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Levatus Charitable Trust

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.

$132k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

International$149kEducation$117kHousing & Shelter$52kHealth$47kYouth Development$33kArts & Culture$28kPhilanthropy$18kHuman Services$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
$7,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAVE THE CHILDREN$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$15,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
FOUNDATION FOR THE ENHANCEMENT AND ENRICHMENT OF LIFE$7,500
GENERATION HOPE$7,500
BEST KIDS$7,500
LIFEPIECES TO MASTERPIECES$7,500
THE FISHING SCHOOL$7,500
COLLEGE BOUND$7,500
SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL$5,000
JAMHOUR ALUMNI US$5,000
PROJECT CREATE$5,000
SHOUT MOUSE PRESS$5,000
FREE THE SLAVES$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE FISHING SCHOOL: $13k → 14%THE FISHING SCHOOL: $10k → 14%THE FISHING SCHOOL: $8k → 14%THE FISHING SCHOOL: $8k → 14%SAMARITAN INNS: $10k → 14%AYUDA: $2k → 14%COMMUNITY FAMILY LIFE SERVICES: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $3k → 14%SAMARITAN MINISTRIES OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $10k → 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

NY
NJ
CT
VA
MD
DC
GA
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$384k · 17 repeat orgs$147k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
18

Total granted

$384k
$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+21%

Still filing today

71%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    3× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +14%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +1%
  • FT
    FREE THE SLAVES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $24k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • SH
    SIBLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • SM
    Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +6%
  • SI
    SAMARITAN INNS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +30%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Thrive Dc

Thrive dc works to prevent and end homelessness by providing vulnerable individuals with a comprehensive range of services to help stabilize their lives.

Food & Nutrition
3
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
4
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
5
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
6
International Women's Forum Inc

The mission of the international women's forum is to advance women's leadership worldwide. iwf takes direct action to achieve our mission in three important ways. connect: our convenings provide networking and cutting-edge content…

Education
7
Center for Global Development

Reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world's top decision makers. we focus on the intersection of developing countries and the governments, institutions…

Human Services
8
Wonders Early Learning Extended Day

To create and advance high quality, diverse educational communities that teach children the foundations of life-long learning and social responsibility.

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9
Firelight Foundation

Firelight supports catalytic community-based organizations in eastern and southern africa that work with their own communities to realize shared visions of sustainable change and true potential for children and youth.

International
10
Wayside House Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.

—
11
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

The neighborhood reinvestment corporation (d.b.a neighborworks america) is a congressionally chartered public non-profit corporation that creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives, and strengthen…

—
12
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Free the Slaves; the most unlike its peers is Life Pieces to Masterpieces. 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

28 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. 28 of the 36 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $55,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL: $24,000 · OtherSIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOLFOUNDATION FOR THE ENHANCEMENT AND ENRICHMENT OF LIFE: $20,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR THE ENHANCEMENT AND ENR…DC826: $18,000 · OtherDC826SIBLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherSIBLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONHOPE AND A HOME: $10,000 · OtherHOPE AND A HOMEMD ANDERSON ANNUAL FUND: $10,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON ANNUAL FUNDINNER CITY INNER CHILD: $8,000 · OtherCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $8,000 · OtherHOPE FOR HENRY FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Other+4 more: $11,000 · Other+4 moreSave The Children Federation Inc: $70,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation IncMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $30,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCFREE THE SLAVES: $24,000 · InternationalFREE THE SLAVESInternational Rescue Committee INC: $15,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee I…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $10,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND R…+1 more: $3,000 · InternationalThe Fishing School Inc: $38,000 · Human ServicesThe Fishing Sch…Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington: $10,000 · Human ServicesSamaritan Minis…SAMARITAN INNS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN INNS …COMMUNITY FAMILY LIFE SERVICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FAMIL…GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $3,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesGENERATION HOPE: $15,000 · EducationGENERATION …JAMHOUR ALUMNI US INCORPORATED: $15,000 · EducationJAMHOUR ALU…COLLEGE BOUND INC: $15,000 · EducationCOLLEGE BOU…A WIDER CIRCLE INC: $10,000 · EducationA WIDER CIR…LIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSHOUTMOUSEPRESSINC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBest Kids Inc: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT CREATE: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterDISTRICT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE HOUSING INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$181,000International$152,000Human Services$73,000Education$55,000Arts & Culture$25,000Youth Development$25,000Housing & Shelter$20,000

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 budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fishing School Inc: $38,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREE THE SLAVES: $24,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGENERATION HOPE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJAMHOUR ALUMNI US INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetLIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOLLEGE BOUND INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBest Kids Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHOUTMOUSEPRESSINC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSamaritan Ministry of Greater Washington: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSAMARITAN INNS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE AND A HOME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FAMILY LIFE SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISTRICT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE HOUSING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT CREATE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR HENRY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAYUDA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetN STREET VILLAGE INC: $2,000 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.

Greater Washington Co…The Morris and Gwendo…Philip L Graham Fund …United Way of the Nat…Corina Higginson Trus…William S Abell Found…Clark-Winchcole Found…Dimick Foundation Joh…Nora Roberts Foundati…John Edward Fowler Me…Venable Foundation IncNancy Peery Marriott …
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC28.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · United Way of the National Capital Area · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Nora Roberts Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Venable Foundation Inc · Nancy Peery Marriott 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Levatus Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Levatus Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 36 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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