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Phyllis and Robert E Levinson Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$500
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2025.

Philanthropy$51kFood & Nutrition$1kHealth$1kEducation$950Arts & Culture$450Youth Development$200International$100Other$5k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$250
Median grant
4
States reached
$16k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Florida Association of Teachers of$500
Lynn University$250
United Way of Greater Los Angeles$250
South Florida PBS$250
WLRN$250
Cincinnati Public Radio$200
American Cancer Society$100
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%United Way of Greater Los Angeles: $250 → 14%Hawaii Community Foundation: $100 → 9%Arthur Meyer Jewish Academy: $200 → 16%Unicef: $100 → 17%American Heart Assn: $100 → 14%United Way of Palm Beach County: $10k → 11%Give Kids the World: $100 → 13%Florida Association of Teachers of: $500 → 13%WLRN: $100 → 15%University of Florida: $200 → 19%Gary Sinise Foundation: $50 → 14%American Cancer Society: $50 → 13%Jewish Federation of Indianapolis: $100 → 16%Cedar Village: $300 → 6%Wyoming School Foundation: $250 → 16%Macular Degeneration Research: $250 → 8%American Jewish Committee dba AJC: $100 → 17%The Scripps Research Institute: $250 → 11%WLRN: $250 → 15%Valley Temple: $100 → 16%United Way of Palm Beach County: $250 → 11%WLRN: $100 → 15%Cincinnati Public Radio: $200 → 16%Boca Raton Regional Hospital Founda: $250 → 11%WLRN: $100 → 15%Hearing Speech & Deaf: $200 → 16%Trustbridge Hospice Foundation: $100 → 11%Palm Beach County Food Bank: $250 → 11%Palm Beach County Food Bank: $200 → 11%Palm Beach County Food Bank: $500 → 11%Palm Beach County Food Bank: $100 → 11%Palm Beach County Food Bank: $25 → 11%Arthur Meyer Jewish Academy: $100 → 11%Lynn University: $250 → 11%Lynn University: $250 → 11%Lynn University: $250 → 11%United Way of Palm Beach County: $10k → 11%United Way of Palm Beach County: $10k → 11%United Way of Palm Beach County: $10k → 11%United Way of Palm Beach County: $10k → 11%Health Mothers Healthy Babies: $200 → 11%South Florida PBS: $250 → 11%Boca Raton Regional Hospital Founda: $1k → 11%Macular Degeneration Association: $100 → 11%George Snow Scholarship Fund: $100 → 11%Macular Degeneration Association: $100 → 11%Boca Helping Hands: $100 → 11%Adopt a Family of the Palm Beaches: $250 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
IN
OH
CA
MD
TN
HI
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$56k · 8 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
21

Total granted

$56k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+18%

Still filing today

63%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PB
    Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc
    5× · 2019–2024 · $1k · revenue +198%
  • LU
    LYNN UNIVERSITY INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $750 · revenue +9%
  • MD
    Macular Degeneration Association
    2× · 2022–2023 · $200 · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • FF
    Foundation for Cincinnati Jewish Seniors formerly Jewish Home of Cincinnati Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $300 · revenue -93%
  • MD
    Macular Degeneration Research
    one grant, 2024 · $250
  • TS
    THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $250 · revenue +69%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
University of Miami
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3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
5
University of Hawaii Foundation

To unite donors' passions with the university of hawai'i's (uh) aspirations by raising philanthropic support and managing investments to benefit uh, the people of hawai'i and our future generations.

Education
6
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
7
Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.

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8
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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9
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc

To enhance the quality of life for all residents now and for future generations; to build permanent endowments, to provide community leadership on relevant issues, and to address needs through grantmaking. as part of our strategic plan,…

Philanthropy
10
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
11
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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12
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Palm Beach County Inc and the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Cincinnati Jewish Seniors formerly Jewish Home of Cincinnati Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number27%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr15%24%20–35yr9%24%35–55yr12%38%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value27%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr15%1%20–35yr9%3%35–55yr12%93%55yr+

The field is 27% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/23
the rest of the field
17%
17,089/103,021

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

United Way of Palm Beach County Inc — $50,250 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc+3 more — $400 · PhilanthropyBoca Raton Regional Hospital Founda — $1,250 · OtherBoca Raton…Aid to Victims of Domestic Assault — $1,200 · OtherAid to Vic…WLRN — $550 · OtherWLRNFlorida Association of Teachers of — $500 · OtherFlorida As…Macular Degeneration Research — $250 · OtherWYOMING SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $250 · OtherAdopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc — $250 · OtherHealth Mothers Healthy Babies — $200 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $200 · OtherArthur Meyer Jewish Academy — $200 · Other+6 more — $600 · Other+6 morePalm Beach County Food Bank Inc — $1,075 · Food & NutritionBOCA HELPING HANDS INC — $100 · Food & NutritionFoundation for Cincinnati Jewish Seniors formerly Jewish Home of Cincinnati Inc — $300 · HealthTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $250 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $250 · HealthMacular Degeneration Association — $200 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $100 · HealthLYNN UNIVERSITY INC — $750 · EducationARTHUR I MEYER JEWISH ACADEMY INC — $100 · EducationUniversity of Miami — $100 · EducationSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC — $250 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Public Radio Inc — $200 · Arts & CultureCITRUS COUNTY 4-H ASSOCIATION INC — $200 · Youth DevelopmentUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $100 · International
Philanthropy$50,650Other$5,450Food & Nutrition$1,175Health$1,100Education$950Arts & Culture$450Youth Development$200International$100

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc — $50,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc — $1,075 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLYNN UNIVERSITY INC — $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Cincinnati Jewish Seniors formerly Jewish Home of Cincinnati Inc — $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWYOMING SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITRUS COUNTY 4-H ASSOCIATION INC — $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMacular Degeneration Association — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Public Radio Inc — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE SNOW SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTHUR I MEYER JEWISH ACADEMY INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Phyllis and Robert E Levinson Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc — 15% of income from government
  • University of Miami — 5% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Lynn University Inc — 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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