeat orgs$202k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
58

Total granted

$1.0M
$172k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+23%

Still filing today

71%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationInternationalHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $310k · revenue +121%
  • ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $143k · revenue +115%
  • MU
    MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    7× · 2019–2025 · $140k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • PA
    Plymouth Antiquarian Society
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue +16%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $17k
  • RC
    RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +32%
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
Feline Urban Rescue and Rehab Inc

To reduce the number of cats taken to shelters by promoting the importance of spaying/neutering and cat adoptions.

Animals
2
Cats At the Studios Inc

Cat rescue spay/ nueter

Animals
3
Hart

Animal shelter and rescue

Animals
4
Catnip Cats and Kittens

Catnip Cats & Kittens provides housing, vet care and spay/neuter to pets in our care. We housed over 150 dogs and cats in 2020 providing a safe sanctuary and reducing unwanted pets in the community.

Animals
5
Purrs and Whiskers Inc

Purrs and Whiskers primary function is to find forever homes for cats and kittens that are abandoned, stray, owner turn in, injured/sick, and/or born in feral colonies after we have fully vetted them by spaying/neutering, vaccinating,…

Animals
6
Kitten Around Cat Rescue
Animals
7
Collaborative Cats Inc

We are a feline foster home based rescue organization providing rescue, rehoming, low-cost spay & neutur services, vaccinations, and farm colony management.

Animals
8
Caring Hearts Inc

Organization provides spay and neuter services for stray animals. they hold adoption events to find homes for the animals once they are healthy.

Animals
9
Kitty Crusaide

Kitty care neuter or spay and rehome

Animals
10
Feral advocates and cat trappers inc

to provide low cost spay in neuters to low income individuals and other non profits

Animals
11
Purple Cat People Inc

To provide spay and neuter services

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12
Stray Healthcare & Education to Limit Population

To protect and improve the lives of homeless, free-roaming community cats by assisting both the animals and those who care for them. they achieve this through education, community collaboration, and promoting the benefits of spay/neuter as…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catsnip Etc; the most unlike its peers is The Doolittle Home 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

56 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. 56 of the 90 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/56
Grantees still filing
40/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Meals on Wheels of Sarasota Inc: $75,000 · OtherMeals on Wheels of Sarasota IncSAINT STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL - THE SAINT'S FUND: $40,000 · OtherSAINT STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL - TH…HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL: $35,000 · OtherHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOLHARVARD COLLEGE FUND: $35,000 · OtherHARVARD COLLEGE FUNDPlymouth Antiquarian Society: $30,000 · OtherPlymouth Antiquarian SocietyIndividual grant recipient: $17,000 · OtherPILGRIM HALL MUSEUM: $16,000 · OtherTHE DOOLITTLE HOME INC: $20,000 · Other+60 more: $139,070 · Other+60 moreSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $310,000 · HealthSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE F…The New London Hospital Association Inc: $17,500 · HealthThe New London Hospital Associ…+1 more: $500 · HealthMARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $140,000 · EducationMARSHALL UNIVERSITY…ESPERANZA ACADEMY INC: $20,000 · EducationESPERANZA ACADEMY I…RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC: $15,000 · EducationRINGLING COLLEGE OF…ARCHITECTURE SARASOTA INC: $10,000 · EducationCOOPERATIVE FOR EDUCATION: $8,000 · EducationMILTON ACADEMY: $8,000 · Education+2 more: $7,500 · EducationALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $142,500 · Food & NutritionALL FAITHS FO…COMPAS DE NICARAGUA: $30,000 · InternationalNEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $17,500 · InternationalGRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalMALAYAKA HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesSISTERSONG INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF BURIAL HILL INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesCARRIBEAN EQUALITY PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $35,000 · EnvironmentLAKE SUNAPEE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Environment
Other$407,070Health$328,000Education$208,500Food & Nutrition$142,500International$58,500Human Services$47,000Environment$38,000

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

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
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.

Boston Foundation IncBarrette Family FundOn Shore FoundationNew Hampshire Charita…The Summerlee Foundat…BISSELL Pet FoundationEastern Bank Foundati…The Duffield Family F…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Greater HorizonsThe Ayco Charitable F…Paypal Charitable Giv…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
05Through Plinth

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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.

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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