Illinois · Private foundation
Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy 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.
- $760k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 15 | $708k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $540k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $496k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $490k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $459k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $370k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $70 | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Rescue Committee INC | $242,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $195,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $185,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $127,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish Council on Urban Affairs | $120,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Night Ministry | $116,000 | 6 | 0% |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Deborah's Place | $95,000 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Rescue Committee INC | $242,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $195,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $185,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $127,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish Council on Urban Affairs | $120,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Night Ministry | $116,000 | 6 | 0% |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Deborah's Place | $95,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Openlands | $61,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Focus Legacy | $10,070 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy 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: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation
- How much does Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation give?
- Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $760,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Environment (16%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: International Rescue Committee INC ($243k), Greater Chicago Food Depository ($195k), Feeding America ($185k).
- Does Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy 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 Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk Bros Foundation Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial.
- Where is Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation based?
- Sheldon L and Pearl R Leibowitz- Lew Leibowitz Legacy Foundation is based in IL.
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