Michigan · Private foundation
Norman & Marilyn Leven 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.
- $33k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $595k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Norman & Marilyn Leven Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 13 | $33k | 62% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $58k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $58k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $44k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $44k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $37k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $53k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $45k | 45% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Emanu-El | $48,663 | 7 | n/a |
| Hospice of Michigan Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Migrant Legal Aid Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Grand Valley State University | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $3,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Broadway Grand Rapids | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids | $1,060 | 2 | 1% |
| Aquinas College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $950 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Art Museum | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Emanu-El | $48,663 | 7 | n/a |
| Hospice of Michigan Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Migrant Legal Aid Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Grand Valley State University | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $3,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Broadway Grand Rapids | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids | $1,060 | 2 | 1% |
| Aquinas College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $950 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Art Museum | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Public Museum | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith Hospice | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Van Andel Institute | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Olivia's Gift Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $30 | 1 | 0% |
| Da Blodgett - St John's | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($313k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Norman & Marilyn Leven Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Frey Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Gillett Family Foundation · Wolverine World Wide Foundation · The Korff Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc
How this is measured
About Norman & Marilyn Leven Foundation
- How much does Norman & Marilyn Leven Foundation give?
- Norman & Marilyn Leven Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $33,082 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Norman & Marilyn Leven Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (38%), Philanthropy (22%), Education (14%).
- Who are Norman & Marilyn Leven Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Temple Emanu-El ($49k), Hospice of Michigan Inc ($20k), Migrant Legal Aid Inc ($9k).
- Does Norman & Marilyn Leven Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Norman & Marilyn Leven 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 Norman & Marilyn Leven Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, The Sebastian Foundation, The Meijer Foundation.
- Where is Norman & Marilyn Leven Foundation based?
- Norman & Marilyn Leven Foundation is based in MI.
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