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 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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