Minnie B Leonette Family Foundation
Reno, NV · EIN 94-3207139. Reported 44 grants totalling $501,450 to 32 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Minnie B Leonette Family Foundation 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $6,640 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $40,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows | Reno, NV | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Amplify Life | Sparks, NV | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Urban Roots | Reno, NV | $42,849 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Domestic Violence Resource Center | Reno, NV | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Assistance League of Renosparks | Sparks, NV | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Good Shepherd's Clothes Closet | Sparks, NV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Nevada Reno Foundation | Reno, NV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada | Reno, NV | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Note-Able Music Therapy Services | Reno, NV | $16,640 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Care Chest of Sierra Nevada | Reno, NV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Health Alliance | Reno, NV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Nevada Reno | Reno, NV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CASA De Vida | Reno, NV | $12,601 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Renown Health Foundation | Reno, NV | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ballroom of Reno | Reno, NV | $10,860 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Reno, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada | Reno, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocate (casa) | Reno, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Bank of Northern Nevada | Sparks, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Knpb Channel 5 | Reno, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lead With Horses | Reno, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Make a Wish | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Northern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation | Reno, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soulful Seeds | Reno, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum | Reno, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tiny Toes Inc | Reno, NV | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Eddy House | Reno, NV | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Great Basin Outdoor School | Reno, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nevada Diabetes Association | Reno, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sierra Kids Foundation | Reno, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sky Tavern | Reno, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parkinson Support Center of Northern Nevada | Reno, NV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
8 of 32 (25%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 20%, 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.
- Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows
YOUTH ENRICHMENT & WELL BEING, GRANT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED DUE TO COVID - Urban Roots
TO CHANGE THE WAY COMMUNITIES EAT AND LEARN THROUGH GARDEN-BASED EDUCATION - Amplify Life
TO ASSIST IN ENSURING THAT EVERY PERSON WITH A DISABILITY IS LIVING A HEALTHY, MEANINGFUL, CONNECTED LIFE. - University of Nevada Reno Foundation
TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS - Good Shepherd's Clothes Closet
TO BRING FREE, CLEAN CLOTHING AND ESSENTIAL HYGIENE ITEMS DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND YOUTH WHO NEED THEM MOST ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. - University of Nevada Reno
TO PURCHASE A NEW VAN FOR ELDER TRANSPORTATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 33 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 | 10 | $155,860 | $10,430 |
| 2022 | 2 | $32,601 | $16,300 |
| 2023 | 9 | $77,849 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 10 | $97,140 | $7,750 |
| 2025 | 13 | $138,000 | $10,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Minnie B Leonette Family Foundation has 1 of them, worth $30,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| University of Nevada Reno Foundation | Reno, NV | $30,000 |
Where its money goes
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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 $10,000. 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 Nevada.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Minnie B Leonette Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: Po Box 33250, Reno, NV, 89533. 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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