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Steven & Bede Levinson Foundation Inc

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.

$214k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$531kInternational$486kHuman Services$160kEducation$99kPhilanthropy$56kScience & Tech$50kHealth$15kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY$50,000
COLEL CHABAD$50,000
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$35,000
GREATER JEWISH MIAMI FEDERATION$25,000
CHABAD OF WEST BOCA RATON SYNAGOGUE INC$10,000
WORLDWIDE FRIENDS FOUNDATION$10,000
THE ROK FAMILY SHUL$6,000
PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION$5,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$5,000
ST ANDREWS SCHOOL$5,000
CHABAD OF DOWNTOWN CORAL GABLES$3,000
HEALTH INFORMATION PROJECT$2,500
JCC CHABAD OF DUBAI$1,800
INTERNATIONAL RETT SYNDROME FOUNDATION$250
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 (FY17–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AVDA (AID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE): $5k → 16%KENYA EDUCATION FUND: $500 → 17%HARRISON'S CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $100 → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
OH
CT
CA
TN
TX
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 18 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
22

Total granted

$1.2M
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+33%

Still filing today

56%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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
EducationHealthInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $467k · revenue +53%
  • PC
    PINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $11k · revenue +32%
  • HI
    HEALTH INFORMATION PROJECT INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $7k · revenue +363%

Funded once

  • TC
    TOMAHAWK CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +17%
  • FS
    FOUR SOLIDERS CTR IN MEMORY OF JCCH
    one grant, 2018 · $11k
  • TG
    THE GULIVER FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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.

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Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
2
University of Judaism Foundation
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3
Hand in Hand American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Isra

To promote partnership and coexistence among jewish and arab citizens of israel by providing support for integrated schools and providing funding for and assisting in program development in connection with israeli nonprofits with similar…

International
4
The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life Inc
Religion
5
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

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6
Shalom School

Shalom school's mission is to provide each child with an outstanding education in a nurturing environment that is academically excellent, inclusive, innovative, and inspired by jewish values and traditions.

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7
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
8
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
9
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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10
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
11
Better Future for Israel

To strengthen israel's future in these areas: 1)providing new immigrants with assistance in a few key areas: representing them as they navigate government ministries and assisting them with their challenges as new immigrants to israel.…

Philanthropy
12
Fuchs Mizrachi Schools

The mission of fuchs mizrachi school is to educate each child in the orthodox jewish religious zionist tradition, imbued with the love of g-d, torah, people and the land of israel.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Birthright Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Legion Alpha Inc. 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

24 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. 24 of the 47 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLEL CHABAD: $437,000 · OtherCOLEL CHABADJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF HARRISON INC: $132,714 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF HARRISON INCTEMPLE BETH AM DAY SCHOOL: $61,035 · OtherTEMPLE BETH AM DAY SCHOOLCHABAD OF DOWNTOWN CORAL GABLES INC: $40,200 · OtherTHE ROK FAMILY SHUL: $35,000 · Other+24 more: $88,030 · Other+24 moreFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $467,450 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCESAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $50,000 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTI…+2 more: $18,000 · InternationalGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $32,500 · PhilanthropyPINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $11,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationTHE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationKING SCHOOL INC: $1,500 · EducationHEALTH INFORMATION PROJECT INC: $7,160 · HealthPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER NY & CT INC: $2,085 · HealthInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $500 · HealthTOMAHAWK CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION INC: $11,720 · Public Safety & DisasterLEGION ALPHA INC: $2,500 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $2,840 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $2,620 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $180 · Arts & Culture
Other$793,979International$535,450Philanthropy$32,500Education$22,500Health$14,745Public Safety & Disaster$14,220Arts & Culture$5,640

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 budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $467,450 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOMAHAWK CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION INC: $11,720 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH INFORMATION PROJECT INC: $7,160 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $2,840 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $2,620 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEGION ALPHA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER NY & CT INC: $2,085 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARRISON PBA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetKING SCHOOL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKENYA EDUCATION FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES OF HOPE INC: $180 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARRISON CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $100 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 FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TOMAHAWK CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Worldwide Friends Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH INFORMATION PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AVDA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WINDWARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds LEGION ALPHA INC ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER NY & CT INC ↗
  • Who funds HARRISON PBA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KING SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE ↗
  • Who funds KENYA EDUCATION FUND ↗

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 Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY15.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Steven & Bede Levinson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steven & Bede Levinson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pine Crest Preparatory School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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.
05Through Plinth

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Find your warmest path to Steven & Bede Levinson Foundation Inc 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 47 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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