Washington · Public charity
LEV Foundation
LEV Foundation acts to serve the interests of students and families across the State of Washington to improve education access and quality. Particularly those who have been harmed by historical and systemic inequities.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $17,791
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $955,774
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations LEV Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $988k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $934k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.3M | 29% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $394k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Public Schools | $6,400,710 | 7 | n/a |
| League of Education Voters | $1,447,310 | 6 | 99% |
| Equity in Education Coalition | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Doors for Multicultural Families | $119,183 | 5 | 1% |
| The Arc - King County | $111,683 | 4 | 1% |
| Evergreen Childrens Association DBA Kids Co | $93,685 | 6 | 1% |
| Partnership for Learning | $85,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Solid Ground Washington | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tntp Inc | $70,468 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Public Schools | $6,400,710 | 7 | n/a |
| League of Education Voters | $1,447,310 | 6 | 99% |
| Equity in Education Coalition | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Doors for Multicultural Families | $119,183 | 5 | 1% |
| The Arc - King County | $111,683 | 4 | 1% |
| Evergreen Childrens Association DBA Kids Co | $93,685 | 6 | 1% |
| Partnership for Learning | $85,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Solid Ground Washington | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tntp Inc | $70,468 | 2 | 0% |
| Roots of Inclusion | $65,925 | 2 | n/a |
| Treehouse | $46,823 | 2 | 0% |
| Tilth Alliance | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| School's Out Washington | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Truss Leadership | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Black Dollar Days Task Force | $11,350 | 1 | 3% |
| Rural Alliance | $6,667 | 1 | n/a |
| Speak With Purpose | $5,671 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
LEV Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Stolte Family Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Inatai Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Gates Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About LEV Foundation
- How much does LEV Foundation give?
- LEV Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $1,001,526 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does LEV Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (81%), Public Benefit (8%), Civil Rights (8%).
- Who are LEV Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Seattle Public Schools ($6.4M), League of Education Voters ($1.4M), Equity in Education Coalition ($150k).
- Does LEV Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as LEV Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, United Way of King County, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
- Where is LEV Foundation based?
- LEV Foundation is based in WA.
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