Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation
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About Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation
The Leandro P. Rizzuto Foundation concentrates its philanthropic dollars into a very small number of large grants that span three distinct arenas: conservative public policy and civic personnel training, biomedical research (notably ALS), and out-of-school youth services. Its giving mixes high-dollar support for ideological and advocacy organizations with targeted investments in medical research and direct services for children, often through repeat, multi-year commitments to the same recipients.
Focus Areas
Conservative public policy and 'America First' civil service trainingPro-business / job creator advocacy and economic policy initiativesALS and neurological disease research at major academic medical centersAfter-school programs and services for children from disadvantaged backgrounds
Who They Fund
people living with ALS and their families / caregiverschildren and youth (including underprivileged children)veterans and active-duty militarystudents (scholarship recipients, student organizers)
About Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation
The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation’s most distinctive recent pattern is the way it pairs very large ALS research commitments with funding for children’s after-school services and a separate lane of conservative policy and civil-service training. In the recent grants list, Massachusetts General Hospital received $1,300,000 in 2023 and $1,080,459 in 2024 for ALS research, while Answer ALS received $868,235 in both 2024 and 2025. That combination points to a funder that uses sizable, repeated awards to sustain research infrastructure and clinical understanding over time. The same foundation also supports direct-service work for children. After-school All-Stars received $1,250,000 in 2024, $1,200,000 in 2025, and $950,000 in 2023 for comprehensive after-school programming. Alongside that, it has made major grants to groups such as Job Creators Network Foundation, Personnel Policy Operations, and America First Policy Institute, showing that its portfolio extends beyond health and youth services into ideological and economic-policy causes. The giving mix is broad in subject matter but narrow in concentration, with several recipients appearing more than once across the recent record.
What Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation Funds
In ALS research, the foundation backed Massachusetts General Hospital with $1,300,000 in 2023 for technology and solutions to improve clinical understanding of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and it also gave $200,000 in 2023 to Oregon Health and Science University Foundation for a similar research grant. Answer ALS received $868,235 in both 2024 and 2025 for ALS research, reinforcing the emphasis on sustained support. For children and youth, After-school All-Stars was awarded $1,250,000 in 2024 and $1,200,000 in 2025 for comprehensive after-school programs that keep children safe and help them succeed in school and life. The foundation also gave $300,000 in 2025 to Palm Beach County Sheriff's Foundation to assist underprivileged children, enhance public safety, and assist deputies in need. Its civic and policy grants include $2,000,000 in 2025 to Job Creators Network Foundation to bring together job creators to ensure America’s economic success, and $1,000,000 in 2025 to Personnel Policy Operations to educate and defend conservative, America First civil servants and their advisors.
How Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$7.1M
Total Assets
$50.4M
Total Revenue
$15.5M
Total Expenses
$7.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $100K, with a median of $18K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$18K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
National33 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 422 | $35.5M | 99.5% |
| 2 | Malta |
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