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Leo Model Foundation Inc: 144 grants to organizations, $2.6 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Leo Model Foundation Inc, a private foundation in Philadelphia, PA, paid 144 grants to organizations totaling $2,559,000 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 12, 2025. The largest was $125,000 to Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) in Philadelphia, PA for general operating support.
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- EIN
- 237084119
- Based in
- Philadelphia, PA
- Assets
- $63,945,653
- Grants paid
- $2,559,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 12, 2025, IRS object ID 202513169349102641. It reported $2,559,000 in grants paid; 144 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | Protect human rights around the world | International, foreign affairs and national security | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | Medical relief to victims of war, disease, natural or man-made disaster | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jerusalem Foundation | New York, NY | Preserving an open, equitable and modern society in jerusalem. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| LCV (league of Conservation Voters) | Washington, DC | Support for pro-climate and pro-environment voices in politics | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| State Voices | Washington, DC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Women's Way | Philadelphia, PA | General support for women's support fund | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City Harvest | New York, NY | Food rescue and distribution, education | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH | Higher education--general support | Education | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hopewell Fund (vote Forward) | Washington, DC | General operating support for vote forward project | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Turnout Activism | Cambridge, MA | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hampshire College | Amherst, MA | Higher education--general support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Human Rights First | New York, NY | Deployment of pro-bono lawyers to ensure us is global leader in human rights (immigration) | International, foreign affairs and national security | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rare Center for Tropical Conservation | Arlington, VA | International economic development grants and public education for conservation | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Support for research on polar bears | Employment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| B'tselem USA | Washington, DC | General support for creating a human right culture in israel | $49,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Film Forum | New York, NY | Alternative screening space for independent films | Arts, culture and humanities | $41,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children First Pa | Philadelphia, PA | Support for improving the lives and opportunities of children in se pennsylvania through thoughtful and informed advocacy | Human services | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chop Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | Support of community-based programs in greatest need | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute for Local Self Reliance | Washington, DC | Technical assistance to communities about local solutions for sustainable community development in areas such as banking, broadband, energy, and waste through local purchasing | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New Israel Fund | Washington, DC | Support to advance equality and democracy for all israelis | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | La Jolla, CA | Support the pathways to stem program e3431 | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ecohealth Alliance (wildlife Trust) | New York, NY | General operations, higher education for african biologists via pmoehlman | $37,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Bird Conservancy | The Plains, VA | General support of conservation efforts | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Academy of Natural Sciences | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | $30,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | General operating expenses; non-profit think tank | Social science | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Headcount | New York, NY | Support for a non-partisan organization that uses the power of music to register voters and promote participation in democracy | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | Museum, education, research (amazonian forests) | Environment | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Scheie Eye Institute | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support for art museum | Arts, culture and humanities | $27,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greenlight America | Washington, DC | Support local groups and volunteers who want to get utility-scale clean energy projects built in their communities. | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | Technical analysis & advocacy to save the planet | International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Givedirectly Inc | New York, NY | Support for families living in extreme poverty | Human services | $23,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Manna | Philadelphia, PA | Support for a ministry outreach helping missionaries and those in need both in the united states and abroad. | $22,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Audubon Mid-Atlantic | Audubon, PA | Operating support for saving and protecting birds and their habitat | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Elaw Us | Eugene, OR | Supporting scientific help to keep coal in the ground | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Film at Lincoln Center | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| J Street | Washington, DC | Promote leadership to resolve israeli-palestinian & arab conflicts by negotiation; provide intellectual home for american jews, particularly youth | International, foreign affairs and national security | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Registry of Exonerations Foundation | East Lansing, MI | Support for exonerations of innocent criminal defendants | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) | New York, NY | Use science, law, advocacy to protect nature & people | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nature Conservancy | Boston, MA | Use science, partnerships to protect lands & waters | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Read Alliance | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (aaas) | Washington, DC | Science education, support, cooperation | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Friends of Hand in Hand | Portland, OR | Support for jewish-arab education in israel | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bat Conservation International | Austin, TX | Conservation, education, research | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | Research, policy and advocacy work for voting rights & campaign finance reform | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Innocence Project | New York, NY | Exoneration of innocent via dna testing and reforming the justice system | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Overbrook School for the Blind | Philadelphia, PA | To support the cvi initiative (cerebral visual impairment) | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood Fed of America | New York, NY | Reproductive healthcare & counseling | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rights Behind Bars | Washington, DC | Challenge the cruel and inhumane conditions of confinement through litigation and advocacy | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Xerces Society | Portland, OR | Protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats | Animal-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whyy | Philadlephia, PA | Public radio and television in philadelphia area | Arts, culture and humanities | $11,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Active Citizen Projectproject Eats | New York, NY | Healthy eating in schools and poor communities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (aclu) | New York, NY | Protect civil liberties in us | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Support for free academic enrichment to highly motivated and traditionally underserved students in 5th through 12th grades | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Clafflin University | Orangeburg, SC | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Collegiate School | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Curtis Institute of Music | Philadelphia, PA | Scholarship fund for music academy | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Education Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Elizabeth State University Foundation | Elizabeth City, NC | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fayetteville State University | Raleigh, NC | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Green Again Restoration | Saint Paul, MN | Restore native vegetation in madagascar by employing local people | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harlem Academy | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Endowment for scholarship assistance; faculty of arts and sciences | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Haverford College | Haverford, PA | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen | New York, NY | Feed, counsel, assist homeless in multiple ways | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Laguardia Community College Foundation | Long Island City, NY | Support student, academic & facility needs for a largely poor immigrant community | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (lccrul) | Washington, DC | Legal services to address racial discrimination; secure equal justice under law | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mercy for Animals | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | Animal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Middlesex School | Concord, MA | General operating support | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neighborhood Gardens Trust | Philadelphia, PA | Preserving, protecting and promoting community gardening throughout philadelphia | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nightingale Bamford School | New York, NY | Inner city education general support | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood of New York | New York, NY | Reproductive healthcare & counseling | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa | Philadelphia, PA | Reproductive healthcare & counseling | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Riverside Park Conservancy | New York, NY | Restore, maintain, improve park as partner of nyc | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tougaloo College | Tougaloo, MS | General scholarship fund | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | General operating support | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Winston-Salem Univ Foundation | Winstonsalem, NC | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| World Resources Institute | Washington, DC | Public policy & research analysis for government, business re environment | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| YMCA | West Chester, OH | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | Support branch libraries in poorly served areas of nyc | $9,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Friends of the Parents' Circle | New York, NY | Promote reconciliation between israelis & palestinians | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Seizing Every Opportunity (seo) | Dobbs Frry, NY | To support a free program that helps college students secure internships with partner organizations | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Astral Artistic Services | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support for artistic programs | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Impact Justice | Oakland, CA | To support national innovation and research center advancing new ideas and solutions for justice reform | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Support for technologies to rid the worlds oceans of plastic | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Waterfront Alliance Inc | New York, NY | To promote access to, use of & protection of waterways in ny harbor & rivers | Community improvement and capacity building | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Massey University | Washington, DC | Molecular biology research support | Education | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | General operating for art museum | Arts, culture and humanities | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wild Salmon Center | Portland, OR | Conserve pacific salmon ecosystems using science, community organization | Animal-related | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wnet Channel 13 | New York, NY | Public television in nyc area | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bank Street College of Education | New York, NY | The graduate school annual fund | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Barnes Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support for programs | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Beat the Streets Wrestling Program Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Support for a safe and nurturing environment for inner city underprivileged and at-risk youth | Recreation and sports | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Public Media | New York, NY | Support bpm's emergency relief fund and/or discretionary fund | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bronx High School of Science Parents Association | Bronx, NY | For academic and extracurricular support for students | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | General support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicken and Egg Pictures | Brooklyn, NY | Support innovative documentary films that catalyze social change | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | Legal representation to prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted of crimes, poor prisoners without effective representation, and others who may have been denied a fair trial | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Global Fund for Women | San Francisco, CA | General operating support campaign fund | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hudson River Park Friends | Narrosburg, NY | To support education and community access at the wet lab | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | Help victims of conflict & disaster survive, recover & gain control of their future | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | General cultural support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | Helping nonprofit organizations build movements for justice, equity and dignity | Public and societal benefit | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Times Communities Fund Fka Neediest Cases Fund | Brooklyn, NY | Provides transitional help to people in distress | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oceana | Washington, DC | Advocate for policy change in government & corporations to preserve ocean life, in particular noise and plastic pollution | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood of Great Plains | Overland Park, KS | Support reproductive medical care | Health care | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | Litigation, education in support of justice, equality of opportunity, civil & immigrant rights | Crime and legal-related | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Blue Card | New York, NY | General support for needy holocaust survivors | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| William Way LGBT Community Center | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Women Against Abuse | Philadelphia, PA | Support for philadelphias leading domestic violence advocate and service provider | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Women's Law Project | Philadelphia, PA | Support for public interest legal center devoted to protecting and advancing the rights ofwomenand girls | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithaca, NY | Improve the understanding and protection of birds | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Creative Time Inc | New York, NY | Support for public art projects with thousands of artists throughout nyc, across the country, around the world | Arts, culture and humanities | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ploughshares Fund | San Francisco, CA | Disarmament, reducing nuclear threats | International, foreign affairs and national security | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Public Theater | New York, NY | To support theatre programs | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Ann's Warehouse | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support for a performing arts institution in brooklyn | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | Provides infrastructure and organizational framework to wikipedia | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Codemakers USA | Montgomery, TX | Support the great superscientists project | Education | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Committee To Protect Journalists | New York, NY | Use press to promote freedom of speech & defence of journalists | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Equal Justice Foundation at Penn Law | Philadelphia, PA | General operating support | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| JDC (joint Distribution Committee) | New York, NY | Food and social services to poor eastern european jews | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Historical Society | New York, NY | Collect, preserve, & interpret material about us (nys & nyc in particular) | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | Health care in haiti & west africa | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Living Beyond Breast Cancer | Bala Cynwyd, PA | Support for women and men diagnosed with breast cancer, survivors, and their family members | Health care | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | Higher education--general support | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Camp for All | Houston, TX | General support for camp for disabled kids in tx | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fund | New York, NY | Fund cancer research & fellowships for young scientists | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Manhattan Theatre Club | New York, NY | Encourage new works, new talent, involve young people in theatre | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The New School | New York, NY | Maintainence of a database about nyc schools | Education | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Univ of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison, WI | General operating support | Education | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia University School of Social Work | New York, NY | General operating support | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Grey2k USA Educational Fund | Sommerville, MA | Sponsor greyhounds as they are released from closing racetracks, research the pari-mutuel industry and educate the public about the cruelty of dog racing | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | Restore, manage, and enhance central park in partnership with the public | Recreation and sports | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Food Allergy Research and Education (fare) | McLean, VA | Support allergy research | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Glimmerglass Opera | Cooperstown, NY | Innovative opera, opportunities for young performers, etc, community outreach | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Crane Foundation | New York, NY | Support for cranes and their habitat | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kipp Ny | New York, NY | General operating support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Haven Sustainable House | North Haven, ME | Support for sustainable housing | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Studio Museum of Harlem | New York, NY | Black & african art, artist residencies, local artists | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | General cultural support | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | Operating support for saving and protecting birds and their habitat | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $289,000 |
| Education | $208,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $165,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $147,000 |
| Human services | $108,000 |
| Environment | $90,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $75,000 |
| Employment | $50,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $881,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $539,500 |
| District of Columbia | $489,000 |
| Massachusetts | $179,500 |
| Virginia | $86,000 |
| Ohio | $75,000 |
| California | $73,000 |
| Oregon | $56,000 |
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Updated November 12, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.