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Leveler 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.

$183k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
30
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$8,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$2.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Leveler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthCivil RightsEducationEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving23$183k30%
FY202430$180k33%
FY202326$143k27%
FY202229$164k31%
FY202126$183k35%
FY202024$130k54%
FY201927$144k37%
FY201827$125kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Environment$208kHuman Services$197kHousing & Shelter$114kHealth$113kInternational$100kCivil Rights$90kFood & Nutrition$84kEducation$76kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
WI
NY
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
OK
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 63 grantees
All grantees of Leveler Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
AsylumWorks$85,00082%
Casa San Jose$52,00061%
Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona$51,00061%
Center on Race Poverty & the Environment$51,00070%
Viva Pima$46,00071%
Sister Jose Women's Center$45,00061%
The Cornucopia Institute Inc$44,00081%
Asian Pacific Environmental Network$43,00060%
Communities for a Better Environment$42,00060%
NorCal Resist$38,00051%
Solutions in Hometown Connections$36,00042%
Opera Nova$33,000857%
Planting Justice$32,00050%
Neighborhood Resilience Project$31,00041%
Educator Collective For Envionmental Justice Inc$30,000424%
Therapeutic Riding of Tucson Inc$27,00061%
University of Arizona Foundation$25,00020%
Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists$22,0005n/a
Earth Island Institute Inc$20,00030%
Ceasefire Pennsylvania$20,00033%
Tucson Interfaith HIVAIDS Network$19,00031%
Inquiring Systems Inc$16,00020%
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Pittsburgh$16,00030%
Operation Better Block Inc$14,00020%
Youth on Their Own$10,00030%
Keeping Teachers Teaching Inc$9,000213%
4montgomerys Kids Inc$9,00025%
Close Up Foundation$8,50020%
INclusive Academy$8,0001n/a
Upward for Children and Families$8,0002n/a
The Haven$8,00020%
Highland Support Project$8,00011%
Alia Musica Pittsburgh$7,5002n/a
Arts for All Inc$7,00040%
Sagrado Wellness$7,00025%
Minds Incorporated$7,00015%
VASA Educational Services$6,50015%
Enlightening Minds Inc$6,0001n/a
Bloomfield Development Corporation$6,0001n/a
Touching Heart$5,00014%
Treasures 4 Educators Inc Dba Treasures 4 Teachers of Tucson$5,00023%
Colibri Center for Human Rights$5,00012%
Community Bridges Inc$5,00010%
Umar Boxing Program Inc$5,00015%
The Green Scheme$5,00012%
Earth Force Inc$5,00011%
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$4,00010%
Soroptimist International of Phoenix Inc$4,0001n/a
Epidaurus Dba Amity Foundation$4,00010%
Northland Hospice$4,00010%
Hope and Healing Incorporated$3,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona Incorporated$3,00010%
The Jewish History Museum$3,00011%
Yarnell Regional Community Center$3,00011%
A Chance in Lifeinc$3,00010%
Victims of Milwaukee Violence Burial Fund Inc$2,5002n/a
Assemble Inc$2,50010%
Sound Learning$2,00011%
Valleylife$2,00010%
Sustainable Tucson Inc$2,0001n/a
Center for Family Excellence Inc$2,00010%
Sahuarita Unified School District Educational Enrichment Foundation$1,20011%
Explore Buffalo Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($216k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Leveler Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAsylumWorks: $85,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetCasa San Jose: $52,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCommunity Home Repair Projects of Arizona: $51,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCenter on Race Poverty & the Environment: $51,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetViva Pima: $46,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetSister Jose Women's Center: $45,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetThe Cornucopia Institute Inc: $44,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetAsian Pacific Environmental Network: $43,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCommunities for a Better Environment: $42,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNorCal Resist: $38,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSolutions in Hometown Connections: $36,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetOpera Nova: $33,000 over 8y, 57% of budgetPlanting Justice: $32,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNeighborhood Resilience Project: $31,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetEducator Collective For Envionmental Justice Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetTherapeutic Riding of Tucson Inc: $27,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCeasefire Pennsylvania: $20,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetTucson Interfaith HIVAIDS Network: $19,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetInquiring Systems Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family and Children's Service of Pittsburgh: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Better Block Inc: $14,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYouth on Their Own: $10,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKeeping Teachers Teaching Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 13% of budget4montgomerys Kids Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetClose Up Foundation: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Haven: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHighland Support Project: $8,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetArts for All Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSagrado Wellness: $7,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetMinds Incorporated: $7,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetVASA Educational Services: $6,500 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetTouching Heart: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTreasures 4 Educators Inc Dba Treasures 4 Teachers of Tucson: $5,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetColibri Center for Human Rights: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCommunity Bridges Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUmar Boxing Program Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetThe Green Scheme: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEarth Force Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDuquesne University of the Holy Spirit: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEpidaurus Dba Amity Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthland Hospice: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona Incorporated: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Jewish History Museum: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYarnell Regional Community Center: $3,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetA Chance in Lifeinc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAssemble Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

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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.

Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ26.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Diamond Foundation · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Opportunity Foundation · Poise Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations

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.

Compare Leveler Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Leveler Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Leveler Foundation 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.

About Leveler Foundation

How much does Leveler Foundation give?
Leveler Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $183,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Leveler Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (17%), Human Services (16%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
Who are Leveler Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: AsylumWorks ($85k), Casa San Jose ($52k), Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona ($51k).
Does Leveler Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Leveler Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Leveler Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, Connie Hillman Family Foundation, Arizona Community Foundation.
Where is Leveler Foundation based?
Leveler Foundation is based in NY.

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 92 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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