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The Bar-Levav Family 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.

$394k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2025
39
Organizations funded FY2024
8%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,200
Largest grant, FY2025
$63,500
Organizations funded a year
35 to 48
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$3.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Bar-Levav Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalReligionCivil RightsHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving45$298k36%
FY202439$311k8%
FY202344$300k7%
FY202248$364k19%
FY202141$302k17%
FY202038$226k11%
FY201941$202k29%
FY201835$183k26%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$622kPhilanthropy$590kEducation$314kCivil Rights$235kInternational$173kHealth$138kMembership Benefit$75kPublic Benefit$58kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
MD
TN
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of The Bar-Levav Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kol Shalom$203,4609n/a
Anti-Defamation League$86,00050%
American Jewish Committee$85,00040%
Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel$78,0009n/a
Chebra Agudas Achim Chesed Shel Emeth Hebrew Free Burial Associationinc$75,30090%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$63,50010%
American Friends of Darchei Avot$63,20095%
The Den Collective Inc$48,00082%
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network$46,90090%
Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco$45,80080%
Compassion & Choices$45,70090%
University of Michigan$29,50072%
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue$25,5005n/a
Hazon Inc$22,50060%
Hillel Day School of Metro Detroit$17,96090%
Zionist Organization of America$17,94070%
Adama Foundation$15,50027%
Congregation B'Nai B'Rith Hillel$14,55080%
Pitchon Lev Inc$13,50022%
Cantor's Assembly$12,50012%
Hebrew Free Loan Association of DC$11,80011%
American Friends of Natal Inc$10,0001n/a
Save Venice Inc$7,00020%
Friends of Duvdevan$6,64040%
Hampshire College Trustees$6,00090%
Mission Minyan$5,0002n/a
Great Octave Foundation$5,0008n/a
Yad Ezra$4,82060%
Rohr Chabad House at Vanderbilt University$4,6003n/a
Congregation Beth Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit$4,5001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$3,60010%
Birthright Israel Foundation$3,60010%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$3,60010%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$3,20080%
Charity Navigator$2,70080%
Charles E Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington Inc$2,50010%
Regents of the University of Michigan$2,5001n/a
Sheridan School$2,25090%
American Friends of Ogen Inc$2,0001n/a
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$2,00010%
The George Washington University$2,00020%
Maret School Inc$2,00080%
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries$1,95070%
Jewish Resource Center$1,8001n/a
Israel Emergency Alliance$1,80010%
Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit$1,8001n/a
Jewish Book Council Inc$1,50030%
The Lawfare Project Inc$1,50030%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$1,25030%
Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit$1,00010%
American Physicians Fellowship Inc for Medicine in Israel$1,0001n/a
The Institute for Individual and Group Psychotherapy$75012%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$50010%
Ort America Inc$50010%
Wall Street Synagogue Inc$5001n/a
Hospice of Michigan Inc$50010%
The Detroit Institute of Arts$30010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$2501n/a
Vista Maria$22510%
Chabad of Poway$1801n/a
Fresh Air Society$10010%
B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bar-Levav Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAnti-Defamation League: $86,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChebra Agudas Achim Chesed Shel Emeth Hebrew Free Burial Associationinc: $75,300 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $63,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Darchei Avot: $63,200 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetThe Den Collective Inc: $48,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetJewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network: $46,900 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetHebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco: $45,800 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $45,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $29,500 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetHazon Inc: $22,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHillel Day School of Metro Detroit: $17,960 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetZionist Organization of America: $17,940 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAdama Foundation: $15,500 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetCongregation B'Nai B'Rith Hillel: $14,550 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPitchon Lev Inc: $13,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCantor's Assembly: $12,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHebrew Free Loan Association of DC: $11,800 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSave Venice Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Duvdevan: $6,640 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHampshire College Trustees: $6,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYad Ezra: $4,820 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: $3,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $2,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCharles E Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSheridan School: $2,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe George Washington University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaret School Inc: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $1,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Book Council Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lawfare Project Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute for Individual and Group Psychotherapy: $750 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrt America Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Detroit Institute of Arts: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVista Maria: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Society: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetB'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

William Davidson FoundationMI22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: William Davidson Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · The Irving and Ethel Palman Foundation · The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation · Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Sigmund and Sophie Rohlik Foundation · Hermelin Family Support Foundation · Shari & Alon Friendship Foundation Inc · Jonathan and Beth Lowe Family Foundation · Schostak Family Support Foundation

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.

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How do I get to The Bar-Levav Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Bar-Levav Family Foundation 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.

About The Bar-Levav Family Foundation

How much does The Bar-Levav Family Foundation give?
The Bar-Levav Family Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $394,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Bar-Levav Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (24%), Philanthropy (23%), Education (12%).
Who are The Bar-Levav Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kol Shalom ($203k), Anti-Defamation League ($86k), American Jewish Committee ($85k).
Does The Bar-Levav Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Bar-Levav Family 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 The Bar-Levav Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include William Davidson Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, Fjc.
Where is The Bar-Levav Family Foundation based?
The Bar-Levav Family Foundation is based in MI.

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 105 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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