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Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc

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.

$118k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$14,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 31
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$671k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalPublic BenefitHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureOther
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
FY2025still arriving28$107k21%
FY202424$99k33%
FY202324$135k17%
FY202223$134k17%
FY202131$117k48%
FY202028$97kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

International$166kHuman Services$134kEducation$88kReligion$60kFood & Nutrition$57kHealth$56kPhilanthropy$36kPublic Benefit$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
MI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Gary Sinise Foundation$74,00050%
Birthright Israel Foundation$50,00050%
Central Fund of Israel$45,00040%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$37,50030%
The Baruch College Fund$25,00050%
Impactisrael Inc$14,60050%
Jewish Institute for National Security of America$14,0001n/a
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$12,00040%
Friendship Circle$10,8002n/a
Stand for America Inc$7,50020%
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc$7,00030%
Judicial Watch Inc$6,50010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$6,00040%
The Arc of Essex County Inc$5,00010%
Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc$5,00011%
United Service Organizations Inc$4,50040%
Saint Barnabas Medical Center$4,0002n/a
Little Smiles Inc$3,10050%
National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias$2,50050%
Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc$2,30020%
Travis Mills Foundation$2,00020%
Children in Conflict Inc$2,00010%
Friends of Intelligence Practitioners Inc$1,70022%
Partners for Breast Cancer Careinc$1,50010%
South Florida Pbs Inc$1,30030%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$1,25020%
Covenant House$1,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$1,00010%
Jespy House Inc$75020%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$50020%
Monmouth University Inc$50010%
Hudson Valley Center for Comp Art$50010%
Feeding South Florida Inc$50010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50010%
Norton Museum of Art Inc$30010%
Florida Sheriffs Association Inc$30010%
Boca Raton Museum of Art$30010%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$25010%
Movember Foundation$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($336k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $74,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $37,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Baruch College Fund: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetImpactisrael Inc: $14,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStand for America Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc of Essex County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteer Florida Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Smiles Inc: $3,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFlorida Atlantic University Foundation Inc: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTravis Mills Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren in Conflict Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Intelligence Practitioners Inc: $1,700 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPartners for Breast Cancer Careinc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSouth Florida Pbs Inc: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJespy House Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMonmouth University Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHudson Valley Center for Comp Art: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFeeding South Florida Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorton Museum of Art Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Association Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Museum of Art: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMovember Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 36.

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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.

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC9.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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About Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc

How much does Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc give?
Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc reported 30 grants totaling $117,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (23%), Human Services (19%), Education (12%).
Who are Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Gary Sinise Foundation ($74k), Birthright Israel Foundation ($50k), Central Fund of Israel ($45k).
Does Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
Where is Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc based?
Herbert and Ellen Levitt Foundation Inc is based in FL.

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 68 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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