Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3204862 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Phillip & Edith Leonian Foundation
132grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$6,000lower quartile
$4,000smallest grant
$1.8Mtotal paid
22states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 132 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $7,500 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
3400 Ft Independence St
Bronx, NY 10463-4523
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Center for Photography at Woodstock | Woodstock, NY | $51,500 |
| Bronx Documentary Center | Bronx, NY | $50,000 |
| Bronx Documentary Center | Bronx, NY | $50,000 |
| Bronx Documentary Center | Bronx, NY | $50,000 |
| William Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Co International Center for Photography | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| Fotofest International GENRAL SUPPORT | Houston, TX | $30,000 |
| NYC Salt GERERAL SUPPORT | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Fotofest International GENRAL SUPPORT | Houston, TX | $30,000 |
| NYC Salt GERERAL SUPPORT | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Fotofest International GENRAL SUPPORT | Houston, TX | $30,000 |
| NYC Salt GERERAL SUPPORT | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| International Center for Photography | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Center for Photography at Woodstock | Kingston, NY | $25,000 |
| Eddie Adams Workshop Organization Inc | Jeffersonville, NY | $25,000 |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| United Photo Industries | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 |
| William Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Co International Center for Photography | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts-Dba Blue Sky Gallery | Portland, OR | $25,000 |
| Eddie Adams Workshop Organization Inc | Jeffersonville, NY | $25,000 |
| International Center for Photograph | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| United Photo Industries | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 |
| Eddie Adams Workshop Organization Inc | Jeffersonville, NY | $25,000 |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts-Dba Blue Sky Gallery | Portland, OR | $25,000 |
| United Photo Industries | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 |
| William Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Co International Center for Photography | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts-Dba Blue Sky Gallery | Portland, OR | $23,750 |
| Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture | Washington, DC | $20,000 |
| Fractured Atlas (back to Lab & Two BY Two Media) | Hartsdale, NY | $16,417 |
| EN Foco Inc | Bronx, NY | $15,000 |
| Studio Museum in Harlem GENERAL SUPPOT | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Visual Studies Workshop | Rochester, NY | $15,000 |
| Penumbra Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| The VII Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Center Santa Fe-The Project | Santa FE, NM | $15,000 |
| EN Foco Inc | Bronx, NY | $15,000 |
| Houston Center for Photography | Houston, TX | $15,000 |
| Penumbra Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Studio Museum in Harlem GENERAL SUPPOT | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Center for Photography at Woodstock | Kingston, NY | $15,000 |
| EN Foco Inc | Bronx, NY | $15,000 |
| Houston Center for Photography | Houston, TX | $15,000 |
| Penumbra Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Studio Museum in Harlem GENERAL SUPPOT | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Kioo Project | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| National Museum of Mexican Art | Chicago, IL | $14,500 |
| Silver Eye Center for Photography (radial Survey Vol 3) | Pittsburgh, PA | $12,500 |
| Bethel Wood Center for the Arts Inc | Liberty, NY | $12,000 |
| Magnum Foundation | New York, NY | $11,400 |
| Magnum Foundation | New York, NY | $10,600 |
| Evanston Art Center | Evanston, IL | $10,300 |
| Four Youth Production | Wilmington, DE | $10,000 |
| Houston Center for Photography | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| Josephine Herrick Project Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Las Foto Project of Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 |
| Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Inc | Liberty, NY | $10,000 |
| Tilt Institute for Contemporary Image | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 |
| Silver Eye Center for Photography (radial Survey Vol 3) | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 |
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