Funding search · EIN 223115036 · Reston, VA

The Leever Foundation

Name: The Leever Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

196
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

waterbury youth scholarship community student black campus care

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

48 grants matching “waterbury” · $492,604

$24,000
Nest (Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury) · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Saint Vincent De Paul Mission of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Salvation Army of Greater Waterbury · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
The United Way of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Easter Seals of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$10,500
Nest (Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury) · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$7,000
St Vincent Depaul Mission of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Easter Seals of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
The United Way of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Salvation Army of Greater Waterbury · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Rosehope Animal Shelter in Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$49,250
Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$45,000
United Way of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$30,000
Spirit of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Saint Vincent De Paul Mission of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Mattatuck Museum · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Waterbury, ct youth programming support
$5,000
Connecticut Junior Republic Association · Litchfield, CT · 2023
General support for waterbury ct campus
$5,000
Saint Mary'S Hospital · Hartford, CT · 2023
Waterbury youth program support
$5,000
Salvation Army of Greater Waterbury · Hartford, CT · 2023
Waterbury youth program support
$5,000
Shakesperience Productions · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Waterbury youth programming support
$5,000
American Red Cross · Farmington, CT · 2023
Waterbury youth programming support
$5,000
Wellmore · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Waterbury, ct youth program support
$5,000
Easterseals of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$250
Waterbury Community Services Council · Woodbury, CA · 2023
Woodbury food bank
$63,854
Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Community asset mapping initiative;development of the candidate school curriculum; elevating youth consciousness through transformative sel; launching and full implementation of the first iteration of the campaign schoo… read allCommunity asset mapping initiative;development of the candidate school curriculum; elevating youth consciousness through transformative sel; launching and full implementation of the first iteration of the campaign school; waterbury juneteenth community event less
$60,000
Spirit of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Planning grant for a social change hub
$13,000
Connecticut Community Foundation · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Community needs and give local, waterbury black giving circle-community programs
$10,000
United Way of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Bridge to success - waterbury community programs; community care fund support
$9,000
Saint Vincent De Paul Mission of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Umass class; general support
$6,000
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England · New Haven, CT · 2022
Waterbury, ct
$5,000
Easterseals of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2022
General support for waterbury, ct
$5,000
Flanders Nature Center · Woodbury, CT · 2022
Waterbury, ct bipoc youth scholarship support
$5,000
Girl Scouts of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2022
Waterbury, ct urban scouting program
$5,000
Wellmore Behavioral Health · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Waterbury youth program support
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · East Hartford, CT · 2022
Waterbury ct urban scouting program support
$5,000
Connecticut Junior Republic · Litchfield, CT · 2022
General support for waterbury ct campus
$5,000
Porters House · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Holiday programming for waterbury youth
$5,000
Saint Mary'S Hospital · Hartford, CT · 2022
Waterbury youth program support
$5,000
Salvation Army · Hartford, CT · 2022
Waterbury youth program support
$5,000
Shakesperience Productions · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Waterbury youth programming support
$3,000
American Red Cross · Farmington, CT · 2022
Waterbury youth programming support
$3,000
Madre Latina · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Waterbury family programs
$3,000
Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Waterbury food pantry/unhoused food support
$1,000
Aclu Ct · Hartford, CT · 2022
Waterbury area
$750
Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2022
Waterbury reentry center

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

The People'S Place2 grants · $333,640
Save Girls On Fyer4 grants · $163,500
Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury2 grants · $113,104
Spirit of Waterbury2 grants · $90,000
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy3 grants · $84,200
Higher Heights2 grants · $70,000
United Way of Greater Waterbury2 grants · $55,000
Dwight Hall at Yale2 grants · $53,000
Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Chaka Felder-McEntire1 grant · $40,000
A Better Way Foundation1 grant · $40,000

Giving over time

$355,279

2022

$495,250

2023

$460,310

2024

$652,440

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 196 grants.

$203,640
The People'S Place · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$130,000
The People'S Place · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$80,000
Save Girls On Fyer · Waterbury, CT · 2023
General support
$63,854
Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Community asset mapping initiative;development of the candidate school curriculum; elevating youth consciousness through transformative sel; launching and full implementation of the first iteration of the campaign schoo… read allCommunity asset mapping initiative;development of the candidate school curriculum; elevating youth consciousness through transformative sel; launching and full implementation of the first iteration of the campaign school; waterbury juneteenth community event less
$60,000
Spirit of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Planning grant for a social change hub
$49,250
Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$45,000
United Way of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$41,000
Save Girls On Fyer · Waterbury, CT · 2022
General support
$40,000
Higher Heights · New Haven, CT · 2024
Program support
$40,000
Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Chaka Felder-McEntire · New Haven, CT · 2023
Program support
$40,000
A Better Way Foundation · New Haven, CT · 2022
Ct black and brown student union, ct scan for field building and infrastructure
$36,000
Brass City Gamers Tournament · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$35,500
Dwight Hall at Yale · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$34,000
Naugatuck Valley Project · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$32,500
Save Girls On Fyer · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$30,000
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program support
$30,000
Higher Heights · Hamden, CT · 2025
Program support
$30,000
Hispanic Coalition · New Haven, CT · 2024
Program support
$30,000
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy · Hartford, CT · 2023
Supporting organizing work (sow)
$30,000
Spirit of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$24,200
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support
$24,000
Nest (Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury) · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$23,400
Connecticut Community Foundation · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$23,250
Connecticut Community Foundation · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Bridge To Success · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$20,000
She Leads Justice · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Connecticut Voices for Children · New Haven, CT · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Connecticut Voices for Children · New Haven, CT · 2023
Program support
$19,000
Madre Latina Organization · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$17,500
Dwight Hall at Yale · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Connecticut Community Foundation · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Conncan · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Madre Latina Organization · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$15,000
50can · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$13,000
Connecticut Community Foundation · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Community needs and give local, waterbury black giving circle-community programs
$10,500
Nest (Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury) · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$10,250
Caring for Bethlehem · Bethlehem, CT · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
$10,000
The Hispanic Coalition · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Save Girls On Fyer · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Saint Vincent De Paul Mission of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$10,000
United Way of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Bridge to success - waterbury community programs; community care fund support
$9,000
Saint Vincent De Paul Mission of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2022
Umass class; general support
$8,000
Elena'S Light · North Haven, CT · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Rivera Memorial Foundation · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Saint Vincent De Paul Mission of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Salvation Army of Greater Waterbury · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program support
$7,000
St Vincent Depaul Mission of Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$6,750
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England · New Haven, CT · 2025
Program support
$6,200
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England · New Haven, CT · 2023
Program support
$6,000
Helpings Hands in the Community · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Helpings Hands in the Community Arlanda Brantley · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$6,000
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England · New Haven, CT · 2022
Waterbury, ct
$5,750
Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,750
Piney Woods School · Piney Woods, MS · 2022
Scholarship support
$5,000
Afro Caribbean Cultural Center (Accc) · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
American Red Cross · Farmington, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Community Partners in Action · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Connecticut Junior Republic Association · Litchfield, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Connecticut Rivers Council Boy Scouts of America · East Hartford, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Easter Seals of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
First Church of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust · Woodbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Friends of the Bethlehem Public Library · Bethlehem, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Girl Scouts of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Institute for American Indian Studies · Washington, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Mattatuck Museum · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
New England Grassroots Environment Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Piney Woods School · Piney Woods, MS · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Shakesperience Productions · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
St Mary'S Hospital Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
The United Way of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Wellmore · Waterbury, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Afro Caribbean Cultural Center (Accc) · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
American Red Cross · Farmington, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Connecticut Junior Republic Association · Litchfield, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Connecticut Rivers Council Boy Scouts of America · East Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Easter Seals of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
First Church of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust · Woodbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Friends of the Bethlehem Public Library · Bethlehem, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Girl Scouts of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Institute for American Indian Studies · Washington, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Mattatuck Museum · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Piney Woods School · Piney Woods, MS · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England · New Haven, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Salvation Army of Greater Waterbury · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Shakesperience Productions · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
She Leads Justice · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
St Mary'S Hospital Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
The United Way of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Wellmore · Waterbury, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Afro Caribbean Cultural Center · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support
$5,000
American Red Cross · Farmington, CT · 2023
Waterbury youth programming support
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · East Hartford, CT · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Connecticut Junior Republic Association · Litchfield, CT · 2023
General support for waterbury ct campus
$5,000
Easterseals of Greater Waterbury · Waterbury, CT · 2023
Program support

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