Illinois · Private foundation
Ezra Levin Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $16k
- Granted FY2020
- 20
- Grants FY2020
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Ezra Levin Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of East Central Illinois, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Ezra Levin Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $16k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 22% of the organizations Ezra Levin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 18 | $15k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $20k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $21k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinai Temple | $17,822 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $11,850 | 4 | 0% |
| Brahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maharishi International University | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| International Foundation of Consciousness Based Education For | $1,840 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Contemporary Art | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Champaign-Urbana Schools Foundation | $1,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Parkland College Foundation | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Inc | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Champaign County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinai Temple | $17,822 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $11,850 | 4 | 0% |
| Brahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maharishi International University | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| International Foundation of Consciousness Based Education For | $1,840 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Contemporary Art | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Champaign-Urbana Schools Foundation | $1,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Parkland College Foundation | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Inc | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Champaign County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastern Illinois Foodbank | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Champaign-Urbana Ballet | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| Cunningham Childrens Home of Urbana Il | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $800 | 3 | n/a |
| Crisis Nursery | $800 | 3 | 0% |
| Champaign County Casa Inc | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| The Reading Group | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Central Illinois | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Urbana Park District | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ezra Levin Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Wgrc Inc · Community Foundation of East Central Illinois · Iroquois Federal Foundation Inc · United Way of Champaign County · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Meyer Charitable Foundation · The Carle Foundation Hospital · American Water Charitable Foundationinc · Hartmann Family Foundation · Raynie Foundation · Donnini-Rudolph Family Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation
How this is measured
About Ezra Levin Foundation
- How much does Ezra Levin Foundation give?
- Ezra Levin Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $15,890 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Ezra Levin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (85%), Education (5%), Religion (4%).
- Who are Ezra Levin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Sinai Temple ($18k), University of Illinois Foundation ($12k), Brahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundation ($3k).
- Does Ezra Levin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ezra Levin Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ezra Levin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wgrc Inc, Community Foundation of East Central Illinois, Iroquois Federal Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ezra Levin Foundation based?
- Ezra Levin Foundation is based in IL.
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