Funding search · EIN 942598897 · Novato, CA

The George & Wilma Leonard Charitable

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

150
grants reported
$1.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Macalester College4 grants · $350,000
  • Foothills Church4 grants · $281,000
  • Schwab Charitable Fund2 grants · $150,000
  • Santa Maria Urban Ministry3 grants · $80,000
  • Habitat for Humanity3 grants · $75,000
  • Second Harvest Food Bank3 grants · $75,000
  • Community Services Agency3 grants · $75,000
  • St Jude'S Episcopal Church3 grants · $60,000
  • Castilleja School Foundation3 grants · $52,000
  • Sarcoma Foundation of America3 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$615,000
2022
$653,000
2023
$535,000
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 150 grants.

  • $200,000

    Foothills Church · Los Altos, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $100,000

    Macalester College · St Paul, MN · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $100,000

    Macalester College · St Paul, MN · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $100,000

    Macalester College · St Paul, MN · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $100,000

    Schwab Charitable Fund · Los Altos, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $50,000

    Schwab Charitable Fund · Los Altos, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $50,000

    Macalester College · St Paul, MN · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $30,000

    Santa Maria Urban Ministry · San Jose, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $28,000

    Foothills Church · Los Altos, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $28,000

    Foothills Church · Los Altos, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Castilleja School Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Community Services Agency · Mountain View, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Milpitas, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Community Services Agency · Mountain View, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Milpitas, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Santa Maria Urban Ministry · San Jose, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Community Services Agency · Mountain View, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Foothills Church · Los Altos, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Milpitas, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Santa Maria Urban Ministry · San Jose, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $25,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $20,000

    American Red Cross · San Jose, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $20,000

    St Jude'S Episcopal Church · Cupertino, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $20,000

    St Jude'S Episcopal Church · Cupertino, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $20,000

    St Jude'S Episcopal Church · Cupertino, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $15,000

    Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $15,000

    Sarcoma Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $15,000

    Castilleja School Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $15,000

    Sarcoma Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $15,000

    Sarcoma Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $12,000

    Kqed Inc (Northern Ca Public Broadcasting) · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $12,000

    Los Altos High School · Los Altos, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $12,000

    Castilleja School Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $11,000

    Northern Ca Public Broadcasting (Kqed) · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    Lung Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    Trinity School · Novato, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross · San Jose, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    Lung Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    Silicon Valley International School · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross (Ukraine) · San Jose, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross (Unrestricted) · San Jose, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    Lung Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    Northern Ca Public Broadcasting (Kqed) · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $10,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    Washington

  • $9,000

    Silicon Valley International School · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $8,000

    Eastside College Preparatory · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $8,000

    Eastside College Preparatory · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $8,000

    North Shore Health · Grand Marais, MN · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $8,000

    Eastside College Preparatory · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $8,000

    The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $6,000

    Boy Scouts · San Jose, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $6,000

    Electronic Frontier Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $6,000

    Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $6,000

    Northern California Innocence Project · Santa Clara, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $6,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $6,000

    Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $6,000

    Northern California Innocence Project · Santa Clara, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $6,000

    The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $6,000

    Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $6,000

    Northern California Innocence Project · Santa Clara, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Los Altos Public Library · Los Altos, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Los Altos School District · Los Altos, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    North Shore Health · Grand Marais, MN · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Olin College of Engineering · Needham, MA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood · San Jose, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Rose-Hulman Inst of Technology · Terre Haute, IN · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Salvation Army · San Jose, CA · 2024

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Boy Scouts · San Jose, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Electronic Frontier Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Los Altos High School · Los Altos, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Los Altos Public Library · Los Altos, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Los Altos School District · Los Altos, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Mountain View High School · Mountain View, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Olin College of Engineering · Needham, MA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Pacific School of Religion · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood · San Jose, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Rose-Hulman Inst of Technology · Terre Haute, IN · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Boy Scouts · San Jose, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Electronic Frontier Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Los Altos High School · Los Altos, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Los Altos Public Library · Los Altos, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Los Altos School District · Los Altos, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Mountain View High School · Mountain View, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    North Shore Health · Grand Marais, MN · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Olin College of Engineering · Needham, MA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Salvation Army · San Jose, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $5,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $4,000

    Planned Parenthood · San Jose, CA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

  • $3,000

    Conquer Cancer Foudation · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Eleemosynary

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.