Illinois · Private foundation
The Leonard and Joan Foundation
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.
- $278k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 64
- Grants FY2025
- 59
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,575
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $51,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 61
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations The Leonard and Joan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 62 | $277k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 59 | $241k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 61 | $192k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $227k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $175k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $125k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $106k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $200k | 54% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season of Concern | $204,404 | 8 | 9% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $107,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $101,600 | 2 | n/a |
| International Voices Project | $79,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Depaul University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Storycatchers | $49,420 | 7 | 1% |
| The Hypocrites | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $37,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Music Theatre Works Inc | $31,800 | 8 | 1% |
Show all 66 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($399k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Leonard and Joan Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Prince Foundation · Bayless Family Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Walder Foundation · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust
How this is measured
About The Leonard and Joan Foundation
- How much does The Leonard and Joan Foundation give?
- The Leonard and Joan Foundation reported 64 grants totaling $278,282 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 61 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Leonard and Joan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (19%), Arts & Culture (19%), Education (16%).
- Who are The Leonard and Joan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Season of Concern ($204k), Loyola University of Chicago ($107k), The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ($102k).
- Does The Leonard and Joan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Leonard and Joan Foundation 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 Leonard and Joan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lloyd a Fry Foundation, Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is The Leonard and Joan Foundation based?
- The Leonard and Joan Foundation is based in IL.
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