Illinois · Public charity
Lever for Change
We connect donors with problem solvers to find and fund bold, effective solutions to accelerate social change.
- $706k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $666k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,754
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 19
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Lever for Change funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 32 | $666k | 97% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $125k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $135k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $170k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power for All | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Talent Beyond Boundaries Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Ignite | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| OneSky | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bard College | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Election Reformers Network Inc | $45,754 | 1 | n/a |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| CalCef Innovations | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Himalayan Cataract Project Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lever for Change supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 Rockefeller Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Lever for Change
- How much does Lever for Change give?
- Lever for Change reported 32 itemized grants totaling $665,754, out of $705,754 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Lever for Change fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (23%), International (19%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are Lever for Change's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Power for All ($75k), Talent Beyond Boundaries Inc ($70k), Ignite ($60k).
- Does Lever for Change fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lever for Change?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rockefeller Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Impactassetsinc.
- Where is Lever for Change based?
- Lever for Change is based in IL.
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