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Universal Leaf Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$812k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
193
Itemized grants FY2024
159
Organizations funded FY2022
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Itemized, FY2024
$680k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
States reached, FY2024
21
Total assets, FY2024
$19M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$384kArts & Culture$160kHealth$154kFood & Nutrition$146kEnvironment$140kHuman Services$127kRecreation & Sports$89kInternational$57kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 151 grantees
All grantees of Universal Leaf Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Va Foundation for Independent Colleges$55,00022%
James River Association$40,00020%
Maymont Foundation$38,17020%
Anna Julia Cooper School$36,00020%
Virginia Historical Society$25,00020%
Capital Region Land Conservancy Inc$25,00020%
Tar River Land Conservancy$25,00012%
Feed My Starving Children Inc$25,00020%
Feed More Inc$23,83020%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769)$21,80020%
Watoto Child Care Ministry Inc$20,00020%
Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development$19,75020%
Broughton High School Caps Club Broughton High School$16,25023%
Tobacco Farm Life Museum Inc$16,00024%
Metropolitan Richmond Sports Backers$15,00020%
Virginia Home for Boys and Girls$15,00020%
Virginia Capital Trail Foundation$15,00022%
Caritas$15,00020%
Junior Achievement of Central Va Inc$15,00021%
The Valentine Museum$15,00010%
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc$15,00020%
Great Aspirations Scholarship Program Inc$15,00020%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Peter Paul Development Center Inc$13,00020%
Soar 365$12,00020%
Prosser Senior Citizens Club$12,0001n/a
Childsavers- Memorial Child Guidance Clinic$11,30020%
Communities in Schools of Va$11,00020%
Our Rescue$10,10010%
Sheltering Arms Foundation$10,02620%
Reading and Education for Adult Development$10,00021%
Challenge Discovery Projects Inc$10,00021%
The Virginia College Fund$10,00011%
Friends of the James River Park$10,00021%
Sportable Richmond Adaptive Sports and Recreation Inc$10,00020%
Virginia Forestry Educational Foundation$10,00022%
Library of Virginia Foundation$10,00021%
Prosser United Good Neighbors$10,000124%
Virginia War Memorial Foundation Inc$10,00020%
United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg$9,36020%
St Christopher's School Foundation$9,02520%
A Child's Hope International$9,00020%
Meals From the Heartland Inc$9,00020%
Choices Healthcare$8,02610%
Project Pearls USA Inc$8,00012%
Riverside School Inc$7,43520%
University of Richmond$7,30020%
Clare House Inc$7,00021%
Emergency Shelter Inc$7,00010%
Lancaster Farmland Trust$6,20110%
Northstar Academy Inc$6,05020%
South Kent School Corporation$6,02620%
Rutgers University Foundation$6,00020%
Communities in Schools of Richmond Inc$5,60020%
Castalia Volunteer Fire Department$5,50012%
St Andrew's School$5,50020%
Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation$5,20021%
Rx Drug Access Partnership$5,15021%
Water Street Ministries$5,10120%
Occupational Development Center$5,02711%
Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors Inc$5,00010%
Virginia Union University$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond$5,00010%
Meals From the Heart$5,00011%
Yakima Valley Fair and Rodeo$5,00011%
Bon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation$5,0001n/a
Sweet Briar Institute$5,00010%
Delta Waterfowl Foundation$5,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc$5,00011%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$5,00010%
World Pediatrics$5,00020%
Virginia Repertory Theatre$5,00010%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund$5,00010%
Elk Hill Farm Inc$5,00010%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$5,00010%
St John's Church Foundation$5,00011%
North Museum Corporation$5,00011%
Lancaster Public Library$5,00010%
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Research Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc$5,00010%
Keystone Human Services$5,00010%
The New Community School Foundation$5,00010%
Central American Relief Efforts$4,85024%
United Way Tar River Region$4,8301n/a
Chamberlayne Packers Youth Football and Cheering$4,4002n/a
Miss Porter's School Inc$4,25020%
Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster Inc$4,00020%
Lancaster County Career & Technology Foundation$4,00011%
Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County$4,00020%
United Disabilities Services Foundation$4,00010%
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank$4,00010%
United Disabilities Services$4,00010%
Facilitate Rescue Inc$2,75021%
Southside Virginia Community College Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Stratford Hall$2,50010%
Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc$2,41610%
Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic$2,25010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$2,10020%
Greenfield School$2,00010%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$2,00020%
Lunenburg Health Service Inc$2,000139%
Visioncorps$2,00010%
Brightfocus Foundation$1,60020%
The Educational Foundation Inc$1,55020%
Nc State Student Aid Association Inc$1,36420%
Pennsylvania State University$1,0001n/a
Cornerstone Christian Academy$1,0001n/a
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation$1,00010%
Richmond Animal League Inc$1,00010%
Richmond Metro Habitat for Humanity$81010%
Lancaster County FOP Foundation$7601n/a
Chasing Cans for Cancer$72511%
Heart of Virginia Council Inc$50621%
Westminster Canterbury Foundation$50010%
The Naval Institute Foundation Inc$50010%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$50010%
Ask Childhood Cancer Foundation$50010%
Woodberry Forest School$50010%
Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc$40020%
Cat Adoption and Rescue Efforts Inc$40020%
Hampden-Sydney College$35020%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$27610%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$26310%
Henrico Education Foundation Inc$26010%
Virginia League for Planned Parenthood Incorporated$25010%
Lgbt Center of Raleigh Inc$25010%
The Cameron K Gallagher Foundation$25010%
Virginia Episcopal School$2001n/a
Deep Run High School Ptso$1561n/a
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Inc$15510%
Duke University$15020%
The Shepherds Center of Richmond$15020%
Hollins University Corporation$12510%
Enrichmond Foundation$1001n/a
Joslin Diabetes Center Inc$10010%
It4causes Inc$10010%
Milagro House Inc$10010%
Merchants Hope Church Foundation Inc$1001n/a
Lakeside Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc$10010%
Grant Park Foundation Nfp$10011%
St Catherine's School Foundation$10010%
Christs Home$10010%
The Clear Fund$10010%
River City Crew Inc$10010%
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa$8010%
Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation$5010%
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Inc$351n/a
Strasburg-Heisler Library$2610%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2510%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$2510%
Humane World for Animals Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 81 recipients with no EIN on record ($449k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Universal Leaf Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 138 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVa Foundation for Independent Colleges: $55,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetJames River Association: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMaymont Foundation: $38,170 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAnna Julia Cooper School: $36,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVirginia Historical Society: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCapital Region Land Conservancy Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTar River Land Conservancy: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFeed My Starving Children Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeed More Inc: $23,830 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769): $21,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWatoto Child Care Ministry Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSchreiber Center for Pediatric Development: $19,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBroughton High School Caps Club Broughton High School: $16,250 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTobacco Farm Life Museum Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetMetropolitan Richmond Sports Backers: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVirginia Home for Boys and Girls: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVirginia Capital Trail Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCaritas: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Va Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Valentine Museum: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGreat Aspirations Scholarship Program Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeter Paul Development Center Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSoar 365: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildsavers- Memorial Child Guidance Clinic: $11,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Va: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOur Rescue: $10,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSheltering Arms Foundation: $10,026 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetReading and Education for Adult Development: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetChallenge Discovery Projects Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Virginia College Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFriends of the James River Park: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSportable Richmond Adaptive Sports and Recreation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVirginia Forestry Educational Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLibrary of Virginia Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetProsser United Good Neighbors: $10,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetVirginia War Memorial Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg: $9,360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Christopher's School Foundation: $9,025 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA Child's Hope International: $9,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMeals From the Heartland Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChoices Healthcare: $8,026 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Pearls USA Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetRiverside School Inc: $7,435 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Richmond: $7,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClare House Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEmergency Shelter Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 138.

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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 Community Foundation IncVA77× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Robins Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Tesco Foundation · The Pauley Family Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Williams Mullen Foundation · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition

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.

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About Universal Leaf Foundation

How much does Universal Leaf Foundation give?
Universal Leaf Foundation reported 193 itemized grants totaling $679,589, out of $811,745 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Universal Leaf Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (8%), Arts & Culture (3%), Health (3%).
Who are Universal Leaf Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Va Foundation for Independent Colleges ($55k), James River Association ($40k), Maymont Foundation ($38k).
Does Universal Leaf Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Universal Leaf Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation, Herndon Foundation.
Where is Universal Leaf Foundation based?
Universal Leaf Foundation is based in VA.

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 233 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $910k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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