Funding search · EIN 852619235 · Houston, TX

Leon Payne Jr Foundation

Name: Leon Payne Jr 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.

49
grants reported: $255,300
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

The Church of St John the Divine3 grants · $50,000
Amazing Place4 grants · $41,398
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation3 grants · $38,500
Houston Arboretum1 grant · $13,500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America2 grants · $11,000
Houston Spca4 grants · $10,348
Nick Finnegan Counseling Center3 grants · $10,304
St John'S the Divine Church1 grant · $10,000
The University of Texas at Austin School of Social of School Work1 grant · $10,000
Vanderbilt University3 grants · $9,000

Giving over time

$64,148

2022

$58,152

2023

$75,500

2024

$57,500

2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$22,898
Amazing Place · Houston, TX · 2022
General operating support
$20,000
The Church of St John the Divine · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
The Church of St John the Divine · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support
$18,500
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
General operating support
$15,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$13,500
Houston Arboretum · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
The Church of St John the Divine · Houston, TX · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
St John'S the Divine Church · Houston, TX · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
The University of Texas at Austin School of Social of School Work · Austin, TX · 2022
General operating support
$8,000
Amazing Place · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support
$6,500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Austin, TX · 2024
General operating support
$5,500
Amazing Place · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Amazing Place · Houston, TX · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
The Menninger Clinic · Houston, TX · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Nick Finnegan Counseling Center · Houston, TX · 2022
General operating support
$4,750
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
General operating support
$4,500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Austin, TX · 2023
General operating support
$4,500
Planned Parenthood · Austin, TX · 2022
General operating support
$4,304
Nick Finnegan Counseling Center · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support
$4,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$3,500
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2025
General operating support
$2,500
Nmdp Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operating support
$2,500
Houston Humane Soceity Wildlife · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$2,500
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support
$2,500
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support
$2,500
Houston Humane Society · Houston, TX · 2022
General operating support
$2,500
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2022
General operating support
$2,250
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
General operating support
$2,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2025
General operating support
$2,000
Houston Humane Society · Houston, TX · 2025
General operating support
$2,000
St John'S School · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$2,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
General operating support
$2,000
St John'S School · Houston, TX · 2022
General operating support
$1,500
Small Steps Nurturing Center · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$1,250
St John'S School · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support
$1,000
Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country · Kerrville, TX · 2025
General operating support
$1,000
Kerrville Pets Alive · Kerrville, TX · 2025
General operating support
$1,000
Lurie Childrens · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$1,000
St Johns School · Houston, TX · 2025
General operating support
$1,000
Nick Finnegan Counseling Center · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Texas State University · San Marcos, TX · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
The Junior League of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Concert Against Cancer · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support
$1,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support
$500
Texas Sttate University · San Marcos, TX · 2023
General operating support
$348
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support

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