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The Leland Foundation at a glance

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The Leland Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$14k
Granted FY2018
12
Grants FY2018
7
States reached
$3k
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 2018.

Human Services$8kAnimals$6kEducation$5kArts & Culture$2kReligion$2kRecreation & Sports$1kPublic Benefit$1kHealth$1kOther$0
02FY2018 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$394k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CICC FOUNDATION$2,700
GREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL$1,350
YMCA CAMP AL-GON-QUIAN$1,350
MISERICORDIA$1,350
HONOR FLIGHT DAYTON$1,200
SICSA$1,000
OPERATION REBIRTH INC$1,000
UNITY CHURCH OF BOULDER COLORADO$1,000
UNITY CHURCH OF ANDERSON$700
NEXUS EQUINE INC$675
ARKANSAS FOODBANK NETWORK INC$675
CLINTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$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.

US giving: 82% of grant dollars ($23k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 18% that went abroad ($5k) is mapped below.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1k → 16%BAYARD PUBLIC SCHOOL FFA: $1k → 14%LA THEATER WORKS: $150 → 14%OUR LORD'S LUTHERAN CHURCH OF OKLAHOMA CITY: $400 → 16%ARKANSAS FOODBANK NETWORK INC: $675 → 17%YMCA CAMP AL-GON-QUIAN: $1k → 12%GREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL: $1k → 14%HELPING HANDS HUMANE SOCIETY: $3k → 14%WAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $500 → 15%UNITY CHURCH OF BOULDER COLORADO: $1k → 12%UNITY CHURCH OF ANDERSON: $700 → 15%THE MURPHY THEATER: $2k → 12%OPERATION REBIRTH INC: $1k → 14%HONOR FLIGHT DAYTON: $1k → 15%MISERICORDIA: $1k → 14%CASPER HUMANE SOCIETY: $1k → 11%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $500 → 8%CLINTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $500 → 12%SICSA: $1k → 14%MISERICORDIA: $1k → 14%CLINTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $500 → 12%OPERATION REBIRTH INC: $1k → 14%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

IL
MI
MA
WY
IN
OH
CA
CO
NE
MO
MD
KS
AR
OK

Beyond the US: 18% of all-years giving ($5k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$5k · 2 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6k · 3 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
11

Total granted

$6k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+32%

Still filing today

67%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
AnimalsEducationPublic BenefitFood & NutritionOther
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

  • M
    MISERICORDIA
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k
  • OR
    OPERATION REBIRTH INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +3%
  • CC
    CLINTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • CI
    CENTENNIAL INFANT & CHILD CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • HH
    HELPING HANDS HUMANE SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +53%
  • TM
    THE MURPHY THEATER
    one grant, 2017 · $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
Paws and Prayers Inc

None

Animals
2
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
3
Franklin County Humane Society

Temporary shelter & adoption of homeless pets.

Animals
4
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
5
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
6
Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan

Humane society of southwestern michigan exists to provide shelter and care for sick, homeless and unwanted animals. in addition, the organization provides adoption services for the animals in its care.

Animals
7
Toledo Humane Society

Prevention/treatment of cruelty to animals

Animals
8
Lakeshore Humane Society Inc

The mission of the organization is to aid, advocate and adopt to enhance the lives of companion animals.

Animals
9
Toledo Animal Shelter Association

See schedule oto care for and to provide temporary and indefinite shelter and care for homeless and abandoned dogs and cats by promoting and sponsoring animal welfare education programs, adoptions, preventive veterinary care, and a…

Animals
10
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
11
League for Animal Welfare

To reduce the number of homeless cats and dogs in greater cincinnati by providing a compassionate, no-kill animal shelter and programs that promote responsible pet care.

Animals
12
The Humane Society of Baltimore County Inc

Provide a temporary home, safe refuge and care for homeless animals. work aggressively to place each animal in a loving, permanent home. strive to end the euthanasia of healthy, adoptable animals by offering affordable spay, neuter and…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wayside Waifs Inc; the most unlike its peers is Great Lakes Boat Building School. 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

12 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. 12 of the 23 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CICC FOUNDATION: $2,700 · OtherCICC FOUNDATIONMISERICORDIA: $2,600 · OtherMISERICORDIACENTENNIAL INFANT & CHILD CENTER: $2,500 · OtherCENTENNIAL INFANT & CHILD CENTERTHE MURPHY THEATER: $2,000 · OtherTHE MURPHY THEATERYMCA CAMP AL-GON-QUIAN: $1,350 · OtherYMCA CAMP AL-GON-QUIANBAYARD PUBLIC SCHOOL FFA: $1,250 · OtherBAYARD PUBLIC SCHOOL FFAMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALUNITY CHURCH OF BOULDER COLORADO: $1,000 · OtherUNITY CHURCH OF BOULDER COLORADOCLINTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $1,000 · OtherCLINTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTEUNITY CHURCH OF ANDERSON: $700 · Other+4 more: $1,250 · Other+4 moreHELPING HANDS HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,500 · AnimalsHELPING HANDS HUMANE SO…CASPER HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,250 · AnimalsCASPER HUMANE SOCIETYSociety for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals: $1,000 · AnimalsSociety for the Improve…NEXUS EQUINE INC: $675 · AnimalsNEXUS EQUINE INCWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $500 · AnimalsWAYSIDE WAIFS INCOPERATION REBIRTH INC: $2,000 · EducationOPERATION REB…GREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL: $1,350 · EducationGREAT LAKES B…HONOR FLIGHT DAYTON INC: $1,200 · Public BenefitARKANSAS FOODBANK: $675 · Food & Nutrition
Other$17,350Animals$5,925Education$3,350Public Benefit$1,200Food & Nutrition$675

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 budgetHELPING HANDS HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION REBIRTH INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL: $1,350 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASPER HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT DAYTON INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLINTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetARKANSAS FOODBANK: $675 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEXUS EQUINE INC: $675 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetL A THEATRE WORKS: $150 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    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 23 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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