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The Leininger Family Foundation at a glance

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The Leininger Family Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$154k
Granted FY2019
1
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$154k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

International$385kCommunity Improvement$315kHuman Services$230kYouth Development$131kReligion$74kPhilanthropy$66kEducation$37kRecreation & Sports$15kOther$0
02FY2019 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$154,213
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CROSS PURPOSE$154,213
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 (FY17–18, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BART EHRMAN FDN: $500 → 11%Springs Rescue Mission: $40k → 9%Fostering Hope: $2k → 9%Denver Rescue Mission: $15k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%THERE WITH CARE: $3k → 12%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

WA
IL
CA
CO
KS
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 9 repeat orgs$182k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2019, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
20

Total granted

$1.0M
$182k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+8%

Still filing today

78%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Human ServicesInternationalYouth DevelopmentHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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

  • C
    CROSSPURPOSE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $315k · revenue ×13
  • OC
    ONE COLLECTIVE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $165k · revenue +29%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $120k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • UI
    UPSTREAM IMPACT
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • TS
    THE SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue -9%
  • PH
    Providence Homeshare
    one grant, 2017 · $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.

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
Corus International Inc

TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…

Human Services
2
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
3
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
4
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
5
Job Options Inc

To actively seek employment for individuals with psychological or physical disabilities.

Employment
6
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
7
Enterprise Community Investment Inc

All our efforts support our strategic goals to increase housing supply, advance racial equity and build resilience and upward mobility.the organization raises private capital through investment and by forming effective partnerships.…

Housing & Shelter
8
Earn Inc

Saverlife (formerly earn) is a nonprofit on a mission -- to inspire, inform, and reward the millions of americans who need help saving money. through engaging technologies and strategic partnerships, we give working people the methods and…

Philanthropy
9
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
10
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
11
People Inc

People inc. provides health and human services that enrich lives and communities through innovation and supportive services. with a goal to help people achieve greater independence and quality of life, people inc. provides day,…

Human Services
12
Los Angeles Mission Inc

The los angeles mission breaks the cycle of homelessness and poverty, by stabilizing people in a safe and spiritual environment, connecting them to solutions and walking with them on their journey.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opportunity International Inc D/B/a Opportunity International-Us; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

19 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. 19 of the 30 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)
18/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $175,000 · InternationalOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC …ONE COLLECTIVE: $165,000 · InternationalONE COLLECTIVE+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalCROSSPURPOSE: $314,623 · Community ImprovementCROSSPURPOSEEsperanza: $160,000 · OtherEsperanzaUPSTREAM IMPACT: $40,000 · OtherUPSTREAM IMPACTRELEVANT WORD MINISTRIES: $39,000 · OtherRELEVANT WORD MINISTRIES+14 more: $92,500 · Other+14 moreYOUNG LIFE: $120,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFEHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $40,000 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHERE WITH CARE: $2,500 · Human Services+2 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $66,138 · PhilanthropyALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $32,000 · Education
International$345,000Community Improvement$314,623Other$331,500Youth Development$125,000Human Services$70,000Philanthropy$66,138Education$32,000

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 budgetCROSSPURPOSE: $314,623 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $175,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetONE COLLECTIVE: $165,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $120,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $66,138 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPSTREAM IMPACT: $40,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTHE SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $32,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE OUR YOUTH INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREKKING FOR KIDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHERE WITH CARE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBART EHRMAN FOUNDATION: $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.

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.

The Denver FoundationAdolph Coors Foundati…The Anschutz Foundati…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Denver FoundationCO15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Adolph Coors Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 The Leininger Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Leininger Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 30 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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