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Leonard a and Linda K Greenberg

Bethesda, MD · EIN 52-1883238. Reported 69 grants totalling $766,060 to 40 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$766,060granted, 2021-2024
40recipients, as named on its returns
42%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,102,337assets, latest filing

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. Leonard a and Linda K Greenberg did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $10,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $94,940. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
19 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
25 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
5 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
10 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
5 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Suburban Hospital FoundationBethesda, MD$304,760442024
Medstar National Rehabilitation HospitalWashington, DC$111,375422024
Medstar National RehabilitationWashington, DC$67,875222022
Charles E Smith Jewish Day SchoolRockville, MD$66,100442024
Medstar Health FoundationColumbia, MD$43,750112021
Baptist Health Foundation- South FloridaBoynton, FL$40,000442024
The Nagen ProjectBloomfield, CT$25,000112024
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue SquadBethesda, MD$23,000332023
United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC$13,500222023
Mclean SchoolPotomac, MD$12,500222022
Birthright Israel FoundationNew York, NY$8,000442024
Wheaton Arts Parade IncWheaton, MD$6,500222024
Bethesda Fire DepartmentBethesda, MD$5,500222024
One Montgomery Green IncSilver Spring, MD$5,000112022
Adl(anti-Defamation League)New York, NY$4,500222023
Jewish National FundRockville Center, NY$4,100222024
Friends of the Israel Defense ForcesNew York, NY$3,500112023
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee IncNew York, NY$3,000112022
Jewish Social Service AgencyRockville, MD$3,000332023
Bethesda Chevy Chase High SchoolBethesda, MD$2,000222023
American Friends of Magen David AdomNew York, NY$1,000222023
American Friends of Megan David AdomNew York, NY$1,000112021
Community Bridges IncorporatedSilver Spring, MD$1,000112022
Georgetown Lombardi Cancer CenterWashington, DC$1,000112023
Montgomery Art Association IncKensington, MD$1,000222023
Uja Federation New YorkNew York, NY$1,000112023
US Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC$1,000112022
1ST Aid Explorer Co Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad IncSilver Spring, MD$500112021
American Diabetes AssociationArlington, VA$500112021
American Jewish Committee for Israel on Campus Coalition of Greater WashingWashington, DC$500112022
Friends of Del RayDelray Beach, FL$500112023
Jewish National FundSilver Spring, MD$500112021
Leukemia Lymphoma SocietyBoca Raton, FL$500112021
National Jewish HealthDenver, CO$500112023
Paint the Town Co Montgomery Art AssociationKensington, MD$500112021
Schena Family Endowment at Montgomery CollegeRockville, MD$500112021
Simon Wiesenthal Center IncLos Angeles, CA$500112023
St Jude Childrens Research HospitalMemphis, TN$500112023
Warrior Sailing Usmma Sailing FoundationKings Point, NY$500112021
Zeta Beta Tao FoundationCarmel, IN$100112024

17 of 40 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 42%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 44 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.

Health Care
16 grants
International Affairs
9 grants
Education
6 grants
Arts & Culture
6 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant
Environment
1 grant
Diseases & Disorders
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202119$180,690$1,000
202216$169,015$2,000
202323$182,715$1,500
202411$233,640$5,000

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

62% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Maryland
$476K
District of Columbia
$195K
Florida
$41K
New York
$27K
Connecticut
$25K
Colorado
$500
California
$500
Tennessee
$500

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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.

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc9 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund8 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program8 shared recipientsGreater Washington Community Foundation7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maryland.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Leonard a and Linda K Greenberg's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 4901 Fairmont Avenue 200, Bethesda, MD, 20814. 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.

EIN 52-1883238 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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