FundersNew Mexico

The Frederick H Leonhardt

Albuquerque, NM · EIN 13-6123271. Reported 101 grants totalling $875,911 to 51 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$875,911granted, 2021-2024
51organizations funded
67%of grantees funded again the next year
$11.2Massets, 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. The Frederick H Leonhardt 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $675 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
16 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
32 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
50 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Animal Humane Assoc of NmAlbuquerque, NM$76,000442024
Storehouse New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM$50,000442024
Trees Water & PeopleFort Collins, CO$50,000442024
Santa Fe Conservation TrustSanta Fe, NM$48,678332024
Vero Beach Art MuseumVero Beach, FL$40,000442024
National Atomic Museum FoundationAlbuquerque, NM$38,000442024
Libros for KidsAlbuquerque, NM$35,000442024
Albuquerque Meals on Wheels IncAlbuquerque, NM$30,000222024
Animal Protection New MexicoSanta Fe, NM$30,000332024
Slv RetacAlamosa, CO$30,000112021
The Taft School CorporationWatertown, CT$30,000222024
Timucuan Parks FoundationJacksonville, FL$25,000332024
Reading QuestSanta Fe, NM$21,500442024
Explora Science Center & Children'sAlbuquerque, NM$20,000222022
Humane Society of Taos Dba Stray HTaos, NM$20,000112021
The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, TX$20,000222024
World Central Kitchen IncWashington, DC$20,000222024
Santa Fe Children's MuseumSanta Fe, NM$17,500442024
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY$17,500112023
Council on FoundationsWashington DC, DC$16,000442024
Hawks Aloft IncAlbuquerque, NM$15,000442024
Wilderwood Equine Therapy & RescuePeralta, NM$15,000332023
Bienvenidos OutreachSanta Fe, NM$13,000222023
Atalanta AssociationCrestone, CO$12,500332024
Straydog IncMesquite, TX$12,500222022
Action Programs for AnimalsLas Cruces, NM$10,000112023
Collins Lake Autism CenterCleveland, NM$10,000112024
Doctors Without BoardersNew York, NY$10,000112021
Lensic Performing Arts Center CorpoSanta Fe, NM$10,000112024
New Mexico Friends of Foster ChildrAlbuquerque, NM$10,000222024
New Mexico Kids MatterAlbuquerque, NM$10,000112021
Site Santa FeSanta Fe, NM$10,000112024
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic InsAlbuquerque, NM$10,000112024
The University of Minnesota FoundatMinneapolis, MN$10,000112022
Underdog Animal Rescue and RehabMoab, UT$10,000112024
GallupartsGallup, NM$8,263112022
Santa Fe Desert ChoraleSanta Fe, NM$7,500112024
Dental Care in Your HomeAlbuquerque, NM$5,000112021
Locker 505 Student's Clothing BankAlbuquerque, NM$5,000112024
Many Mothers IncSanta Fe, NM$5,000112021
Monte Del Sol Charter SchoolSanta Fe, NM$5,000112021
Nm High School Musical Theatre AwarAlbuquerque, NM$5,000112022
Paws and StripesAlbuquerque, NM$5,000112024
Reunity ResourcesSanta Fe, NM$5,000112023
Embudo Valley Tutoring AssociationDixon, NM$4,770112023
Humane Society of Taos Dba Stray HeTaos, NM$4,000112023
Santa Fe Raptor CenterSanta Fe, NM$3,000112023
Philanthropy SouthwestDallas, TX$2,700332024
Blue Star RecyclersColorado Springs, CO$2,500112021
Taos Center for the ArtsTaos, NM$2,500112023
The Pink House FundJackson, MS$2,500112021

24 of 51 (47%) 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 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 71 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
18 grants
Education
12 grants
Environment
11 grants
Animal Welfare
10 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
8 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants
International Affairs
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202125$217,000$5,000
202221$168,683$8,263
202327$223,553$5,000
202428$266,675$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.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 64% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Mexico. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New Mexico
$565K
Colorado
$95K
Florida
$65K
District of Columbia
$36K
Texas
$35K
Connecticut
$30K
New York
$28K
Utah
$10K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund20 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc15 shared recipientsSanta Fe Community Foundation15 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc13 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program12 shared recipientsAlbuquerque Community Foundation11 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Mexico.
  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 The Frederick H Leonhardt's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 27650, Albuquerque, NM, 87125. 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 13-6123271 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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