Annie Maclay Leffingwell Foundation
Missoula, MT · EIN 84-6318731. Reported 27 grants totalling $69,660 to 14 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. 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. Annie Maclay Leffingwell 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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $3,600; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $5,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe Inc | Hamilton, MT | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bitterroot Public Library | Hamilton, MT | $10,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hamilton Players Inc | Hamilton, MT | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bitter Root Humane Association | Hamilton, MT | $5,651 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bitter Root Land Trust | Hamilton, MT | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bitterroot Performing Arts Council | Hamilton, MT | $5,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Writing Coaches of Montana | Missoula, MT | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bitterroot Aquatic Center Foundation | Hamilton, MT | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Valley Public Library Foundation | Stevensville, MT | $3,360 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Darby Brilliant Beginnings | Darby, MT | $2,804 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bitterroot Humane Association | Hamilton, MT | $2,235 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coding for Kids | Stevensville, MT | $2,160 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bitterroot Community Band | Hamilton, MT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Play Like Robert Foundation | Hamilton, MT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
8 of 14 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 76%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Hamilton Players Inc
ASSIST WITH REPAIR OF URGENT FACILITY ISSUES THAT THREATENS THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING, PATRONS AND PARTICIPANTS' HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE THE SEASON PROGRAMING. - Safe Inc
TO ASSIST IN PAYING GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, WHICH INCLUDE COSTS FOR OCCUPANCY, MAINTENANCE, AND UTILITIES, AS WELL AS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING APARTMENTS, EMERGENCY SHELTERS, AND OFFICES. - Bitterroot Aquatic Center Foundation
TO ASSIST WITH AN OUTDOOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A PARK AND PLAYGROUND THAT WILL BE FREE TO THE PUBLIC YEAR-ROUND. - Bitter Root Humane Association
FUNDS TO OUTFIT THE NEW "IN-HOUSE STERILIZATION PROGRAM" WITH SURGICAL EQUIPMENT AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES. - Bitterroot Public Library
TO CONTINUE OFFERING INTERNET SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY. - Darby Brilliant Beginnings
TO SUPPLEMENT EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE ACCOUNTS TO PROVIDE ALL STUDENTS ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING INCENTIVES FOR THE 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR. THE GOAL FOR THE PROGRAM IS TO CREATE A CULTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION ATTAINMENT AT A YOUNG AGE.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 23 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | $23,097 | $2,880 |
| 2022 | 9 | $24,368 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 10 | $22,195 | $2,000 |
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
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Montana.
- 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 Annie Maclay Leffingwell Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: P O Box 9197, Missoula, MT, 59807. 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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