Connecticut · Private foundation
The Leir Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $13M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $8.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 94
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $95M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Leir Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $8.6M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $2.7M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 94 | $7.8M | 99% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Leir Retreat Center Inc | $15,983,343 | 8 | 100% |
| American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center | $200,000 | 1 | 12% |
| American Friends of Herzog Hospital Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Friends of Green Chimneys | $150,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America | $125,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Danbury Hospital | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rogosin Institute Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Family Justice Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Northside Center for Child Development Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Karen Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 31 grantees
Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Leir Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc · Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co LLP · Albert and Helen Meserve Mem Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Patrick Foundation · The Goldstone Family Foundation · Diageo North America Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Leir Foundation Inc
- How much does The Leir Foundation Inc give?
- The Leir Foundation Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $8,649,000, out of $12,721,614 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 94 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Leir Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (28%), Environment (9%), Health (3%).
- Who are The Leir Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Leir Retreat Center Inc ($16M), American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center ($200k), American Friends of Herzog Hospital Inc ($200k).
- Does The Leir Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Leir Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Leir Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc.
- Where is The Leir Foundation Inc based?
- The Leir Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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