Grants awarded
Who does Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation fund?
Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation has awarded $3.3 million across 220 grants to 119 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $7,500 and $20,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $15,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$3.3M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
119
Grants
220
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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The Bronx Documentary Center
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$260K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| F Fotofest International | $150K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts-DBA Blue Sky Gallery | $141K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W William Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Co International Center for Photography | $135K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Museum of Contemporary Photography | $134K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Eddie Adams Workshop Organization INC
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$130K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| N Nyc Salt | $125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | — |
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$124K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
United Photo Industries INC
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$111K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
En Foco Incorporated
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$65K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$64K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| V Virginia Center for Creative Arts | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I International Center for Photograph | $50K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York | $50K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bronx Documentary Center | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Evanston Art Center | $48K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Center Santa Fe-The Project | $48K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$45K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$42K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | OR | |
| B Bethel Wood Center for the Arts INC | $42K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$40K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
Museum of the City of New York
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$40K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| L Las Foto Project of Community Partners | $40K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$37K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| P Photography Collections Preservation Project | $35K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Studio Museum in Harlem
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$30K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Aperture Foundation INC
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$30K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$30K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$30K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Visual Studies Workshop INC
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$30K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| S Silver Eye Center for Photography (radial Survey Vol 3) | $28K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tilt Institute for Contemporary Image | $25K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Photo Industries | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I International Center for Photography | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Eddie Adams Workshop Organization INC | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Center for Photography at Woodstock | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Magnum Photos Foundation | $25K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Magnum Foundation | $22K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Katherine E Nash Gallery University of Minnesota | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$20K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| S Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Print Center (artist-In-Schools Program) | $18K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New York Foundation for the Arts (ba Van Sise) | $18K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$17K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| F Fractured Atlas (back to Lab & Two by Two Media) | $16K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
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$16K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| E East Bay Photo Collective (2023-2024 Exhibitions Program) | $15K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Vii Foundation | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E En Foco INC | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MD | |
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | PA | |
| C Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Art ( Portrait of Buffalo Ii) | $15K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Brooklyn Darkroom (artist-In-Residence Program) | $15K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wnet- the Bigger Picture Project | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| K Kioo Project INC | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Whitney Museum of American Art
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| T The Trustees of Princeton University | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Studio Museum in Harlem | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Penumbra Foundation | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Museum of Mexican Art | $14K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $13K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Women Photojournalists of Washington (wpow Speaker Series) | $12K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Colorado Photographic Arts Center | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Colusa County Arts Council | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Photography Network | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NJ | |
| R Robert W Woodruff Art Center INC (high Museum of Art) | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Photojournalism Archive Project | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rich Friskman- Ghost of Segregation | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| J Josephine Herrick Project INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Museum of Photographic Arts
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| M Memphis Brooks Museum of Art | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| H Houston Center for Photography | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Co Nelson Gallery Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Art Institute of Chicago | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
Milwaukee Art Museum INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| T Tides Center | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Philadelphia Photo Arts Center | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I International League of Conservation Photographers | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Curtis Legacy Foundation (descendants Project) | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Bethel Woods Center for the Arts INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Sitka Center for Art and Ecology | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Maysles Documentary Center | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Myriad USA INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Somerville Museum( Padres Latinos De Somerville) | $8K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| J Jewish Creativity International | $8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Tides Center
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$8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| P Photowork Foundation | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Friends of the Alice Austen House INC | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$8K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | GA | |
| P Photographic Center School | $8K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Halide Project | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles | $7K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $6K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Historic Neighborhood Trust INC
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| M Maine Media College | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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