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Lev 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.

$54k
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$9k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$59kArts & Culture$41kEnvironment$32kEducation$24kCivil Rights$24kInternational$23kHuman Services$22kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$174k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Cente$9,000
Tahoe Fund$5,000
Classical Tahoe$5,000
California Pacific Medical Center$5,000
Amcha Initiative$4,000
Freinds of the Center$2,400
Friends of IDF$2,175
Anti Defamation League$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
PATH$1,600
Eddy House$1,600
Sierra Community House$1,500
Clean Air Task Force$1,400
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles$1,200
North Tahoe Hebrew Congregaton$1,000
02The need
03

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 (FY20–25, $61k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Homeless Health Care Los Angeles: $1k → 14%HAMILTON HOUSE: $1k → 14%Homeless Health Care Los Angeles: $400 → 14%HAMILTON HOUSE: $500 → 14%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $3k → 11%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $500 → 11%Eddy House: $2k → 10%EDDY HOUSE: $1k → 10%EDDY HOUSE: $1k → 10%Eddy House: $800 → 10%Eddy House: $800 → 10%CLASSICAL TAHOE: $10k → 10%HOMELESS HEALTHCARE LA: $1k → 14%Classical Tahoe: $10k → 10%HOMELESS HEALTHCARE LA: $500 → 14%CLASSICAL TAHOE: $9k → 10%Classical Tahoe: $5k → 10%READ GLOBAL: $4k → 10%Classical Tahoe: $5k → 10%READ GLOBAL: $2k → 10%CLASSICAL TAHOE: $1k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $1k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $500 → 10%WORLD HARVEST CHARITIES & FAMILY SERVICES: $250 → 14%WORLD HARVEST CHARITIES & FAMILY SERVICES: $250 → 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

VT
WA
MT
IL
NY
MA
NV
OH
RI
CA
CO
MD
DC
HI
AL
TX
FL
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$233k · 56 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

56 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
22

Total granted

$233k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
-5%

Still filing today

79%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEnvironmentCivil RightsInternationalHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CT
    CLASSICAL TAHOE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $40k · revenue +210%
  • BI
    BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $21k · revenue +64%
  • TF
    TAHOE FUND
    5× · 2020–2025 · $19k · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • SN
    SIERRA NEVADA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $18k
  • EO
    ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +5%
  • AG
    AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -5%
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.

1
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
3
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
6
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
7
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
11
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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12
Northern California Institute for Research and Education Inc

To improve the health and well-being of veterans and the general public by supporting a world-class biomedical research program conducted by ucsf faculty at the san francisco veterans affairs health care system.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma; the most unlike its peers is Beyond Differences. 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

60 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 60 of the 83 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/60
Grantees still filing
38/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SIERRA NEVADA UNIVERSITY: $17,500 · OtherSIERRA NEVADA UNIVERSITYCalifornia Pacific Medical Center: $9,000 · OtherCalifornia Pacific Medical CenterPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $8,750 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODSIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $8,100 · OtherSIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSEFreinds of the Center: $4,800 · OtherNORTH TAHOE HEBREW CONGREGATION: $4,000 · OtherSIERRA COMMNITY HOUSE: $3,800 · Other+45 more: $43,150 · Other+45 moreCLASSICAL TAHOE: $39,600 · Human ServicesCLASSICAL TAHOERURAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesRURAL EDUCATION & DEVELOP…EDDY HOUSE: $5,300 · Human ServicesEDDY HOUSEHomeless Health Care Los Angeles: $3,100 · Human ServicesELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $3,000 · Human Services+4 more: $4,250 · Human Services+4 moreTAHOE FUND: $19,000 · EnvironmentTAHOE FUNDCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $5,800 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TAS…NATUREBRIDGE: $3,250 · EnvironmentNATUREBRIDGEGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $2,250 · EnvironmentGOLDEN GATE N…Save The Bay: $1,500 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $20,500 · HealthBETH ISRAEL…CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $6,000 · HealthCALIFORNIA …WATSI INC: $1,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthAMCHA Initiative: $8,000 · Civil RightsAMCHA Init…HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC: $5,025 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGH…ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAM…ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAM…EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $3,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUST…TREVOR PROJECT INC: $950 · Civil RightsHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $7,500 · InternationalHIMALAYAN…PATH: $5,900 · InternationalPATHFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $4,175 · InternationalFRIENDS O…REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,000 · InternationalREFUGEES …OXFAM-AMERICA INC: $2,600 · InternationalOXFAM-AME…HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $4,550 · Youth Development
Other$99,100Human Services$61,250Environment$31,900Health$28,500Civil Rights$25,475International$23,175Youth Development$4,550

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 budgetCLASSICAL TAHOE: $39,600 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $20,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTAHOE FUND: $19,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAMCHA Initiative: $8,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRURAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPATH: $5,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $5,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEDDY HOUSE: $5,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC: $5,025 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $4,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $4,175 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATUREBRIDGE: $3,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHomeless Health Care Los Angeles: $3,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Nevada College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTahoe Rim Trail Association: $1,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAMILTON FAMILIES: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAMILTON HOUSE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSave The Bay: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWATSI INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $1,375 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $1,275 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $1,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBay Area Jewish Healing Center: $1,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHOE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInformation Technology and Innovation Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD HARVEST CHARITIES AND FAMILY SERVICES: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $500 over 2y, 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 CLASSICAL TAHOE ↗
  • Who funds BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TAHOE FUND ↗
  • Who funds AMCHA Initiative ↗
  • Who funds HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds RURAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PATH ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds EDDY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATUREBRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds Homeless Health Care Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Sierra Nevada College ↗
  • Who funds OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA ↗
  • Who funds Tahoe Rim Trail Association ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ↗

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.

Tahoe Community Found…Offerdahl Family Foun…Jewish Community Fede…Morgan Stanley Global…Marin Community Found…The Ayco Charitable F…American Endowment Fo…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Tahoe Community FoundationNV17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tahoe Community Foundation · Offerdahl Family Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Marin Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Boston Lyric Opera Company: 3% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 83 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home