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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
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02Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 84 grants below total $1,359,760, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,207,186 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,847,426 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized 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
Clarion Project$50,000
NCSY$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
American Friends of Leket Israel$10,000
02Its 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
University of Judaism Foundation
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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
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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Agudath Israel of America; 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.
03the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 84 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/40
Grantees still filing
26/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KOLLEL BAIS YECHIEL ESFORMES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNO SHAME ON U INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% 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 budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetSHALVA INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH GEN INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROWEST JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC ATTN F DAVID ROTHKOPF: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJ-LIFE OUTREACH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 budgetHONESTREPORTINGCOM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EMBER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FERTILITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBRON FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTORAH LEARNING CENTER OF NORTHBROOK: $180 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC: $180 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $180 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.

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 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

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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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 84 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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