New York · Private foundation
Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation
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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 54
- Grants FY2024
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $262,240
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 55
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $690k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 53 | $1.9M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $3.8M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $1.5M | 34% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $2.9M | 28% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $1.7M | 26% |
| FY2019 | 47 | $3.6M | 38% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $1.6M | 29% |
| FY2017 | 42 | $2.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Leffell School | $4,372,644 | 6 | n/a |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $2,695,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $2,585,020 | 8 | 1% |
| Jewish Institute for National Security of America | $747,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Center for Israel Education Inc | $548,000 | 7 | 15% |
| Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc | $535,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Reut USA | $425,087 | 7 | 5% |
| Mechon Hadar | $225,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Zioness Movement Inc | $175,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $150,000 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 90 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation 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: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Fjc · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation · Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trus · Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth Leisrael) Inc · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
How this is measured
About Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation
- How much does Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation give?
- Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $1,893,483 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (32%), Education (26%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Leffell School ($4.4M), United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($2.7M), American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($2.6M).
- Does Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lisa & Michael Leffell 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 Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc.
- Where is Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation based?
- Lisa & Michael Leffell Foundation is based in NY.
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