Leaw Family Foundation Inc
Scottsville, VA · EIN 36-4003981. Reported 251 grants totalling $918,250 to 89 recipients across tax years 2020-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Leaw Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $65,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vcca | Amherst, VA | $227,750 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| James River Boys & Girls Club | Charlottesville, VA | $35,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Bf Yancey Community Food Pan | Esmont, VA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary | Charlottesville, VA | $25,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Wildlife Center of Va | Waynesboro, VA | $25,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Arlee Community Development Corporation | Arlee, MT | $24,500 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| The Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $24,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Missoula Art Museum | Missoula, MT | $19,750 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Kid Pan Alley | Washington, VA | $19,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Light House Studio | Charlottesville, VA | $19,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Music Resource Center | Charlottesville, VA | $19,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Wildlife Conservation Network | San Francisco, CA | $19,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Sheldrick Wildlife Trust | Laguna Hills, CA | $17,500 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Climate Smart Missoula | Missoula, MT | $17,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Ready Kids | Charlottesville, VA | $17,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Charlottesville SPCA | Charlottesville, VA | $16,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | Newtown, CT | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Second Street Gallery | Charlottesville, VA | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Animal Welfare Institute | Washington, DC | $14,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Blue Ridge Food Bank | Verona, VA | $14,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Piedmont CASA | Charlottesville, VA | $14,500 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| The Women's Initiative | Charlottesville, VA | $14,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montana Audubon | Helena, MT | $13,250 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Garden City Harvest | Missoula, MT | $11,500 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Hogs & Kisses | North Garden, VA | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Usea Foundation - Frangible Technology | Leesburg, VA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| International Rescue Committee | Charlottesville, VA | $10,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Radio Iqwvtf | Roanoke, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sara Charlottesville | Charlottesville, VA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine (unrwa) | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Virginia Public Media PBS | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| K-9'S for Warriors | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Footloose | Missoula, MT | $8,250 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Empowered Players | Palmyra, VA | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Charlottesville Area Riding Therapy | Crozet, VA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hospice of the Piedmont | Charlottesville, VA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Bridge | Charlottesville, VA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Wildlife Film | Missoula, MT | $5,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Elk Hill Outdoor Programs | Goochland, VA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Emergency Food Network | Charlottesville, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Food Ministry Church of the Incarnation | Charlottesville, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Preemptive Love Coalition | Hewitt, TX | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Soft Landings | Lakeland, TN | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen - Attn Erin Gore (donor Services Team) | Washington DC, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ix Art Park | Charlottesville, VA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blue Ridge Abortion Fund | Charlottesville, VA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tucson, AZ | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Charlottesville Free Clinic | Charlottesville, VA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Montanova Stables Foundation | Keswick, VA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of Western Mo | Missoula, MT | $3,750 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Annual Welfare Institution | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Birth Sisters of Charlottesville | Charlottesville, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Mamas Matter Alliance (bmma) | Atlanta, GA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cultivate Charlottesville | Charlottesville, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Free Union Country School | Free Union, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Our Kids | Nashville, TN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thorn | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| River Pines Horse Sanctuary | Missoula, MT | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Colby's Rescue Crew | Keswick, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Computers 4 Kids | Charlottesville, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Film Independent - (montana Filmmaker) | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hows Project | Charlottesville, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| International Neighbors | Charlottesville, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missoula Community Access Tv | Missoula, MT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Missoula Downtown Foundation | Missoula, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Piedmont Environmental Counc | Warrenton, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sin Barreraswithout Barriers | Charlottesville, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Stepping Stone Charlottesville | Charlottesville, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tell US Something | Missoula, MT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Thorn | Manhattan Beach, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Virginia Discovery Museum | Charlottesville, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Virginia Prison Birth Project | Charlottesville, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Clay Studio of Missoula | Missoula, MT | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Montana Enviromental Information Center | Helena, MT | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| N'kwusm - Salish Language School | Arlee, MT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humanities Montana | Missoula, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Missoula Food Bank & Community Center | Missoula, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Montana Enivromental Information Center | Helena, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montana Fm Radio (mtprkufm) | Missoula, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Montana Museum of Art and Culture | Missoula, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Scottsville Volunteer Fire Dept | Scottsville, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Soil Cycle | Missoula, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Pulp | Missoula, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Aero | Helena, MT | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Montana Public Radiouvm Foundation | Missoula, MT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Non Toxic Communities | Newport Beach, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Openn Collective Foundation Co Sovereign Bodies Institute | Walnut, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Soft Landings | Missoula, MT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
50 of 89 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 6 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 82%, across 5 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 139 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 37 | $157,000 | $2,500 |
| 2021 | 41 | $179,500 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 32 | $142,000 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 38 | $140,000 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 49 | $146,750 | $3,000 |
| 2025 | 54 | $153,000 | $2,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
69% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Leaw Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 906 Plain Dealing Farm Rd, Scottsville, VA, 24590. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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