Leslie Family Foundation
Portola Valley, CA · EIN 68-0474709. Reported 375 grants totalling $5,933,815 to 161 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Leslie Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations Leslie Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 6 grants totalling $353,400 to them. That is 8% of the $4,544,015 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Federation of San | federated giving programme | California | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Initiatives | grantmaking organization | California | $101,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Daffy Charitable Fund | grantmaking organization | California | $26,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,800. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $520,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accion Opportunity Fund | San Jose, CA | $880,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Opportunity Fund | San Francisco, CA | $520,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Second Harvest Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $233,750 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Federation | San Francisco, CA | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oshman Jewish Community Center | Palo Alto, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camp Tawonga | San Francisco, CA | $198,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greene Scholars | Santa Clara, CA | $180,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kitchen Table Advisors | San Francisco, CA | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Jewish World Service | New York, NY | $130,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Education Pioneers | Boston, MA | $130,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children's Health Council | Palo Alto, CA | $125,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Federation-Wa | San Francisco, CA | $121,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Upwardly Global | San Francisco, CA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Braven Inc | Chicago, IL | $110,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Science Is Elementary | Mountain View, CA | $110,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fresh Approach | Concord, CA | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Initiatives | San Francisco, CA | $101,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oshman Family Jewish Community Center | Palo Alto, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Post Farmland Futures | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Charlie Cart Project | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| My Digital TAT2 | Cupertino, CA | $95,808 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $91,707 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Repair the World | New York, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Veggielution | San Jose, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Edible Schoolyard Project | Berkeley, CA | $88,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Living Classroom | Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jobtrain Incorporated | Menlo Park, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Silicon Valley Education Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Upstart | Brooklyn, NY | $71,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Employment Opportunities Inc | San Jose, CA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Spur | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Health Trust | San Jose, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Educators 4 Fair Consideration | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Immigrants Rising | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peninsula Bridge | San Mateo, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family and Children's Services | Palo Alto, CA | $46,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council | San Francisco, CA | $40,400 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Upstart Bay Area | Oakland, CA | $37,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ecumenical Hunger Program | Palo Alto, CA | $36,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mk Level Playing Field Institute | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hias | Washington, DC | $28,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Daffy Charitable Fund | Los Altos, CA | $26,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Farm to Fight Hunger | Healdsburg, CA | $26,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Schwab Charitable | San Francisco, CA | $26,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Baby Network | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Level Playing Field Institute | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Israaid (us) | Palo Alto, CA | $16,600 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for the Future | Menlo Park, CA | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family and Community Services | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley | Los Gatos, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York University - Leslie E-Lab | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nyu Tandon Engineering - Dean's Fund | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reikes Center | Menlo Park, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ravenswood Education Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp | New York, NY | $9,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Complete Picture Project | Dixon, CA | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Francis Center | Redwood City, CA | $7,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mazon a Jewish Response to Hunger | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Challenge Success | Stanford, CA | $6,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lifemoves | Santa Clara, CA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Voter Participation Center | Washington, DC | $6,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Integrity First for America | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Naral Foundation | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sefaria | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Give Directly | New York, NY | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Democracy Works | Brooklyn, NY | $5,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Glide Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Working America Educational Fund | Washington, DC | $5,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula | Menlo Park, CA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Computer History Museum | Mountain View, CA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congregation Beth Jacob | Redwood City, CA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Magen David Adom in Israel | Los Angeles, CA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Positive Resource Center | San Francisco, CA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Samaritan House | San Mateo, CA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Special Operations Warrior Foundation | Tampa, FL | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stanford Jazz Workshop | Stanford, CA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Va Palo Alto Health Care System | Palo Alto, CA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Life You Can Save | Novato, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Study Network | Palo Alto, CA | $3,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $3,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights | Washington, DC | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bay Area Cancer Connections | San Mateo, CA | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Chaplaincy at Stanford Hospital | San Francisco, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Redwood City Education Foundation | Redwood City, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 70 Faces Media | New York, NY | $3,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Legal Services | East Palo Alto, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fundinc | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Human Investment Project | San Mateo, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pie Ranch | Pescadero, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood | San Jose, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Propublica | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Washington U Physical Therapy Program | St Louis, MO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wilderness Torah | Berkeley, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hais | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Standwithus | Pasadena, CA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Trust for Hidden Villa | Los Altos Hills, CA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Urban Adamah | Berkeley, CA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Haggadotcom | Saratoga Springs, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewbelong | Upper Montclair, NJ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prader-Willi Syndrome Association | Brandon, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Gregory School | San Mateo, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stewpot | Jackson, MS | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Surmang Foundation | Boulder, CO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Lobiko Initiative | Murrieta, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Learning and Leadership | New York, NY | $1,950 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights | Laurel, NJ | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ssej | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maui Food Bank | Wailuku, HI | $1,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| B'nai B'rith Hillel | Berkeley, CA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congregation Beth Am | Los Altos Hills, CA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congregation Etz Chayim | Palo Alto, CA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eden Reforestation Projects | Glendora, CA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| John W Gardner Center | Stanford, CA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kara | Palo Alto, CA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Reboot | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Redwood City Girls Softball League | Redwood City, CA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sojourn to the Past | Millbrae, CA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Life You Can Save | Bainbridge Island, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Traininggrounds Inc | Slidell, LA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $1,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Diabetes Association | Merrifield, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Diabetes Association | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bay Area Jewish Healing Center | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Downtown Streets | Palo Alto, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gi Cancers Alliance | Central Square, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary | Belmont, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Youth for Community Action | Piedmont, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kqed Tv Channel 9 | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Michael's Mission | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Okizu Foundation | Novato, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Peninsula Humane Society | Burlingame, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prader-Willi Syndrome Associaton | Brandon, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reboot | Longmeadow, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival | Cupertino, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stanford University Step | Stanford, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Inc | Orlando, FL | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tides Advocacy | Los Angeles, CA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation | Orlando, FL | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kqed 885 Fm Radio | San Francisco, CA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Notre Dame High School | Belmont, CA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girls Leadership Institute | Oakland, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel Foundation at Stanford | Stanford, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kidpowerorg | Santa Cruz, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kqed 885 Fm Radio | Hagerstown, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Okizu | Novato, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stanford Graduate School of Education | Stanford, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Haggadotcom Custom & Craft | Los Angeles, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
114 of 161 (71%) 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 77%, across 3 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, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 214 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 130 | $1,995,208 | $1,800 |
| 2022 | 123 | $1,882,700 | $1,800 |
| 2023 | 119 | $1,911,000 | $1,800 |
| 2024 | 3 | $144,907 | $26,600 |
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
84% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Leslie Family Foundation'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: 770 Westridge Drive, Portola Valley, CA, 94028. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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