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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 06-1466481

The Leir Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Ridgefield, CT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $12.7 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $12,721,614

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $94,800,687

  • Tax year 2023

    $5,567,343

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $102,118,865

  • Tax year 2022

    $6,713,993

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $104,917,046

  • Tax year 2021

    $6,469,440

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $108,810,861

  • Tax year 2020

    $7,097,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $100,150,264

  • Tax year 2019

    $8,242,965

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $103,057,030

  • Tax year 2018

    $3,944,600

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $40,718,010

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. PONT DE VUE StiftungMollens, Switzerland

    Grants for donee's exempt purpose

    $5,000,000
  2. The Leir Retreat CenterRidgefield, CT

    Support of operation of programs for disadvantaged children and conference center for charitable organizations

    $3,649,000

  3. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $3.3 million in all.

  4. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $803,000 in all.

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Youth development1 grant $3,649,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Connecticut1 grant $3,649,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Laurie KuhnASSISTANT SEC'Y Hours 40Pay $39,140
  • Markus FuchsDIR/PRES/SEC'Y/ASSISTANT TREAS Hours 40Pay $418,457
  • Joseph WhalenDIR/CHAIR/TREAS Hours 1Pay $0
  • Paul Cambrai-BellDIRECTOR & VP Hours 40Pay $305,877
  • Dr Jack S C Fong MDDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

This is an amended return.

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