· Private foundation
Leva Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k130 grants · $248k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $195k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO | $60,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF METRO CHICAGO - CHICAGO FUND FOR SAFE & PEACEFUL COMMUNITIES | $25,000 |
| METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES - COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR PEACE | $25,000 |
| PARTNERS IN HEALTH | $20,000 |
| HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK | $20,000 |
| GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY | $20,000 |
| NORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AID CLINIC - SPONSOR SPRING EVENT | $20,000 |
| ERIE FAMILY HEALTH FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO | $10,000 |
| SUNSHINE ENTERPRISES NEXT LEVEL EXCHANGE | $10,000 |
| JEWISH NATIONAL FUND | $10,000 |
| BERNIE'S BOOK BANK | $8,500 |
| RISE AGAINST HUNGER | $8,035 |
| MERCY HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS - LUX SPONSOR | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $104k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
95 repeat relationships: 56 still active in FY2025, 39 since wound down; 57 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $240k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO3× · 2020–2023 · $112k · revenue +13%
PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION5× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +33%- NINORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK6× · 2020–2025 · $53k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- MIMEDLINE INDUSTRIES INCone grant, 2020 · $138k
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUNDone grant, 2024 · $50k
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUNDone grant, 2021 · $36k
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.
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.
A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.
Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…
Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.
The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…
The Network is a group of 40+ member organizations dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted by gender-based violence through education, public policy and advocacy, and connecting community members with direct service providers.…
The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.
Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…
At legal aid chicago, we work together to provide high quality civil legal aid to people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups.through advocacy, education, collaboration, and litigation we empower individuals, protect fundamental…
One for one chicago provides paid work-based learning, mentorship, and career readiness support for young people ages 1524 in chicago communities with high rates of unemployment and limited access to early work experience.
Thrive chicago's mission is to prepare chicago's youth for a vibrant future by aligning efforts and outcomes from cradle to career.
How this is measured
105 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. 105 of the 356 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds Highland Park Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds Spark Ventures ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AID CLINIC ↗
- Who funds CANCER WELLNESS CENTER ↗
- Who funds FACING FORWARD TO END HOMELESSNESS ↗
- Who funds Erie Family Health Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds THE LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Institute for Nonviolence Chicago ↗
- Who funds EVANSTON SCHOLARS ↗
- Who funds Mothers Trust Foundation ↗
- Who funds Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation ↗
- Who funds Gratitude Generation Inc ↗
- Who funds STRIDES FOR PEACE INC ↗
- Who funds BERNIE'S BOOK BANK ↗
- Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
- Who funds The Roberti Community House ↗
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: The Chicago Community Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Highland Park Community Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · First Bank Chicago Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Leva Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leva Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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