Our story
The Leonard Future Fund is a charity dedicated to supporting school projects in developing nations. We are funded by the estate of Brenda Leonard, a lifelong passionate teacher who taught primary school in New York City for over 40 years. She died in 2024 without kids of her own.
​​​We are committed to upholding Brenda's generosity towards underprivileged children. Her nephew Philip Auinger manages the Fund and he is in close touch with experts around the world to make fair decisions which school projects to support.
The team includes advisers from major organizations such as Oxfam or Rotary Club, but also local project leaders who have been working in schools in poor communities for many years.
Our projects
We have helped fund schools in several communities, such as:
- Tanza, Philippines
- Hout Bay, South Africa
- Shantiniketan, India
- Kalangala, Uganda
​
Beside monetary contributions, we organize monthly exchanges between project leaders. Read more about our projects in our Impact Report!
Let's build together!
Are you planning on building another classroom? Do you need a playground? How about a computer lab?
You do the building, we do the funding.
Let's talk about it. Reach out!
kontakt [at] gebenlernen [dot] org