Leach Botanical Garden offers immersive, restorative, and educational experiences in a unique landscape of native plants and horticultural collections to build community, celebrate nature, and inspire environmental stewardship.
Leach Garden Friends made a single 2024 grant of $1,254,505 to Portland Parks and Recreation, with the award tied to purchases that enhance the buildings or land connected to Leach Botanical Gardens and that become the property of the City of Portland agency. That one grant captures how the funder works: support for a public garden through capital and land-focused improvements, rather than a broad portfolio of cash grants. Their stated emphasis includes horticulture, public garden operations, environmental education, pollinator habitat and conservation, community engagement, and historic preservation. The organization’s grantmaking is closely aligned with Leach Botanical Garden’s role as a site for immersive, restorative, and educational experiences in native plants and horticultural collections. A program like Garden for All Group Grant extends that mission by offering free admission for Title I schools and nonprofit community groups for self-guided visits in the Back 5 area. Another active program, Double Your Impact, helps donors use employer matching gifts to increase support for Leach Garden Friends. Across these pieces, the foundation’s identity is rooted in access, stewardship, and physical care for the garden landscape.
In environmental education, Leach Garden Friends supports access to the garden through the Garden for All Group Grant, which provides free admission for Title I schools and nonprofit community groups for self-guided tours of up to 30 participants in the Back 5. That program links education and community access directly. Their stated focus areas also include pollinator habitat and conservation, alongside horticulture and public garden operations. Historic preservation is part of the mix as well, matching the organization’s work around Leach Botanical Garden’s landscape and collections. A second active program, Double Your Impact, is about fundraising rather than program delivery. It gives donors information on employer matching gift programs and points them to company portals or HR guidance to increase support for Leach Garden Friends.
Leach Garden Friends’ 2024 giving is defined by a single grant at $1,254,505, so the p25, median, and p75 all sit at the same amount. That points to one large, discrete award rather than a spread of grant sizes. The funder’s active programs also suggest a mix of restricted-use support and donor-leverage tools. The organization funds locally and gives in Oregon, with all listed grants going to recipients in the state. The recent grant record shows a public-agency recipient rather than an individual or a private institution. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not shown making program-related investments.
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$1.4M
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Most grants fall between $1.3M and $1.3M, with a median of $1.3M.
25th Percentile
$1.3M
Median
$1.3M
75th Percentile
$1.3M
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Grantmaking is entirely local and entirely in Oregon: 100% of the listed grants go to recipients in the HQ state. The recent grant is in Portland, and the active Garden for All Group Grant also centers on Portland and Multnomah County. The recipient pattern is place-based rather than national or multi-state, with the grant tied to buildings and land connected to Leach Botanical Gardens.
Its stated focus areas include horticulture, public garden operations, environmental education, pollinator habitat and conservation, community engagement, and historic preservation. The recent grant record also shows support for purchases that enhance buildings or land connected to Leach Botanical Gardens.
The recent grant went to Portland Parks and Recreation, a municipal agency in Portland, Oregon. The foundation’s listed beneficiary types also include Leach Botanical Garden and general park visitors or the local community.
Yes. The Garden for All Group Grant provides free admission for Title I schools and nonprofit community groups for self-guided tours of up to 30 participants in the Back 5, linking environmental education with access to the garden.
Its giving is local, with 100% of listed grants going to recipients in Oregon. The recent grant is in Portland, and the active programs are also centered on Portland and Multnomah County.
The grant-size figures shown are all the same: p25, median, and p75 are each $1,254,505. That reflects a single large grant in the available record.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Leach Garden Friends that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Title I schools and non-profit community groups (TK-12 classrooms and youth organizations). Self-guided tours limited to up to 30 participants; eligibility specifically called out for free admission.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION CITY OF PORTLAND | PORTLAND, OR | $176,885 | 2026 | ALL PURCHASES THAT ENHANCE BUILDINGS OR THE LAND CONNECTED TO LEACH BOTANICAL GARDENS BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION. |
| PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION CITY OF PORTLAND | PORTLAND, OR | $150,739 | 2025 | ALL PURCHASES THAT ENHANCE BUILDINGS OR THE LAND CONNECTED TO LEACH BOTANICAL GARDENS BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION. |
| PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION CITY OF PORTLAND | PORTLAND, OR | $1,254,505 | 2024 | ALL PURCHASES THAT ENHANCE BUILDINGS OR THE LAND CONNECTED TO LEACH BOTANICAL GARDENS BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION. |
| PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION CITY OF PORTLAND | PORTLAND, OR | $29,472 | 2023 | ALL PURCHASES THAT ENHANCE BUILDINGS OR THE LAND CONNECTED TO LEACH BOTANICAL GARDENS BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION. |
PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION CITY OF PORTLAND
$176,885ALL PURCHASES THAT ENHANCE BUILDINGS OR THE LAND CONNECTED TO LEACH BOTANICAL GARDENS BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION.
PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION CITY OF PORTLAND
$150,739ALL PURCHASES THAT ENHANCE BUILDINGS OR THE LAND CONNECTED TO LEACH BOTANICAL GARDENS BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION.
PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION CITY OF PORTLAND
$1,254,505ALL PURCHASES THAT ENHANCE BUILDINGS OR THE LAND CONNECTED TO LEACH BOTANICAL GARDENS BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION.
PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION CITY OF PORTLAND
$29,472ALL PURCHASES THAT ENHANCE BUILDINGS OR THE LAND CONNECTED TO LEACH BOTANICAL GARDENS BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION.
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