· Private foundation
Ezra Levin Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI YAGYA FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| MAHARISHI GLOBAL ADMINISTRATION THROUGH NATURAL LAW | $2,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS BASE EDUCATION | $1,840 |
| IOWA CONTEMPORARY ART | $1,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION | $1,250 |
| UNITED WAY OF CHAMPAIGN | $650 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS | $650 |
| CHAMPAIGN-URBANA JEWISH FEDERATION | $600 |
| EASTERN ILLINOIS FOODBANK | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| FAMILY SERVICES | $500 |
| CHAMPAIGN-URBANA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION | $500 |
| DAILY BREAD SOUP KITCHEN | $300 |
| CRISIS NURSERY | $300 |
| CHAMPAIGN URBANA SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONY GUILD | $300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $800) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2020, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
University of Illinois Foundation4× · 2017–2020 · $12k · revenue +127%- MIMAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY3× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +42%
- PCPARKLAND COLLEGE FOUNDATION2× · 2017–2018 · $1k · revenue +56%
Funded once
- CCOMMUNIVERSITYone grant, 2019 · $6k
- RRRAJA RAAM FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $1k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $1k
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.
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.
To give members the ability to control their financial destiny by providing members with the means to satisfy their needs for financial services in a comfortable family-like environment. in doing so, the credit union strives to maintain…
Community shares of illinois represents a diverse group of charitites with a common mission, to make our world a better place. whether your passion is women's issues, protecting children, helping animals, promoting health care or curbing…
To promote the health, welfare and prosperity of all the citizens of illinois by ensuring effective and democratic representation of utility consumers.
For children to grow and learn through youth sports programs, tutoring, and other projects.
The mission of the university of illinois alumni association is to enhance and advance the relationship between the university of illinois at urbana-champaign (the university) and all its alumni; to inspire lifelong loyalty and pride among…
Ccbf pays bond for people charged with crimes in cook county, illinois. through a revolving fund, ccbf supports individuals whose communities cannot afford to pay the bonds themselves and who have been impacted by structural violence.
To provide joy in learning with excellence in education.
Our vibrant network of diverse chicago charter schools enables students to thrive every day, puts them on a path to success in college and life, and empowers entrepreneurial educators to pursue excellence through innovation.
Economic development within champaign county, il and surrounding communities
Change illinois action fund is dedicated to advocating for solutions to the issues that undermine democracy and government efficiency in illinois, including restricted ballot access, uncompetitive elections, decreased citizen…
Children's advocates for change was organized to improve the lives of children in illinois by bringing about significant changes public policies and programs for children through research, policy analysis and advocacy, public education and…
The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 43 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ↗
- Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
- Who funds BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI YAGYA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CHAMPAIGN-URBANA JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds CHAMPAIGN-URBANA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PARKLAND COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DAILY BREAD SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY ↗
- Who funds EASTERN ILLINOIS FOODBANK ↗
- Who funds CHAMPAIGN-URBANA BALLET ↗
- Who funds CUNNINGHAM CHILDRENS HOME OF URBANA IL ↗
- Who funds CRISIS NURSERY ↗
- Who funds CHAMPAIGN COUNTY CASA INC ↗
- Who funds THE READING GROUP ↗
- Who funds DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS -BASED EDUCATION AND WORLD PEACE ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS ↗
- Who funds DON MOYER BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ezra Levin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ezra Levin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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