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Joseph M Levine Foundation at a glance

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Joseph M Levine Foundation

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.

$8k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$133kHealth$92kInternational$60kHuman Services$30kYouth Development$12kArts & Culture$4kEducation$3kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$171k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jaffa Institute$3,500
Camp Ramah$1,800
Friends of Yad Sarah$500
The Ark$500
Israel Special Kids Fund$500
Chai Lifeline$500
Boys Town Jerusalem$500
Jewish Braille Institute Internatio$250
Israel Guide Dog Center$250
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Israel Guide Dog Center: $250 → 6%Israel Guide Dog Center: $250 → 6%Israel Guide Dog Center: $250 → 6%Israel Special Kids Fund: $500 → 7%Israel Guide Dog Center: $250 → 6%Israel Special Kids Fund: $10k → 17%Israel Special Kids Fund: $250 → 7%Israel Special Kids Fund: $250 → 7%Jewish Child and Family Services: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
MD
DC
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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$110k · 22 repeat orgs$212k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
22

Total granted

$110k
$212k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+55%

Still filing today

59%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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InternationalHuman ServicesReligionHealthArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • K
    KESHET
    2× · 2017–2022 · $16k · revenue +105%
  • IS
    ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND
    4× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +68%
  • PI
    PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $3k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • JJ
    JCC Jacob Dunman Lake County Center
    one grant, 2017 · $111k
  • SM
    Sheba Medical Center
    one grant, 2017 · $36k
  • YN
    Yachard National Jewish Council for
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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.

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Sherit Isroel
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2
University of Judaism Foundation
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3
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
4
Voices United for Israel

Educational information regarding Israel and the Middle East.

International
5
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
6
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
7
The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life Inc
Religion
8
Bronfman Youth Fellowships to Israel in Inc
Youth Development
9
Idf Memorial Foundation
Philanthropy
10
The Jerusalem Connection
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11
Tal Hashamayim Foundation
Religion
12
Jewish Life Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc; the most unlike its peers is Camp Out for Kids. 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

24 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. 24 of the 47 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
21/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JCC Jacob Dunman Lake County Center: $110,800 · OtherJCC Jacob Dunman Lake County CenterSheba Medical Center: $36,400 · OtherSheba Medical CenterYachard National Jewish Council for: $20,000 · OtherYachard National Jewish Council forKESHET: $15,500 · OtherKESHETCamp Ramah: $11,872 · OtherMagen David Adom: $10,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+20 more: $31,975 · Other+20 moreTHE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN JAFFA INC: $31,200 · InternationalTHE INSTITUTE FO…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL …FRIENDS OF NAHAL HAREDI: $2,500 · InternationalPARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC: $2,500 · International+3 more: $2,250 · InternationalISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $11,000 · Human ServicesJewish Child and Family Services: $10,000 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 · Human ServicesPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $10,500 · PhilanthropyBOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $2,500 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL JEWISH OUTREACH PROGRAM IN: $5,000 · ReligionCHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN: $500 · ReligionJEWISH LEARNING VENTURE: $500 · ReligionCHAI LIFELINE INC: $1,750 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $1,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $750 · HealthFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,750 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$246,797International$48,450Human Services$22,000Philanthropy$13,000Religion$6,000Health$3,500Arts & Culture$2,250

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 budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN JAFFA INC: $31,200 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetKESHET: $15,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $11,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Child and Family Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH OUTREACH PROGRAM IN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF NAHAL HAREDI: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAOT CHITIM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC: $1,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAdi Israel Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP OUT FOR KIDS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH LEARNING VENTURE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLARS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 THE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN JAFFA INC ↗
  • Who funds KESHET ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Child and Family Services ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH OUTREACH PROGRAM IN ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF NAHAL HAREDI ↗
  • Who funds PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds MAOT CHITIM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds Adi Israel Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAMP OUT FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundJewish Federation of …Jewish United Fund of…Jewish Community Fede…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Renaissance Charitabl…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Communal FundNY19.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Joseph M Levine Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph M Levine Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    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 47 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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