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Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
51
Grants FY2024
40
Organizations funded FY2023
10%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$285,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 42
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$12M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Civil RightsArts & CultureEducationInternationalHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving49$1.3M16%
FY202340$1.3M10%
FY202239$1.5M8%
FY202137$1.5M8%
FY202042$1.1M10%
FY201941$1.1Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.4MHealth$1.5MEducation$1.4MSocial Science$1.0MCivil Rights$707kReligion$481kEnvironment$150kPhilanthropy$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc$1,686,00062%
The Park School of Baltimore Inc$1,061,99961%
Marlboro School of Music Inc$280,00061%
American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia$252,000120%
Baltimore Museum of Art$142,00060%
Maryland Institute$105,00060%
Living Classrooms Foundation$85,00050%
Anti-Defamation League$75,00010%
Center Stage Associates Inc$61,00060%
Conservation International Foundation$60,00060%
Adelphi University$40,00020%
National Aquarium Inc$38,00060%
Creative Alliance Inc$36,00060%
Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc$28,00060%
The American Visionary Art Museum Inc$28,00060%
Friends School of Baltimore Inc$24,00060%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$22,00060%
Institute for Islamic Christian and Jewish Studies Inc$21,00060%
US Lacrosse Foundation Inc$20,00064%
The United Way of Central Maryland Inc$20,00040%
The Reason Foundation$20,00060%
Trustees of Boston University$20,00040%
Maryland Academy of Sciences$18,00060%
Verde Valley School$18,00060%
Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Inc$15,00060%
Trevor Day School$15,00040%
Marymount Manhattan College$15,00030%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$15,00020%
Shriver Hall Concert Series Inc$13,50050%
The New School$12,00010%
Everyman Theatre Inc$12,00060%
American University$10,00020%
Beth Am Synagogue$10,0002n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$10,00010%
The Shakespeare Theatre$7,50030%
Smithsonian Institution$7,50030%
Mount Auburn Hospital$6,00050%
Institute for Justice$5,00020%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$5,00010%
Death With Dignity National Center$5,00020%
The Maryland Spca Inc$5,00010%
Northbay Education Inc$2,00010%
Jubilee Baltimore Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBaltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: $1,686,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetThe Park School of Baltimore Inc: $1,061,999 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMarlboro School of Music Inc: $280,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia: $252,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetBaltimore Museum of Art: $142,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMaryland Institute: $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Classrooms Foundation: $85,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter Stage Associates Inc: $61,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAdelphi University: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Aquarium Inc: $38,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Alliance Inc: $36,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Museum of Maryland Inc: $28,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe American Visionary Art Museum Inc: $28,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFriends School of Baltimore Inc: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Islamic Christian and Jewish Studies Inc: $21,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUS Lacrosse Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetThe United Way of Central Maryland Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Reason Foundation: $20,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMaryland Academy of Sciences: $18,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVerde Valley School: $18,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Inc: $15,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTrevor Day School: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarymount Manhattan College: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShriver Hall Concert Series Inc: $13,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe New School: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEveryman Theatre Inc: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shakespeare Theatre: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMount Auburn Hospital: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Justice: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDeath With Dignity National Center: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Maryland Spca Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthbay Education Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJubilee Baltimore Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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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.

Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD31.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Eliasberg Family Foundation Inc · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation · Patricia and Mark Joseph Shelter Foundation Inc · The William G Baker Jr Memorial Fund · T Rowe Price 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.

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How do I get to Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc 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.

About Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc

How much does Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc give?
Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc reported 51 grants totaling $1,337,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 42 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Health (19%), Education (18%).
Who are Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc ($1.7M), The Park School of Baltimore Inc ($1.1M), Marlboro School of Music Inc ($280k).
Does Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore.
Where is Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc based?
Hecht-Levi Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 65 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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