Leonian Charitable Trust
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Year 2025 is still partial because many returns have not been filed or released yet. That is a freshness issue — coverage in our dataset is tax years 2019–2025.
Only 47.2% of this funder's organizational grants could be linked to an IRS cause code.
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| Recipient | Location | Purpose (as filed) | Amount | Tax yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas at Austin's Briscoe Center of American History | Austin, TX | SUPPORT INTERN & ENDOWMENT | $520,000 | 2025 |
| Bronx Documentary Center | Bronx, NY | GENERAL OPERATING | $250,000 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | ESTABLISH THE PHILLIP AND EDITH LEONIAN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION FUND AND COVER THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR CURATOR | $250,000 | 2025 |
| Yavne Foundation Inc | Plattsburgh, NY | PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM | $200,000 | 2025 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | PHOTO EXHIBITION GALLERY ENDOWMENT | $200,000 | 2025 |
| Black Dimensions in Art Inc | Renssalaer, NY | GENERAL OPERATING | $5,000 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | ESTABLISH THE PHILLIP AND EDITH LEONIAN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION FUND AND COVER THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR CURATOR | $250,000 | 2024 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | PHOTO EXHIBITION GALLERY ENDOWMENT | $200,000 | 2024 |
| Virginia Center for Creative Arts (Vcca) | Amherst, VA | EDITH LEONIAN WORDS & MUSIC COLLBORATIVE FELLOWSHIP FUND | $132,000 | 2024 |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | PURCHASE OF THE W. BRUCE AND DELANEY H. LUNDBERG PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION | $1,345,000 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | ESTABLISH THE PHILLIP AND EDITH LEONIAN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION FUND AND COVER THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR CURATOR | $250,000 | 2023 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA | ACQUISITIONS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY | $200,000 | 2023 |
| Yavne Foundation Inc | Plattsburgh, NY | PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM | $100,000 | 2023 |
| Photography Collections Preservation Project Incorporated | Studio City, CA | GENERAL OPERATING | $15,000 | 2023 |
| Reach Out and Read of Greater New York Inc | New York, NY | GENERAL OPERATING | $1,041 | 2023 |
| Internet Archive | San Francisco, CA | GENERAL OPERATING | $50 | 2023 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA | ACQUISITIONS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY | $1,500,000 | 2022 |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | PURCHASE OF THE W. BRUCE AND DELANEY H. LUNDBERG PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AND DOROTHEA LANGE PHOTOGRAPHS | $1,000,000 | 2022 |
| Congregation Beth Israel | Skokie, IL | GENERAL OPERATING & BUILDING FUND | $690,000 | 2022 |
| Jewcer Community Funding Inc | Los Angeles, CA | GENERAL OPERATING | $615,000 | 2022 |
| Lubavitch Girls High School | Chicago, IL | BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL OPERATIONS | $500,000 | 2022 |
| Chicago Mezuzah & Mitzvah Campaign | Chicago, IL | SUPPORT THE SENIOR CENTER AND GENERAL SUPPORT | $500,000 | 2022 |
| The Ember Foundation | Chicago, IL | GENERAL OPERATING | $283,250 | 2022 |
| Chicago Jewish Day School | Chicago, IL | GENERAL OPERATING | $250,000 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | ESTABLISH THE PHILLIP LEONIAN AND EDITH ROSENBAUM LEONIAN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION FUND AND COVER THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR CURATOR | $250,000 | 2022 |
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