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Litvak Foundation at a glance

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Litvak Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$111k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$111k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$113kEducation$66kHealth$50kReligion$49kCommunity Improvement$25kCrime & Legal$21kArts & Culture$19kPublic Benefit$12kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$110,663
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF$110,663
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 (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $5k → 21%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.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$101k · 11 repeat orgs$272k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
36

Total granted

$101k
$161k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+31%

Still filing today

27%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
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

  • DB
    Detroit Bar Association Foundation
    3× · 2017–2021 · $19k · revenue +33%
  • AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN
    2× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +32%
  • HM
    HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • KC
    KARMANOS CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -87%
  • IA
    ISAAC AGREE DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
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
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
2
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
3
Detroit Jews for Justice

Djj advances racial and economic justice by developing metro detroit jews as community organizers who fight for transformative policy change in deep partnership with neighbors

Civil Rights
4
Detroit Experience Factory

Detroit Experience Factory is a leading resource for both visitors and locals to discover, experience and learn about the people, places and projects around the city of Detroit.

Community Improvement
5
United Jewish Foundation

The united jewish foundation of detroit owns, manages and invests jewish communal assets, including general and endowment funds, agency endowments, supporting foundations and real property. the foundation is committed to ensuring that…

Philanthropy
6
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation

Promotion of activities to spur economic growth and revitalization in the city of detroit

—
7
The Detroit Creativity Project

The detroit creativity project ("dcp") seeks to empower and inspire detroit's young people through improvisation, an art form that helps people build confidence and develop a creative and collaborative approach to their lives.

Unclassified
8
Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit

Inspire students to be active in jewish life.

Education
9
Detroit Regional Chamber

The chamber is the voice for business and works to power the economy for southeast michigan through public policy, advocacy and leading regional economic development and talent initiatives.

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10
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
11
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture
12
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Detroit; the most unlike its peers is Graceful Gears. 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

20 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. 20 of the 50 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF: $110,663 · OtherUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OFWILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE: $35,000 · OtherWILLIAM & MARY COLLEGEKARMANOS CANCER CENTER: $35,000 · OtherKARMANOS CANCER CENTERJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $25,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROITISAAC AGREE DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE: $25,000 · OtherISAAC AGREE DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUETEMPLE BETH EL: $11,716 · Other+29 more: $84,927 · Other+29 moreDetroit Bar Association Foundation: $18,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,100 · EducationDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $7,900 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureCABARET 313 INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $718 · Arts & CultureSKY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthAUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN: $2,000 · HealthMethodist Children's Home Society: $5,000 · Human ServicesGRACEFUL GEARS: $2,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $708 · PhilanthropyTHE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN: $500 · Public BenefitYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $360 · Religion
Other$327,306Education$20,600Arts & Culture$11,618Health$7,000Human Services$5,000Philanthropy$2,708Public Benefit$500Religion$360

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetDetroit Bar Association Foundation: $18,500 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $7,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMethodist Children's Home Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSKY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE HEAT AND WARMTH FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCABARET 313 INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $708 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE ARC OF OAKLAND COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDETROIT PUBLIC THEATRE: $218 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC: $200 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.

  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds Detroit Bar Association Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds Methodist Children's Home Society ↗
  • Who funds SKY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HEAT AND WARMTH FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACEFUL GEARS ↗
  • Who funds CABARET 313 INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

The Kresge FoundationCommunity Foundation …United Jewish Foundat…DTE Energy FoundationRochelle Rosenthal Fo…Alan Jay and Sue Kauf…The Andrea and Lawren…Edward C and Linda Dr…Max M & Marjorie S Fi…The Skillman Foundati…The Ralph C Wilson Jr…Charles Stewart Mott …
The Kresge FoundationMI25.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Kresge Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · United Jewish Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation · Alan Jay and Sue Kaufman Foundation · The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation · Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation · Max M & Marjorie S Fisher Foundation Inc · The Skillman Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott 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 Litvak Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Litvak 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
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How do I get to Litvak Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Litvak 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 50 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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