· Private foundation
Linda Levenson 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, FY2023 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $41k
Anchored by a single position: about 95% of reported assets are held in Investments Apple.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES | $25,400 |
| SANTA MARIA URBAN MINISTRY ADDRESS | $15,250 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE | $5,000 |
| THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL | $5,000 |
| KQED | $5,000 |
| TEMPLE BETH SHALOM | $5,000 |
| PENINSULA FOOD | $4,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $2,000 |
| TEMPLE EMMANUEL | $1,950 |
| MIDDLE EASTERN ENTREPENEUR AND TECH (MEET INTERNATIONAL INC) | $1,500 |
| ONE STEP CLOSER | $1,200 |
| SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY | $1,000 |
| MILAAN FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTER | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 11 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, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JFJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES3× · 2023–2025 · $51k
- SMSANTA MARIA URBAN MINISTRY ADDRESS2× · 2024–2025 · $25k
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE FOUNDATION2× · 2024–2025 · $11k · revenue 0%
Funded once
- FOFRIENDS OF JEWISH RENEWAL IN POLANDone grant, 2024 · $7k · revenue 0%
- SPShadhika Projectone grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue -82%
- NNNAMI Nationalgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +181%
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.
The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.
The federation leads a strong jewish puget sound by serving as a community voice, strengthening connections to israel and world jewry, and making investments in jewish life, for today and the next generation.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…
The hunger project is working to create a world without hunger through women-centered, holistic development strategies that address the root causes of hunger and poverty. in 2025, it reached nearly 12.7 million people in over 10,000…
To assure the building and strengthening of the jewish community locally, nationally, overseas and in israel, in accordance with jewish values.
Jewish summer camp is the enduring and irreplaceable connection and community that strengthens jewish identity, develops jewish leadership, and ensures a jewish future. (continued on schedule o)
Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
The new israel fund (nif) helps israel live up to its founders' vision of a society that ensures complete equality to all its inhabitants. our aim is to advance liberal democracy, including freedom of speech and minority rights, and to…
The jewish federation of greater atlanta cares for, connects and strengthens our jewish community throughout greater atlanta, israel and the world.
The jewish federation of greater philadelphia mobilizes financial and volunteer resources to create a bright future for jewish people everywhere. the jewish federation cares for those in need, combats antisemitism and global crises, and…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 25 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
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 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF JEWISH RENEWAL IN POLAND ↗
- Who funds Shadhika Project ↗
- Who funds KQED INC ↗
- Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds NAMI National ↗
- Who funds Community Water Center ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
- Who funds Milaan Foundation ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds LOS GATOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Linda Levenson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Linda Levenson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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