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Benjamin B and Natalie O Levin Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$8kFood & Nutrition$4kInternational$3kPhilanthropy$2kHealth$2kEducation$2kAnimals$1kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
5
States reached
$154k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$6,000
Song Summitt Foundation$1,000
All Faith Food bank$500
Magen David Adom$500
Individual grant recipient$250
Jewish National Fund$250
JDRF$250
Lenny Zakim Fund$200
Sarasota Jewish Federation$200
AJC$200
Venice Wildlife Center$150
WUSF$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%American Red Cross: $100 → 14%JFCS: $150 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IA
NJ
UT
MD
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 45% of Benjamin B and Natalie O Levin Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 73% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 51%.

Benjamin B and Natalie O Levin Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$35k · 22 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
14

Total granted

$35k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+190%

Still filing today

41%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthReligionCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2k · revenue +36%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    4× · 2022–2025 · $2k · revenue +190%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • AF
    All Faith Food bank
    one grant, 2020 · $750
  • B
    Birthright
    one grant, 2020 · $400
  • SL
    Society Library
    one grant, 2024 · $400
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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4
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
5
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
6
Business Executives for National Security

Bens applies industry experience and best business practices to help address our nation's pressing national security challenges.

International
7
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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8
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc

Uja-federation of new york (uja) cares for jews everywhere and new yorkers of all backgrounds, responds to crises close to home and far away, and shapes the jewish future. through strategic grantmaking, uja provides funding and resources…

Philanthropy
9
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
10
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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11
The Jewish Federations of North America Inc

The federation movement protects and enhances the well-being of jews worldwide through the values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (charity and social justice) and torah (jewish learning). the jewish federations of north…

Philanthropy
12
Global Communities

Global communities brings together local ingenuity and global insights to save lives and secure strong futures.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lenny Zakim Fund; the most unlike its peers is Song Summit Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $13,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientChabad of Sarasota: $5,500 · OtherChabad of SarasotaWUSF: $1,050 · Other+25 more: $11,100 · Other+25 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,550 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $600 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 · InternationalHIAS INC: $358 · InternationalALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $2,200 · Food & NutritionBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,500 · HealthTHE LENNY ZAKIM FUND: $1,250 · ReligionSong Summit Foundation Inc: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $105 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $600 · PhilanthropyGenYOUTH Incorporated: $400 · Philanthropy
Other$31,150International$3,008Food & Nutrition$2,200Health$1,500Religion$1,250Arts & Culture$1,105Philanthropy$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $2,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LENNY ZAKIM FUND: $1,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LONGBOAT KEY EDUCATION CENTER INC: $1,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGenYOUTH Incorporated: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $358 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds THE LENNY ZAKIM FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE LONGBOAT KEY EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Song Summit Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds GenYOUTH Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds HIAS INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Benjamin B and Natalie O Levin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Benjamin B and Natalie O Levin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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