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Lev Zahav NFP

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.2M
Granted FY2022
84
Grants FY2022
12
States reached
$555k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your fieldRead
03Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0185% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Human Services$619kReligion$289kHealth$266kCivil Rights$51kEducation$43kPhilanthropy$14kMembership Benefit$13kFood & Nutrition$11kOther$0
02FY2022 · 84 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 84 grants below total $1,359,760 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $4,207,186 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $2,847,426 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k67 grants · $101k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $203k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $251k
  • $250k+2 grants · $805k
$1,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Chicago Chesed Fund$555,250
Midwest Refuah Health Center$250,000
Heritage Russian Jewish Congregation$100,000
Chicago Mitzvah Campaign$50,850
NCSY$50,000
Clarion Project$50,000
American Friends Of Yeshivas Bircas Hatorah$30,000
Bais Yaakov High School of Chicago$28,800
Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago$26,000
JET$25,000
Project 613$25,000
Chazkeinu$15,000
Fundacja Pamiec Poland Cemetery Fund$13,300
American Friends of Lemaan Achai$10,000
Shearis Israel Pesach Fund$10,000
02Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Judaism Foundation
—
2
American Friends of Oseh Chayil

To further jewish education in israel

Religion
3
American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel Inc

To support religious, charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational programs

Education
4
Friends of Yeshiva Beer Abraham

Furtherance of jewish education

Religion
5
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
6
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
—
7
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
8
American Friends of Torah and Tefilah Ramat Eshkol Inc

To promote and support jewish religious charitable and educational activities in israel & usa.

Religion
9
American Friends of Neveh Zion

To voluntarily assist the house of religious learning known as yeshiva neveh zion in israel

Religion
10
American Friends of Daas Aharon Inc

To promote, assist, and sponsor the spreading of Jewish religious education in Israel. The organization will also organize inspirational gatherings in the USA to enhance the participants' Torah knowledge.

Education
11
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
12
Jewish Family Foundation

To provide educational and social programs in the spirit of torah and g-d consciousness, as well as promote jewish affiliation and social responsibility.

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Agudath Israel of America and the most unlike its peers is Bitton Family Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 24 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%7%<5yr13%11%5–10yr18%30%10–20yr15%13%20–35yr14%26%35–55yr22%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%25%<5yr13%3%5–10yr18%8%10–20yr15%9%20–35yr14%51%35–55yr22%4%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 25% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/48
the rest of the field
12%
8,891/72,311

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 84 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/40
Grantees still filing
27/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHICAGO CHESED FUND — $555,250 · Human ServicesCHICAGO CHESED FUND+3 more — $9,100 · Human ServicesHeritage Russian Jewish Congregation — $100,000 · OtherHeritage Russian Jewish …NCSY — $50,000 · OtherNCSYASSOCIATED TALMUD TORAHS OF CHICAGO — $26,000 · OtherASSOCIATED TALMUD TORAHS…JET — $25,000 · OtherJETFundacja Pamiec Poland Cemetery Fund — $13,300 · OtherAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA — $10,000 · OtherShearis Israel Pesach Fund — $10,000 · Other+45 more — $63,180 · Other+45 moreMIDWEST REFUAH HEALTH CENTER — $250,000 · HealthMIDWEST REFUAH HEALTH …CHAZKEINU — $15,000 · HealthCHAZKEINU+1 more — $500 · HealthCHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN — $50,850 · ReligionCHICAGO M…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS BIRCAS HATORAH INC — $30,000 · ReligionAMERICAN …Bais Yaakov High School of Chicago — $28,800 · ReligionBais Yaak…+6 more — $6,820 · Religion+6 moreCLARION PROJECT INC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC — $3,600 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $1,040 · Arts & CulturePROJECT 613 NFP — $25,000 · EducationNO SHAME ON U INC — $5,000 · EducationPENIMI INC — $3,600 · EducationKEHILLAH JEWISH EDUCATION FUND — $2,500 · Education+2 more — $1,250 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEMA'AN ACHAI — $10,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyBITTON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $970 · Philanthropy
Human Services$564,350Other$297,480Health$265,500Religion$116,470Arts & Culture$54,640Education$37,350Philanthropy$23,970

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHICAGO CHESED FUND — $555,250 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetMIDWEST REFUAH HEALTH CENTER — $250,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetCHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN — $50,850 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCLARION PROJECT INC — $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS BIRCAS HATORAH INC — $30,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBais Yaakov High School of Chicago — $28,800 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPROJECT 613 NFP — $25,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCHAZKEINU — $15,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEMA'AN ACHAI — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIBENU — $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNO SHAME ON U INC — $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KOLLEL BAIS YECHIEL ESFORMES — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC — $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENIMI INC — $3,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Darche Noam Inc - David Shapell College of Jewish Studies — $3,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBITTON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKEHILLAH JEWISH EDUCATION FUND — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESHER YEHUDI — $1,800 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH GEN INC — $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHALVA INC — $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $1,360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJ-LIFE OUTREACH INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMETROWEST JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC ATTN F DAVID ROTHKOPF — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC — $720 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO — $720 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EMBER FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FERTILITY FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHONESTREPORTINGCOM INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC — $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOLLEL OF GREATER BOSTON INC — $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAOT CHITIM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC — $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBRON FUND INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC — $180 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC — $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTORAH LEARNING CENTER OF NORTHBROOK — $180 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Federation of …Aj & Sl Stern Family …Jewish Communal FundTodd a and Raphaela S…The Novick Family Fou…Elliott and Ronni Cha…Maury and Nancy Ferti…Bitton Family Foundat…Walder FoundationSidney and Lisa Glenn…Dennis and Joyce Rube…Menachem & Ahuva Shab…
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL38.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation · The Novick Family Foundation · Elliott and Ronni Charitable Fdn · Maury and Nancy Fertig Family Foundation · Bitton Family Foundation Inc · Walder Foundation · Sidney and Lisa Glenner Foundation · Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation · Menachem & Ahuva Shabat Family Foundation INC

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Lev Zahav NFP?

Find your warmest path to Lev Zahav NFP 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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 84 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $2.9M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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