· Private foundation
Saul D Levy 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, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k11 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UCLA OPERATIONN MENDUCLA FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| FONTENELLE FOREST | $10,000 |
| JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC | $4,000 |
| US EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| GREENPEACE INC | $3,000 |
| NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION | $3,000 |
| CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST | $3,000 |
| NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION | $3,000 |
| ST JOHNS HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| BORN FREE USA | $1,000 |
| CLIMATE CENTRAL INC | $1,000 |
| PHS COMMISSIONED OFFICERS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| HUMAN SOCIETY OF THE US | $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 (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 70% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (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 FY2019, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY2× · 2017–2019 · $20k · revenue +64%- NWNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION2× · 2017–2019 · $9k · revenue +72%
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC2× · 2017–2019 · $8k · revenue +62%
Funded once
GREENPEACE FUND INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +31%- CFCDC FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue -45%
- PFPARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT FELLOWSone grant, 2018 · $1k
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.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)
The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.
Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.
The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.
Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 16 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 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FONTENELLE FOREST ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds GREENPEACE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds GREENPEACE INC ↗
- Who funds Born Free USA united with API ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ↗
- Who funds SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the ↗
- Who funds CLIMATE CENTRAL INC ↗
- Who funds CDC FOUNDATION ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Saul D Levy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Saul D Levy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
How this is measured
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