Funding search · EIN 843686034 · Fairfield, CT
Leonard Litz Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 165
- grants reported
- $3.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- 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.
- Lamda Legal3 grants · $480,000
- Triangle Community Center3 grants · $276,500
- The Loft3 grants · $175,000
- Centerlink3 grants · $150,000
- City College Foundation2 grants · $135,000
- Bridgeport Pride Center1 grant · $131,000
- The Pride Network3 grants · $98,500
- Odyssey Teen Camp3 grants · $90,000
- Washington Blade Foundation3 grants · $77,500
- Congregation Beit Simchat Torah2 grants · $70,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 165 grants.
- $225,000
Lamda Legal · New York, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $170,000
Lamda Legal · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $131,000
Bridgeport Pride Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General support
- $119,500
Triangle Community Center · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General support
- $100,000
City College Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $87,000
Triangle Community Center · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $85,000
Lamda Legal · New York, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $70,000
Triangle Community Center · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $60,000
The Loft · White Plains, NY · 2024
General support
- $60,000
The Loft · White Plains, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $55,000
The Loft · White Plains, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $52,200
Glaad · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Centerlink · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Centerlink · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $50,000
Centerlink · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $40,000
Odyssey Teen Camp · Ardsley, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $39,000
The Pride Network · Newark, NJ · 2024
General support
- $35,000
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $35,000
City College Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $35,000
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah · New York, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $32,500
Washington Blade Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $32,000
The Pride Network · Newark, NJ · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $30,000
New Haven Pride Center · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
- $30,000
In Our Own Voices · Albany, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $30,000
The Center Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $30,000
In Our Own Voices · Albany, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $27,500
Ali-Forney Center · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $27,500
The Pride Network · Newark, NJ · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $26,510
Pace University Lgbtqia Center · Pleasantville, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $25,000
Hetrick-Martin Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Milwauke Lgbt Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
- $25,000
National Center for Lesbian Rights · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Odyssey Teen Camp · Ardsley, NY · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Outright Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Social & Environmental Entrepeneurs Eqct · Calabasas, CA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Eastern Pa Trans Equality Project · Orefield, PA · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $25,000
Hetrick Martin Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $25,000
Kids in Crisis · Cos Cob, CT · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $25,000
National Center for Lesbian Rights · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $25,000
Washington Blade Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $25,000
Eastern Pa Trans Equality Project · Orefield, PA · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $25,000
Odyssey Teen Camp · Ardsley, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $25,000
Out in the Open · Brattleboro, VT · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $23,000
Pace University Lgbtqia Center · Pleasantville, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $22,500
Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Mazzoni Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Washington Blade Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Youthpride · Providence, RI · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Brooklyn Community Pride Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $20,000
Westchester Jewish Community Services · White Plains, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $20,000
Ali-Forney Center · New York, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $20,000
Outright Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $17,000
Middletown Pride · Middletown, CT · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
National Lgbtq Task Force · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Roxbury Youthworks · Roxbury Crossing, MA · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Sam and Devorah Foundation for Trans Youth · Chatham, NJ · 2024
General support
- $15,000
The Frederick Center of Maryland · Frederick, MD · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Victory Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Freestate Justice · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
Jqy · New York, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
Mass Trans Political Coalition Co Bagly · Boston, MA · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
New Haven Pride Center · New Haven, CT · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
Sam and Devorah Foundation for Trans Youth · Chatham, NJ · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
Tmi Project · Kingston, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
Joy Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
Nlgja · Washington, DC · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
Power Safe Place · Front Royal, VA · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
Prideworks · White Plains, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
Rockland County Pride Center · Nyack, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $15,000
The Gay & Lesbian Review · Boston, MA · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $12,910
Cuny Foundation Office of Institutional Advvancement and Communications · New York, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $11,250
Middletown Pride · Middletown, CT · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,500
Princeton Senior Resource Center · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
Aclu-Ct · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Bayard Rustin Community Center · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Fund for the City of New York New Pride Agenda · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Hibiscus Rose Therapy Open Collective Foundation · Covina, CA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Mama Dragons · Syracuse, UT · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Middletown Pride · Middletown, CT · 2024
General support
- $10,000
The Gay and Lesbian Review · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Tmi Project Starling Productions · Kingston, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Trans Community of New England · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Fairness West Virginia · Charleston, WV · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
Nyc Doe Co Pflag Nyc · Washington, DC · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
The Welcome Project Pa · Hatboro, PA · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
Aclu-Ct · Washington, DC · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
Brooklyn Community Pride Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
Edge New Jersey · Morris Plains, NJ · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
Huge Lane Wellness Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
Hundson Valley Lgbtq Center · Kingston, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
Maine Family Planning · Augusta, ME · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
Pride Center of New Jersey · Highland Park, NJ · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
Rock Steady Farms · Millerton, NY · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $10,000
Youthpride · Providence, RI · 2022
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $9,000
Outstanding Life Co Multicultural AIDS Coalition · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $8,200
Glaad · New York, NY · 2023
Community grant/covid relief/lgbt advocacy
- $7,500
Black Rock Theater · Fairfield, CT · 2024
General support
- $6,050
Interact · Sudbury, MA · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Bridgeport Film Festival · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General support
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