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Donald Levin Family 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.

$3.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$8.7MReligion$3.9MHealth$3.4MInternational$3.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.3MPhilanthropy$1.1MAnimals$686kFood & Nutrition$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $307k
  • $250k+6 grants · $3.5M
$125,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$63M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Friends of Magen David Adom$1,050,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$1,000,000
PACC 911$600,000
Love Them All$350,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College$300,000
Mayo Clinic$250,000
Saving Paws Rescue AZ$125,000
Learn Charter School Network$76,633
Alone No More Dog Rescue Inc$55,000
Orphans of the Storm Animal Shelter$50,000
Dogtree Pines Senior Pet Sanctuary$25,000
Cochise Canine Rescue$25,000
Chicago Filmmakers$25,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Mayo Clinic: $1.3M → 11%Alone No More Dog Rescue Inc: $55k → 11%Dogtree Pines Senior Pet Sanctuary: $25k → 14%Cochise Canine Rescue: $25k → 18%Help Hope Live: $50k → 6%Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health: $1.0M → 8%Love Them All: $3.0M → 14%Teen Cancer America Inc: $9k → 14%American Support for Israel Inc: $115k → 17%Baptist Health System Foundation Inc: $25k → 14%Connecticut Public Broadcasting: $5k → 11%Wish For Our Heroes: $10k → 5%BACK TO BASICS PROJECT: $500 → 18%Mark-9: $20k → 7%Orphans of the Storm Animal Shelter: $50k → 8%The Chicago Community Foundation: $1.0M → 14%Food Allergy Research & Education: $100k → 6%Vegas Golden Knights Foundation: $100k → 13%Mayo Clinic: $250k → 11%Alone No More Dog Rescue Inc: $35k → 11%Cochise Canine Rescue: $15k → 18%Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health: $350k → 8%Love Them All: $500k → 14%Orphans of the Storm: $15k → 8%Chicago Filmmakers: $25k → 14%Mayo Clinic: $125k → 11%Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health: $250k → 8%Love Them All: $350k → 14%ORPHANS OF THE STORM ANIMAL SHELTER: $10k → 8%American Friends of Magen David Adom: $1.1M → 14%ASU FOUNDATION: $2.0M → 11%ORPHANS OF THE STORM ANIMAL SHELTER: $5k → 8%The Department of Emergency Medicine at Loyola Uni: $100k → 14%ASU FOUNDATION: $2.0M → 11%American Friends of Magen David Adom: $1.0M → 14%PACC 911: $600k → 11%Garrido Stray Rescue Foundation: $5k → 14%PACC 911: $400k → 11%University of Chicago: $100k → 14%PACC 911: $238k → 11%Chicago Police Memorial Foundation: $25k → 14%PACC 911: $50k → 11%AMITA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%PACC 911: $30k → 11%Congregation Bene Shalom: $15k → 14%Learn Charter School Network: $129k → 14%Learn Charter School Network: $90k → 14%Learn Charter School Network: $77k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
NV
IN
PA
CT
CA
VA
AZ
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 12 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
17

Total granted

$19M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+11%

Still filing today

67%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyInternationalHealthOther
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

  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2018–2022 · $8.0M · revenue +125%
  • LE
    Lawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School
    3× · 2022–2025 · $296k · revenue +18%
  • OO
    ORPHANS OF THE STORM
    4× · 2017–2025 · $80k · revenue +187%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M
  • AG
    AMERICA GIVES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $115k · revenue 0%
  • FA
    FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -34%
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
Chicago Canine Rescue Foundation

Chicago canine rescue foundation finds permanent homes for homeless dogs in our community with a specific emphasis on assisting the most vulnerable animals, who without our help, would have no other options. while in our care, they are…

Animals
2
Petfinder Foundation

To prevent the euthanasia of adoptable pets and support animal welfare groups to this end.

Animals
3
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
4
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
5
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
6
Hero Dogs Inc

Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.

Human Services
7
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
8
Pets for Patriots Inc

The organization's mission is to transform the lives of veterans by helping them save an at risk shelter dog or cat, and to end all animal homelessness in the us and enrich the lives of men and women who serve, and have served our country.…

Animals
9
Dogs Playing for Life Inc

Dogs playing for life is redefining the meaning and importance of quality of life for all sheltered dogs by improving their experience through playgroups and individualized training, resulting in urgent and responsible livesaving.

Animals
10
Agr Foundation Inc

Serving the needs of all dogs and the people who love them.

Animals
11
Animal Friends Rescue Project

The Organization is dedicated to finding life-long loving homes for stray, abandoned and abused cats and dogs. The Organization concentrates on networking with other animal welfare agencies in the county and throughout the state to provide…

Human Services
12
Forever Loved Pet Sanctuary

To save senior dogs who are often overlooked by providing them the opportunity to thrive in a safe and caring environment.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Helphopelive Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cochise Canine Rescue. 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

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 33 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $8,000,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A N…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $300,000 · EducationLawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School: $295,633 · Education+1 more: $100,000 · EducationLove Them All: $3,850,000 · OtherLove Them AllMayo Clinic: $1,625,000 · OtherMayo ClinicPACC 911: $1,318,000 · OtherPACC 911CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · OtherCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+12 more: $248,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,050,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIEND…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,000,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE …LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $1,600,000 · Health+1 more: $50,000 · HealthSAVING PAWS RESCUE AZ: $425,000 · AnimalsALONE NO MORE DOG RESCUE INC: $90,000 · AnimalsORPHANS OF THE STORM: $80,000 · AnimalsCOCHISE CANINE RESCUE: $40,000 · Animals+2 more: $25,000 · AnimalsAMERICA GIVES INC: $115,000 · PhilanthropyVEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $100,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$8,695,633Other$8,041,000International$3,050,000Health$1,650,000Animals$660,000Philanthropy$215,000Food & Nutrition$100,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $8,000,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,050,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $1,600,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSAVING PAWS RESCUE AZ: $425,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $300,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School: $295,633 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICA GIVES INC: $115,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALONE NO MORE DOG RESCUE INC: $90,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetORPHANS OF THE STORM: $80,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChicago Filmmakers: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBaptist Health System Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWISH FOR OUR HEROES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTEEN CANCER AMERICA INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPET GOTCHA DAY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 4.1% 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.

The Chicago Community…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Donald Levin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donald Levin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Donald Levin Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 33 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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