Leir Foundation Inc

Ridgefield, CT
Tax-exempt since March 1997
EIN: 06-1466481

Receive an email when new data is available for this organization.

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a 501(c)(3) Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Revenue

$4.67M (2023)

Expenses

$7.48M (2023)

Total Assets

$102M (2023)

Total Liabilities

$9.65k (2023)

Years with missing data

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Revenue

$4,669,357

Expenses

$7,477,185

Net Income

-$2,807,828

Net Assets

$102,109,218

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$1,194,849	25.6%
Dividends	$1,112,913	23.8%
Sales of Assets	$2,211,074	47.4%
Other Income	$150,521	3.2%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$3,632,007	48.6%
Compensation of Officers*	$618,837	8.3%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$102,118,865
Total Liabilities	$9,647
Net Assets	$102,109,218

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Markus Fuchs (Dir/Pres/Sec'y)	$327,438	$12,421
Paul Cambrai Bell (Director & Vp)	$233,890	$13,629
Laurie Kuhn (Assistant Sec'y)	$57,509	$48,410
Joseph Whalen (Dir/Chair/Treas)	$0	$0
Dr Jack S C Fong Md (Director Beg 11/20/22)	$0	$0

+ View more people

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 15, 2024

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Revenue

$4,486,637

Expenses

$8,380,452

Net Income

-$3,893,815

Net Assets

$104,917,046

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$195,389	4.4%
Dividends	$1,243,020	27.7%
Sales of Assets	$2,938,221	65.5%
Other Income	$110,007	2.5%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$6,132,242	73.2%
Compensation of Officers*	$399,047	4.8%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$104,917,046
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$104,917,046

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Margot Gibis (Pres/Direc (Deceased 11/19/22))	$329,907	$32,762
Laurie Kuhn (Assistant Sec'y)	$69,140	$29,447
Markus Fuchs (Dir/Pres/Sec'y As Of 11/20/22)	$0	$0
Joseph Whalen (Dir/Chair/Treas)	$0	$0
Paul Cambrai Bell (Director & Vp Beg 11/20/22)	$0	$0
Dr Jack S C Fong Md (Director Beg 11/20/22)	$0	$0

+ View more people

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 14, 2023

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

990-T

For unrelated business income from activities not substantially related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Revenue

$16,743,415

Expenses

$8,082,818

Net Income

$8,660,597

Net Assets

$108,810,861

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$29,672	0.2%
Dividends	$1,240,009	7.4%
Sales of Assets	$15,171,164	90.6%
Other Income	$302,570	1.8%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$5,676,139	70.2%
Compensation of Officers*	$394,560	4.9%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$108,810,861
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$108,810,861

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Margot Gibis (President/Director)	$342,760	$30,335
Laurie Kuhn (Assistant Secretary)	$51,800	$26,349
Jean Wagner (Director Until 12/10/21)	$0	$0
Markus Fuchs (Assistant Treasurer/Secretary)	$0	$0
Joseph Whalen (Director/Chair/Treasurer)	$0	$0

+ View more people

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 14, 2022

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

990-T

For unrelated business income from activities not substantially related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Revenue

$5,631,990

Expenses

$8,538,756

Net Income

-$2,906,766

Net Assets

$100,150,263

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$69,700	1.2%
Interest Revenue	$133,202	2.4%
Dividends	$1,353,029	24.0%
Sales of Assets	$3,821,876	67.9%
Other Income	$254,183	4.5%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$6,125,949	71.7%
Compensation of Officers*	$381,400	4.5%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$100,150,264
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$100,150,263

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Margot Gibis (President/Director)	$334,400	$42,667
Laurie Kuhn (Assistant Secretary)	$47,000	$34,885
Jean Wagner (Director)	$0	$0
Sunhee Gertz (Director/Asst Treas/Secretary)	$0	$0
Markus Fuchs (Director)	$0	$0
Joseph Whalen (Director/Chair/Treasurer)	$0	$0

+ View more people

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 15, 2021

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

XML

990-T

For unrelated business income from activities not substantially related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Revenue

$80,308,708

Expenses

$9,872,530

Net Income

$70,436,178

Net Assets

$103,057,029

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$71,352,783	88.8%
Interest Revenue	$161,700	0.2%
Dividends	$2,416,867	3.0%
Sales of Assets	$5,866,734	7.3%
Other Income	$510,624	0.6%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$7,537,676	76.3%
Compensation of Officers*	$335,000	3.4%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$103,057,030
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$103,057,029

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Margot Gibis (President/Director)	$304,000	$27,552
Laurie Kuhn (Assistant Secretary)	$31,000	$27,783
Jean Wagner (Director/Board Member)	$0	$0
Sunhee Gertz (Director/Treasurer/Secretary)	$0	$0
Markus Fuchs (Director)	$0	$0
Joseph Whalen (Director/Chair/Treasurer)	$0	$0

+ View more people

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 16, 2020

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Revenue

$1,710,494

Expenses

$5,001,829

Net Income

-$3,291,335

Net Assets

$40,718,010

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$12,671	0.7%
Interest Revenue	$51,428	3.0%
Dividends	$1,113,337	65.1%
Sales of Assets	$587,823	34.4%
Other Income	-$54,765

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$2,716,300	54.3%
Compensation of Officers*	$121,600	2.4%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$40,718,010
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$40,718,010

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Margot Gibis (President/Director)	$121,600	$5,904
Jean Wagner (Director)	$0	$0
Laurel Elsner (Director/Chairwoman)	$0	$0
Sunhee Gertz (Director/Treasurer/Secretary)	$0	$0
Laurie Kuhn (Assistant Secretary)	$0	$0

+ View more people

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 14, 2019

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Revenue

$5,752,781

Expenses

$4,857,496

Net Income

$895,285

Net Assets

$44,009,345

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$13,552	0.2%
Dividends	$908,951	15.8%
Sales of Assets	$4,837,902	84.1%
Other Income	-$7,624

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$2,719,617	56.0%
Compensation of Officers*	$112,000	2.3%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$44,534,418
Total Liabilities	$525,073
Net Assets	$44,009,345

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Margot Gibis (President/Director)	$112,000	$5,322
Stuart Silver (Director/Secretary)	$0	$0
Jean Wagner (Director)	$0	$0
Laurel Elsner (Director/Chairwoman)	$0	$0
Sunhee Gertz (Director)	$0	$0

+ View more people

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 14, 2018

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

View Filing

Schedules ▼

PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Revenue

$3,899,657

Expenses

$5,212,111

Net Income

-$1,312,454

Net Assets

$47,009,282

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$1,471	0.0%
Dividends	$501,436	12.9%
Sales of Assets	$2,947,785	75.6%
Other Income	$448,965	11.5%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$2,761,371	53.0%
Compensation of Officers*	$205,745	3.9%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$47,391,545
Total Liabilities	$382,263
Net Assets	$47,009,282

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Revenue

$5,678,756

Expenses

$4,902,278

Net Income

$776,478

Net Assets

$48,293,720

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$1,405	0.0%
Dividends	$1,239,421	21.8%
Sales of Assets	$4,460,771	78.6%
Other Income	-$22,841

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$2,657,678	54.2%
Compensation of Officers*	$205,745	4.2%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$48,527,185
Total Liabilities	$233,465
Net Assets	$48,293,720

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Revenue

$4,210,958

Expenses

$4,617,632

Net Income

-$406,674

Net Assets

$47,517,242

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$1,293	0.0%
Dividends	$1,058,918	25.1%
Sales of Assets	$3,144,303	74.7%
Other Income	$6,444	0.2%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$2,517,945	54.5%
Compensation of Officers*	$205,745	4.5%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$47,806,250
Total Liabilities	$289,008
Net Assets	$47,517,242

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Revenue

$1,718,419

Expenses

$5,131,650

Net Income

-$3,413,231

Net Assets

$47,923,916

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$521	0.0%
Dividends	$904,984	52.7%
Sales of Assets	$812,914	47.3%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$2,768,318	53.9%
Compensation of Officers*	$202,008	3.9%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$48,075,248
Total Liabilities	$151,332
Net Assets	$47,923,916

990-PF

Primary tax return for a private foundation's activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Revenue

$5,490,998

Expenses

$4,367,832

Net Income

$1,123,166

Net Assets

$51,337,147

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$1,807,496	32.9%
Interest Revenue	$86,246	1.6%
Dividends	$191,080	3.5%
Sales of Assets	$3,398,301	61.9%
Other Income	$7,875	0.1%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$2,616,006	59.9%
Compensation of Officers*	$196,295	4.5%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$51,491,371
Total Liabilities	$154,224
Net Assets	$51,337,147

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

Get the Data

For those interested in acquiring the original data from the source, here’s where our data comes from:

Raw filing data. Includes EINs and summary financials as structured data.
Exempt Organization profiles. Includes organization names, addresses, etc. You can merge this with the raw filing data using EIN numbers.
Form 990 documents. Prior to 2017, these documents were obtained and processed by Public.Resource.org and ProPublica. Bulk PDF downloads since 2017 are available from the IRS.
Form 990 documents as XML files. Includes complete filing data (financial details, names of officers, tax schedules, etc.) in machine-readable format. Only available for electronically filed documents. Electronic data released prior to October 2021 is also available through Amazon Web Services.
Audits. PDFs of single or program-specific audits for nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year. Available for fiscal year 2015 and later.

API

The data powering this website is available programmatically, via an API. Read the API documentation »

See an issue with the data?

Nonprofit Explorer

Browse millions of annual returns filed by tax-exempt organizations with ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer. See details like executive compensation, revenue, expenses and more. Search for an organization or a person, or search the full text of filings.

By Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu and Brandon Roberts.

Design by Jeff Frankl. Additional development by Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, and Sisi Wei.

E-file viewer adapted from IRS e-File Viewer by Ben Getson. Code for scraping audit documents adapated from Govwiki.

Updated August 21, 2025

Leir Foundation Inc

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue $4.67M (2023)

Expenses $7.48M (2023)

Total Assets $102M (2023)

Total Liabilities $9.65k (2023)

Tax Filings by Year

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

990-T

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

990-T

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

990-T

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Compensation

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2016

No Extracted Financial Data

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990-PF

Document Links

990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2011

Extracted Financial Data

Revenue

$4.67M (2023)

Expenses

$7.48M (2023)

Total Assets

$102M (2023)

Total Liabilities

$9.65k (2023)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2009

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2008

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2007

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2006

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2005

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2004

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2003

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2002

Fiscal Year Ending Feb.
2002

Fiscal Year Ending Feb.
2001