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David L Lebowitz Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$54kHealth$40kHuman Services$2kEmployment$1kPhilanthropy$1kRecreation & Sports$500Other$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$6,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$107k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TULANE UNIVERSITY$6,000
CROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES$2,500
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 (FY17–17, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WESTSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $300 → 14%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$46k · 4 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
16

Total granted

$46k
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+41%

Still filing today

25%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CS
    CROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $28k · revenue +23%
  • UF
    UCLA FOUNDATION - RESNICK HOSPITAL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k
  • TC
    THE CARLTHORP SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND
    2× · 2022–2023 · $6k

Funded once

  • CI
    CROSSROADS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue +31%
  • CS
    CARLTHORP SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +108%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
2
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
3
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
4
Children's Research Institute

Children's research institute dba children's national research institute conducts and promotes translational and clinical medical research and education programs that lead to improved understanding, prevention, treatment, and care of…

Health
5
Institute for Children's Mental Disorders
Philanthropy
6
Terra Marin School

Our mission is to spark wonder and intellectual curiosity in each child. We achieve this through a purposeful blend of:Engaging academics custom-tailored to each child's abilities, strengths and interests;An unparalleled social-emotional…

Education
7
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
8
California University - Silicon Valley

Providing professional training of Chinese Medicine (TCM), including acupuncture, Chinese herbology, acupressure, Qigong and so on, granting the students Masters degree. Its a three to four years teaching program.

Education
9
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
10
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
11
Cypress School of San Francisco F/K/a Cow Hollow Preschool

Cypress school of san francisco is a play based full day program, serving children aged 2-5.9 years old. we are a parent participation school with a low teacher to child ratio and licensed master teachers on staff.

Education
12
The Mirman School for Gifted Children

We cultivate the boundless potential of highly gifted children, nurture their passions and talents, and develop a diverse community of creative and constructive lifelong learners.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Burn Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Crossroads Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES: $28,000 · EducationCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCESCARLTHORP SCHOOL: $8,000 · EducationCARLTHORP SCHOOLTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $6,000 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDEVERGREEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · EducationEVERGREEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL INCUCLA FOUNDATION - RESNICK HOSPITAL: $10,000 · OtherUCLA FOUNDATION - RESNICK HOSPITALTHE CARLTHORP SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND: $6,000 · OtherTHE CARLTHORP SCHOOL ANNUAL FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUCLA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherUCLA HEALTH FOUNDATIONCHILDREN'S BURN FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S BURN FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+4 more: $3,500 · Other+4 moreCROSSROADS INC: $12,000 · HealthCROSSROADS INCCSNK2A1 FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthCSNK2A1 FOUNDATIO…IAN'S FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthIAN'S FRIENDS FOU…THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Public Safety & DisasterMATTHEW SILVERMAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTM23 FOUNDATION: $500 · Youth DevelopmentAllies for Every Child Inc: $300 · Human Services
Education$47,000Other$33,500Health$15,500Public Safety & Disaster$1,000Philanthropy$1,000Youth Development$500Human Services$300

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 budgetCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS INC: $12,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCARLTHORP SCHOOL: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERGREEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCSNK2A1 FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S BURN FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMATTHEW SILVERMAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIAN'S FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTM23 FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAllies for Every Child Inc: $300 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.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Allen and Anita Kohl …California Community …Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Allen and Anita Kohl Charitable Foundation IncCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Allen and Anita Kohl Charitable Foundation Inc · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization David L Lebowitz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David L Lebowitz Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 21 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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