· Private foundation
Thomas R Leonard Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRAXA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $500 |
| CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL | $300 |
| FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE | $300 |
| YOUNG AMERICA'S FOUNDATION | $250 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $250 |
| VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS | $200 |
| BOY'S TOWN | $200 |
| AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (ASPCA) | $200 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $700 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FRFRAXA Research Foundation Inc6× · 2019–2024 · $16k · revenue +70%
- TDTroops Direct3× · 2017–2021 · $11k · revenue +19%
- FLFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE6× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +98%
Funded once
- HMHIDEWAY MEMBER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDone grant, 2019 · $2k
- TUTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +148%
- CCCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INCone grant, 2018 · $1k
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.
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.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
To serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of america's veterans and their families.
To develop, operate, and support a synergistic group of wellness, quality of life, and event-based initiatives in support of today's combat-wounded military personnel and their families, while facilitating a greater recognition and…
To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and…
The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 38 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 FRAXA Research Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Troops Direct ↗
- Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE ↗
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- Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN OF GRACE ↗
- Who funds THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
- Who funds WINGS AS EAGLES MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
- Who funds PET RESCUE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL ↗
- Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS INC ↗
- Who funds UNRAVEL ↗
- Who funds MIDDLETOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
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: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thomas R Leonard Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas R Leonard Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
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