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William Leatherbee Jr Charitable Trust at a glance

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William Leatherbee Jr Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$51kHealth$34kReligion$15kRecreation & Sports$2kHousing & Shelter$1kAnimals$700Public Benefit$600Education$395Other$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $150
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$327k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEWPORT HOSPITAL$10,000
ASSOCIATION OF MARIAN HELPERS$150
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $650) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE PRICE CENTER: $500 → 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 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

NY
MA
OR
SD
RI
CA
MO
KY
VA
TN
DC
AL
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$73k · 14 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
37

Total granted

$73k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+71%

Still filing today

50%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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

  • NH
    Newport Hospital Foundation
    4× · 2018–2022 · $15k · revenue +3%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC
    2× · 2017–2020 · $1k · revenue +19%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BRITISH ART INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $500 · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • SA
    SHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -1%
  • AA
    AUDRAIN AUTO MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • SH
    SONGWRITERS' HALL OF FAME INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +57%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network Inc

The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network (DFCCN) is to promote and support, directly or indirectly, the interests and purposes of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).

Health
3
The Miriam Hospital

As a founding hospital in the Brown University Health system, TMH is committed to its mission: Delivering health with care.

Health
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
6
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
7
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
8
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
9
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
10
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
11
Rhode Island Hospital

As a founding hospital in the Brown University Health system, RIH is committed to its mission: Delivering health with care.

Health
12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Preservation Society of Newport County; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 52 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPERA HOUSE THEATRE: $15,722 · OtherOPERA HOUSE THEATREOPUS CARITATIS CORP: $6,500 · OtherOPUS CARITATIS CORPST COLUMBAS BERKELEY MEMORIAL CHAPEL: $5,500 · OtherST COLUMBAS BERKELEY MEMORIAL CHAPELAUDRAIN AUTO MUSEUM: $5,000 · OtherAUDRAIN AUTO MUSEUMMASS GENERAL HOSPITAL FUND: $2,200 · Other+29 more: $9,105 · Other+29 moreNewport Hospital Foundation: $15,000 · HealthNewport Hospital FoundationNewport Hospital: $10,000 · HealthNewport HospitalSHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC: $5,000 · HealthSHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC+2 more: $300 · HealthNEWPORT ART MUSEUM AND ART ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureNEWPORT ART MUSEUM AND ART ASS…SONGWRITERS' HALL OF FAME INC: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $2,245 · Arts & Culture+4 moreFRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsBARRY L PRICE REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $150 · Human ServicesROBERT POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS INC: $300 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $200 · AnimalsSAVE A DOG INC: $100 · Animals
Other$44,027Health$30,300Arts & Culture$28,745Environment$1,000Recreation & Sports$1,000Human Services$650Animals$600

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEWPORT ART MUSEUM AND ART ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNewport Hospital Foundation: $15,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetNewport Hospital: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSONGWRITERS' HALL OF FAME INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY: $925 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELMONT CHAPEL FOUNDATION: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BRITISH ART INC: $500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBARRY L PRICE REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCops Direct: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $170 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Newport County Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $50 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.

Van Beuren Charitable…The Champlin Foundati…Joan V Winiarski & Te…Alletta Morris McBean…Frederick Henry Princ…Loebs Family Foundati…Bird Charles Sumner F…Bazarsky Family Found…Hamilton Family Chari…Hamilton Family Found…The Rhode Island Comm…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Van Beuren Charitable Foundation IncNY17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · The Champlin Foundation · Joan V Winiarski & Teresa W Merrill Revocable Trust · Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Loebs Family Foundation 7521-Xxxxxx16336 · Bird Charles Sumner Fdn Tr Udecl · Bazarsky Family Foundation · Hamilton Family Charitable Trust · Hamilton Family Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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 William Leatherbee Jr Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William Leatherbee Jr Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Friends of the Public Garden Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hebrew Senior Life Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 52 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.

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