About Leadership Foundations
The Leadership Foundations directs the bulk of its giving to local and regional "Leadership Foundation" chapters and allied organizations that deliver mentoring, leadership development, and school-based supports for youth. Its portfolio mixes secular and faith-rooted partners, including school-based interventions, community leadership programs, and reentry/justice-focused ministries, emphasizing hands-on training and mentoring rather than capital projects. Grants are typically modest-to-mid sized and often repeated to the same local affiliates, supporting a nationwide network of place‑based leadership programs.
Focus Areas
City-based Leadership Foundations (local chapters delivering youth leadership and civic development)School-linked mentoring and student support programs (e.g., Communities In Schools–style models)Faith‑based mentoring and community ministries with leadership training componentsJustice-involved reentry and restorative-justice mentoring (e.g., Justice Journey Alliance)Regional networks focused on workforce readiness and life‑skills training for adolescents
Who They Fund
mentees / program participants
About Leadership Foundations
Leadership Foundations’ recent giving centers on a network of city-based Leadership Foundation chapters, with Memphis Leadership Foundation receiving $194,061 in 2023 and $99,971 in 2025 for mentoring and training. That pattern points to a funder that supports place-based youth leadership work over time rather than one-off projects. Across its portfolio, the foundation backs local affiliates and allied organizations that combine mentoring, leadership development, and school-linked support. The foundation also supports organizations outside the Leadership Foundation network when they fit that model. Communities in Schools of Cape Fear received $91,748 in 2023 and $91,424 in 2023 for mentoring and training, while Root Cellar in Belfair, Washington, was awarded $91,424 in 2023 and $73,635 in 2025 for the same purpose. These repeated awards show a grantmaker that favors ongoing operating support for direct-service work. Faith-rooted partners appear alongside secular affiliates in the portfolio, including On Ramps Covenant Church in Fresno and other organizations focused on hands-on training. The overall picture is of a national funder supporting mentoring, leadership development, and school-based or community-based student support through repeated grants to local intermediaries.
What Leadership Foundations Funds
In city-based leadership development, the foundation gave $117,891 in 2023 to Metro Atlanta Leadership Foundation in Decatur for mentoring and training, and $46,555 in 2024 to Billings Leadership Foundation in Billings for the same purpose. Those grants show how the funder backs local chapters that work with young people in specific communities. School-linked support is another clear theme. Communities in Schools of Cape Fear in Wilmington received $91,748 in 2023 and $31,939 in 2025 for mentoring and training, linking the foundation to student-support models that sit close to schools. Faith-based mentoring also appears in the portfolio: On Ramps Covenant Church in Fresno received $45,800 in 2025 and $33,660 in 2024 for mentoring and training. The foundation’s recurring support for these organizations suggests emphasis on direct service, leadership formation, and steady program delivery.
How Leadership Foundations Gives
Typical grants fall in the mid-range, with a p25 of $13,398, a median of $31,244, and a p75 of $45,968. The largest recent awards are much higher than the median, but most grants cluster below the upper quartile. The pattern is repeated support rather than isolated awards: Memphis Leadership Foundation, Root Cellar, Communities in Schools of Cape Fear, and several other recipients appear in multiple years. Leadership Foundations does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments, indicating grantmaking through organizational awards rather than individual aid or PRI structures.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$568K
Total Assets
$2.5M
Total Revenue
$2M
Total Expenses
$2.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $13K and $46K, with a median of $31K.
25th Percentile
$13K
Median
$31K
75th Percentile
$46K
Geographic Reach
National19 states funded
About 7% of grants go to recipients in TN.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
LARRY B LLOYD
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