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The Leeps Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$84k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$46k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Health$434kAnimals$62kHuman Services$41kYouth Development$21kRecreation & Sports$16kReligion$13kEducation$8kEnvironment$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $46k
$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$821k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOOFBEATS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC$45,800
WINGS OF HOPE RANCH$5,000
BIT OF HOPE RANCH INC$2,500
HOPETREE FAMILY SERVICES$2,500
DARE TO DREAM THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP CENTER$2,500
GLORY REINS RANCH$2,500
SHEPARD YOUTH RANCH$2,500
RISEN RIDGE MINISTRY$2,500
SPUR N UP HOPE INC$2,400
HOPE REINS$2,000
ST FRANCIS SERVICE DOG FOUNDATION$2,000
THE BARNS AT BLUE MOUNTAIN INC$1,800
SHINING HOPE FARMS$1,500
BRIGHT SIDE YOUTH RANCH$1,500
NEW DAY EQUINE THERAPY$1,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SHINING HOPE FARMS: $3k → 17%BIT OF HOPE RANCH INC: $3k → 12%BLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $2k → 7%TRAILS OF PURPOSE: $2k → 9%SHINING HOPE FARMS: $2k → 17%BIT OF HOPE RANCH INC: $3k → 12%CHECKPOINT ONE: $500 → 5%BLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $1k → 7%TRAILS OF PURPOSE: $2k → 9%SHINING HOPE FARMS: $2k → 17%BIT OF HOPE RANCH INC: $3k → 12%WINGS OF HOPE RANCH: $5k → 5%BLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $1k → 7%TRAILS OF PURPOSE: $2k → 9%SHINING HOPE FARMS: $2k → 17%BIT OF HOPE RANCH INC: $3k → 12%WINGS OF HOPE RANCH: $5k → 5%BLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $1k → 7%TRAILS OF PURPOSE: $2k → 9%SHINING HOPE FARMS: $1k → 17%BIT OF HOPE RANCH INC: $2k → 12%WINGS OF HOPE RANCH: $3k → 5%TRAILS OF PURPOSE: $2k → 9%BIT OF HOPE RANCH INC: $2k → 12%WINGS OF HOPE RANCH: $3k → 5%WINGS OF HOPE RANCH: $2k → 5%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$591k · 41 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
6

Total granted

$591k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
-14%

Still filing today

66%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsRecreation & SportsEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • HT
    HOOFBEATS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $326k · revenue +16% · 38% of their budget
  • HOPE REINS
    7× · 2019–2025 · $15k · revenue +60%
  • BO
    Bit of Hope Ranch Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $14k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • SF
    ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI SERVICE DOG FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • JO
    JOURNEY OF HOPE FOR AUTISM
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • VS
    VIRGINIA SEARCH AND RESCUE DOG ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
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
Wings of Hope Therapeutic Riding Program Inc
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2
Veteran Equine Therapy Stables
Public Benefit
3
Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding of Nw Colorado
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4
Great Results Equine Assisted Therapies
Health
5
Heroes Equine Assisted Riding Therapy
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6
Whispers of Hope Horse Farm

Enable mentally and/or physically challenged youth or adults in a therapeutic horseback riding program.

Human Services
7
Equus Rescue and Therapy Inc

Rescue rehabilitation recovery of equine mammals

Animals
8
Hope Rides

Interaction between horses and people for therapy

Recreation & Sports
9
Hidden Acres Therapeutic Riding Center Inc

To improve the minds, bodies and spirits of children and adults with special needs through the benefits of therapeutic riding and equine assisted activities.

Health
10
Bright Strides Inc

To contribute to the emotional, physical and psychological betterment of mankind by integrating equine assisted psychotherapy, equine assisted learning and related activities with art and other non-traditional therapies to create a…

Health
11
Hopes Chariot Inc

Provides therapeutic sessions utilizing horses our program offers therapeutic riding and experiential therapy and learning via Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and other activities, providing the opportunity to improve mental health and…

Human Services
12
Spirithorse Rehabilitation Center

Our mission is to help every individual reach their full potential; horses and humans alike. We have three great programs that come together in harmony to accomplish that.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hoofbeats Therapeutic Riding Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Trails of Purpose. 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

28 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. 28 of the 49 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOOFBEATS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $325,800 · HealthHOOFBEATS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INCHOPE REINS: $14,500 · Health+6 more: $31,395 · Health+6 moreST FRANCIS SERVICE DOG FOUNDATION: $16,000 · OtherST FRANCIS SERVICE DOG FO…RISEN RIDGE MINISTRY: $11,500 · OtherRISEN RIDGE MINISTRYDARE TO DREAM THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP CENTER: $10,200 · OtherDARE TO DREAM THERAPEUTIC…UNTAMED SPIRIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM: $7,982 · OtherUNTAMED SPIRIT THERAPEUTI…SHEPARD YOUTH RANCH: $7,500 · OtherSHEPARD YOUTH RANCHVIRGINIA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME AND FAMILY SERVICES: $7,500 · OtherVIRGINIA BAPTIST CHILDREN…LOUDOUN THERAPEUDIC RIDING INC: $6,750 · OtherHEALING STRIDES OF VIRGINIA: $5,982 · OtherNew Freedom Farm Inc: $5,750 · OtherHeartland Horse Heroes Inc: $5,700 · OtherBLUE AND GRAY SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS INC: $5,135 · OtherRide With Pride Inc: $5,000 · OtherDREAM CATCHERS: $4,550 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,500 · Other+15 more: $29,500 · Other+15 moreWings of Hope Ranch Inc: $16,700 · Human ServicesWings of H…Bit of Hope Ranch Inc: $14,300 · Human ServicesBit of Hop…Shining Hope Farms: $8,250 · Human ServicesShining Ho…TRAILS OF PURPOSE: $8,000 · Human ServicesTRAILS OF …BLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTICHORSEMANSHIP: $4,500 · Human ServicesBLUE RIDGE…SIMPLE CHANGES INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesSIMPLE CHA…+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesBROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INC: $13,250 · AnimalsBright Side Youth Ranch Inc: $11,350 · Recreation & SportsSPUR N UP HOPE INC: $9,400 · Youth DevelopmentNEW DAY EQUINE THERAPY: $4,500 · Public BenefitProject Horse Inc: $2,000 · Education
Health$371,695Other$133,549Human Services$55,750Animals$13,250Recreation & Sports$11,350Youth Development$9,400Public Benefit$4,500Education$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOOFBEATS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $325,800 over 9y, 38% of budgetWings of Hope Ranch Inc: $16,700 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetHOPE REINS: $14,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBit of Hope Ranch Inc: $14,300 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INC: $13,250 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetBright Side Youth Ranch Inc: $11,350 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetGLORY REINS INCORPORATED: $9,500 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetSPUR N UP HOPE INC: $9,400 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetShining Hope Farms: $8,250 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTRAILS OF PURPOSE: $8,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetVIRGINIA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME AND FAMILY SERVICES: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEqui-Kids Therapeutic Riding Program: $7,095 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHEALING STRIDES OF VIRGINIA: $5,982 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNew Freedom Farm Inc: $5,750 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetHeartland Horse Heroes Inc: $5,700 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetRide With Pride Inc: $5,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetBRIDLE PATHS: $5,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDREAM CATCHERS: $4,550 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCLOVERLEAF EQUINE CENTER: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTICHORSEMANSHIP: $4,500 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetNEW DAY EQUINE THERAPY: $4,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetBARNS AT BLUE MOUNTAIN INC: $3,800 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSIMPLE CHANGES INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetRAINBOW THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $2,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetProject Horse Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLonesome Dove Equestrian Center: $1,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHOPE'S LEGACY EQUINE RESCUE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCheckpoint One: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds HOOFBEATS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Wings of Hope Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE REINS ↗
  • Who funds Bit of Hope Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds BROOK HILL RETIREMENT CENTER FOR HORSES INC ↗
  • Who funds Bright Side Youth Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds GLORY REINS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds SPUR N UP HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Shining Hope Farms ↗
  • Who funds TRAILS OF PURPOSE ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Equi-Kids Therapeutic Riding Program ↗
  • Who funds HEALING STRIDES OF VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds New Freedom Farm Inc ↗
  • Who funds Heartland Horse Heroes Inc ↗
  • Who funds Ride With Pride Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRIDLE PATHS ↗
  • Who funds DREAM CATCHERS ↗
  • Who funds CLOVERLEAF EQUINE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTICHORSEMANSHIP ↗
  • Who funds NEW DAY EQUINE THERAPY ↗
  • Who funds BARNS AT BLUE MOUNTAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds SIMPLE CHANGES INC ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOW THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Project Horse Inc ↗

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.

Paul H Pusey Foundati…Dominion Energy Chari…Christopher Reeve Fou…Virginia Equine Allia…Cartledge Charitable …Ge Aerospace Foundati…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…
Paul H Pusey FoundationFL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paul H Pusey Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Christopher Reeve Foundation · Virginia Equine Alliance · Cartledge Charitable Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Leeps Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Leeps Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.

    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 49 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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