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Dora Freedman Levit Fund for People

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$750k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$1.3MReligion$850kHealth$460kEducation$420kHousing & Shelter$380kPublic Safety & Disaster$375kFood & Nutrition$288kCivil Rights$220kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $690k
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CANAL ALLIANCE$150,000
RAINFOREST FLOW$140,000
OXFAM AMERICA$75,000
FOS FEMINISTA$75,000
ALL HEARTS AND HANDS SMART RESPONSE$50,000
PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL$50,000
SCHOOL ON WHEELS$50,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD$50,000
UPWARD BOUND HOUSE$50,000
LOS ANGELES FOOD BANK$25,000
DIRECT RELIEF$20,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA$10,000
CASA SERENA$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $205k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LA LUZ CENTER: $10k → 9%THE FOOD DEPOT: $60k → 12%DREAM TREE PROJECT: $5k → 18%THE FOOD DEPOT: $35k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $10k → 12%FOOD DEPOT: $5k → 12%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $15k → 14%STEP UP ON SECOND: $20k → 14%JOVENES INC: $25k → 14%JOVENES INC: $20k → 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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 17 repeat orgs$741k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
20

Total granted

$3.9M
$656k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+43%

Still filing today

76%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthReligionEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • CA
    CANAL ALLIANCE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $850k · revenue +229%
  • RF
    RAINFOREST FLOW
    8× · 2017–2024 · $543k · revenue +347% · 42% of their budget
  • SO
    SCHOOL ON WHEELS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $420k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $160k · revenue -17%
  • NA
    NATIVE AMERICAN RELIEF FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $80k · revenue +50%
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
Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County Inc

To build decent, affordable homes in partnership with families in need.

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2
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
3
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

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4
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
5
Housing Works

Our mission is to create housing and service options that model, with respect and dignity, sustainable, environmentally sensitive, affordable communities for people of limited resources.

Housing & Shelter
6
Valle Del Sol Inc

Valle del sol inspires positive change by investing in health and human services to strengthen families with tools and skills for self-sufficiency and by building the next generation of latino and diverse leaders.

Health
7
Foundation for the Homeless Inc

Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.

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8
Union Rescue Mission

Union rescue mission embraces people with the compassion of christ. we assist people experiencing homelessness by providing a comprehensive array of emergency and long-term services to our guests, including: food, shelter, clothing,…

Human Services
9
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
10
La Casa de las Madres

La Casa de las Madres' mission is to respond to calls for help from DV victims, of all ages, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We give survivors the tools to transform their lives. We seek to prevent future violence by educating the…

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11
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
12
Casa Teresa Inc

To provide a temporary home and on-going support for pregnant women, and women with newborns over the age of 18 who are alone. counseling and educational programs prepare these women to make loving and informed decisions for themselves and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Los Angeles Regional Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is CHORDS2CURE Corporation. 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

26 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. 26 of the 40 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UPWARD BOUND HOUSE: $250,000 · OtherUPWARD BOUND HOUSEIndividual grant recipient: $217,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientINTNL PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $145,000 · OtherINTNL PLANNED PARENTHOODFOS FEMINISTA: $140,000 · OtherFOS FEMINISTALOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $140,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKPLANNED PARENTHOOD ROCKY MOUNTAINS: $110,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD ROCKY MOUNTAINSNATIVE AMERICAN RELIEF FUND: $100,000 · OtherNATIVE AMERICAN RELIEF FUNDPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $50,000 · OtherSolar Cookers International: $55,000 · Other+13 more: $246,000 · Other+13 moreRAINFOREST FLOW: $542,500 · InternationalRAINFOREST FLOWOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $280,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INCPATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $200,000 · InternationalPATHFINDER INTERNATIONALGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $160,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INCINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $80,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD…DIRECT RELIEF: $70,000 · International+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalCANAL ALLIANCE: $850,000 · ReligionCANAL ALLIANCESCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $420,000 · EducationSCHOOL ON …ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $275,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE FOOD DEPOT: $110,000 · Human ServicesJOVENES INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesSTEP UP ON SECOND STREET INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $15,000 · Human ServicesLA LUZ CENTER: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesCasa Serena: $55,000 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $50,000 · Health
Other$1,453,500International$1,337,500Religion$850,000Education$420,000Public Safety & Disaster$275,000Human Services$205,000Health$105,000

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 budgetCANAL ALLIANCE: $850,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetRAINFOREST FLOW: $542,500 over 8y, 42% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $420,000 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $280,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $275,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetUPWARD BOUND HOUSE: $250,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $160,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOOD DEPOT: $110,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $80,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCasa Serena: $55,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSolar Cookers International: $55,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOVENES INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHORDS2CURE CORPORATION: $40,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTEP UP ON SECOND STREET INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTRONG FOODLA KITCHEN: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLA LUZ CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMITTEE ON THE SHELTERLESS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDREAM TREE PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 CANAL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST FLOW ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC ↗
  • Who funds UPWARD BOUND HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD DEPOT ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds Casa Serena ↗
  • Who funds Solar Cookers International ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds JOVENES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHORDS2CURE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SAN ANTONIO INC ↗
  • Who funds STEP UP ON SECOND STREET INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds STRONG FOODLA KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC ↗
  • Who funds LA LUZ CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE ON THE SHELTERLESS ↗
  • Who funds UNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DREAM TREE PROJECT ↗

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.

California Community …The Rose Hills Founda…The Annenberg Foundat…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Weingart FoundationConrad N Hilton Found…Sempra FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…
California Community FoundationCA15.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Weingart Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Dora Freedman Levit Fund for People funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dora Freedman Levit Fund for People. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Dora Freedman Levit Fund for People 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 40 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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