North Carolina · Nonprofit
LEELA FOUNDATION INC
LEELA FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,942 to it, the largest being UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF RALEIGH AND WAKE COUNTY INC ($25,442). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $58k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $52k
What Leela Foundation Inc does
Mission
Primary objective is to create an artistic ecosystem to support the learning that happens in the community in dance, music and visual arts. We do this through Education addressed through the number of workshops we offer on an ongoing basis and with visiting master artists.Through Performances of exceptional artists to motivate and inspire students and provide them with a goal to advance their own engagement with their art form at whatever stage of learning they are at. Through Outreach, done through panel discussion with arts leaders, artist and students, through Fireside Chats and Demonstrations in public spaces like public libraries, Corporate venues with intention of reaching new audiences and expanding our own reach.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Through performances, we have served approximately 1900 Adults and 800 children and Young Adults. Through workshops, we have served approximately 200 adults and 100 children in dance, 100 adults in visual arts, and 50 children. Ongoing programs: Dance - 50 sessions annually (4 classes per month) Music - 50 sessions annually (4 classes per month) Visual arts - virtual sessions between 2020 - 2024 - 20 sessions annually (on average, 2 classes per month) & In person since 2023 - 34 sessions annually (3 master intensives + 4 workshops + community outreach events -6 + Community arts Exhibition for 3 weeks). Details of the programs are: Technique Enhancement Program for the Indian classical dance, Bharata Natyam conducted by Sankhya Dance Company led by Vaibav Arekar. It started in May 2020. Carnatic Vocal Initiative for Carnatic music led by Anugrah Lakshmana and his mentor Jayashree Aravind. It started in January 2025. Visual Arts: Visual Arts Program was begun in June 2020 through virtual workshops. Since 2024 summer, two in-person events are hosted in visual arts: Master intensives and workshops by Master visual artists who come from India. Community Art Exhibition of the Triangle…
$44,426 spentof which $1,800 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $44,426.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Mini Ranganathan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of LEELA FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LEELA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LEELA FOUNDATION INC.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
91% of LEELA FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LEELA FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like LEELA FOUNDATION INC
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEELA FOUNDATION INC?
- LEELA FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,942 to it, the largest being UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF RALEIGH AND WAKE COUNTY INC ($25,442). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEELA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $27,942 in grants to LEELA FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEELA FOUNDATION INC?
- UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF RALEIGH AND WAKE COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,442 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEELA FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing