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Levine Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Levine Family Charitable 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.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$43kArts & Culture$42kHuman Services$30kAnimals$16kScience & Tech$7kMembership Benefit$6kEducation$5kEnvironment$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$469k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Temple Ramat Zion$6,070
LAVC Foundation$2,550
Pacific Battleship Center$2,500
Seedhouse Project$2,150
Project Worthmore$1,650
California Academy of Sciences$1,500
Skirball Cultural Center$1,500
San Fernando Valley Refugee Childrens Center$1,500
EarthEcho International$1,000
Valey Beth Shalom$1,000
American Southwest Railway Association$1,000
California Science Center$1,000
The Guardianorg Foundation$1,000
International Council of Museums$500
Discovery Cube$425
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 (FY22–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Project Worthmore: $3k → 8%Project Worthmore: $2k → 8%Project Worthmore: $1k → 8%Seedhouse Project: $2k → 14%San Fernando Valley Refugee Childrens Center: $4k → 14%San Fernande Valley Refugee Childrens Center: $3k → 14%San Fernande Valley Refugee Childrens Center: $2k → 14%San Fernando Valley Refugee Childrens Center: $2k → 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.
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$129k · 14 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
25

Total granted

$129k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+3%

Still filing today

57%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsMembership BenefitEnvironmentYouth 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

  • GL
    GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +19%
  • PB
    PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +198%
  • O
    ONEGENERATION
    2× · 2021–2024 · $8k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • LA
    Los Angeles Fleetweek Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • MF
    My Friends Place
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +7%
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
Chico Children's Museum

None

Education
2
Discovery Science Center of Los Angeles

We inspire and educate young minds through engaging science-based programs and exhibits to create a meaningful impact on the communities we serve.

Arts & Culture
3
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
4
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
5
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
6
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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7
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
8
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
9
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
10
The California Museum for History Women and the Arts

The california museum - home of the california hall of fame - engages, educates and enlightens people about california's rich history, its diversity, and its unique influence on the world of ideas, innovation, art, and culture. through…

—
11
San Diego Museum of Man Dba Museum of Us

The san diego museum of man, dba museum of us, sits on the unceded ancestral homelands of the kumeyaay nation, in san diegos balboa park. the museum of us extends its respect and gratitude to the kumeyaay peoples who have lived here for…

Arts & Culture
12
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the Los Angeles River; the most unlike its peers is San Fernando Valley Refugee Children Center Inc. 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 48 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
15/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE RAMAT ZION: $41,029 · OtherTEMPLE RAMAT ZIONLAVC Foundation: $13,562 · OtherLAVC FoundationONEGENERATION: $7,500 · OtherONEGENERATIONAmerican Southwest Railway Association: $4,000 · OtherPhilippine Self-Help Fund: $3,750 · OtherAmerican Legion Post 43: $3,130 · Other+20 more: $14,912 · Other+20 morePACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER: $13,000 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC BATTLESHIP CEN…CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $6,075 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF …SHAREWELL: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSHAREWELLSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $1,500 · Arts & CultureTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $5,965 · Arts & Culture+8 moreSAN FERNANDO VALLEY REFUGEE CHILDREN CENTER INC: $9,500 · Human ServicesSAN FERNANDO …PROJECT WORTHMORE: $5,400 · Human ServicesPROJECT WORTH…Seed House Project: $2,150 · Human ServicesSeed House Pr…SAVING INNOCENCE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesSAVING INNOCE…GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $15,650 · AnimalsGREATER LOS…INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS INC: $2,500 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $100 · InternationalCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Membership Benefit
Other$87,883Arts & Culture$31,040Human Services$18,050Animals$15,650International$2,600Education$1,000Membership Benefit$1,000

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 budgetGREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $15,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER: $13,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FERNANDO VALLEY REFUGEE CHILDREN CENTER INC: $9,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetONEGENERATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $6,075 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT WORTHMORE: $5,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHAREWELL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeed House Project: $2,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLLYWOOD POST NO 43 THE AMERICAN LEGI: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUARDIANORG FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC ROYAL PALACES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLA PLAZA DE CULTURA Y ARTES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVING INNOCENCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDSPACE A PARTICIPATORY MUSEUM: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY: $425 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Prado Museum: $400 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $140 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $5 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.

California Community …The Ahmanson Foundati…The Ralph M Parsons F…The Annenberg Foundat…Sempra FoundationWeingart FoundationJewish Community Foun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Perlman Family Founda…Ccf Community Initiat…The J Paul Getty TrustLiberty Hill Foundati…
California Community FoundationCA21.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Perlman Family Foundation · Ccf Community Initiatives Fund · The J Paul Getty Trust · Liberty Hill Foundation

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 Levine Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Levine Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Levine Family Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Levine Family Charitable 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.

    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 48 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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