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The Lebovitz Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
8
Grants FY2024
3
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$107,976
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,103,978
Organizations funded a year
3 to 51
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Lebovitz Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $182k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureCivil RightsHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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
FY2024still arriving7$4.6M43%
FY20233$364k33%
FY202219$357k21%
FY202132$283k22%
FY202033$263k33%
FY201917$322k29%
FY201851$194k37%
FY201746$287kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$5.3MEducation$620kArts & Culture$148kEnvironment$147kCivil Rights$113kHealth$98kInternational$83kAnimals$75kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
WA
MN
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
KY
MD
AZ
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of The Lebovitz Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated$160,06240%
Wheaton College$150,00050%
Loon Echo Land Trust Inc$108,47634%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$70,50040%
Music of Remembrance$60,00064%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$60,00050%
Steppingstone Scholars Inc$52,00041%
Wellesley College$40,00030%
The Baldwin School$35,00050%
National Council of Jewish Women Minnesota (Mn) Section$30,00034%
Clowns Without Borders Inc$25,00019%
Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County Inc$24,12540%
Stay-Focused Inc$15,94544%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$14,50040%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$10,00010%
Norwalk Hospital Foundation$10,00010%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$10,00010%
Sarasota Opera Association Inc$10,00010%
Jewish Community Action$10,00011%
The Barnes Foundation$10,00020%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$10,00010%
Anti-Defamation League$5,00010%
The Children's School$5,00010%
Child Rescue Incorporated$5,00012%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$4,50050%
Bridgton High School Scholarship Foundation$4,0003n/a
The Franklin Institute$3,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,25030%
Vail Veterans Foundation Inc$2,00030%
Bridgton Public Library$2,0002n/a
Black and Brown Founders Inc$1,50010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$1,50010%
Fairvote$1,00010%
Hope for Depression Research Foundation$1,00010%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$1,00010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$1,00010%
Williams College$1,00010%
Teach for America Inc$1,00010%
Filling in the Blanks Inc$1,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$50010%
Americares Foundation Inc$50020%
Trinity College$25010%
Future 5 Inc$25010%
New Canaan EMS Inc$25010%
Getabout Inc$2002n/a
Waveny Lifecare Network Inc$2002n/a
New Canaan Nature Center Association Inc$20020%
Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine$10010%
Friends of Mountain Rescue Inc$10010%
Fairfield County Hospice House Inc D/B/A Fairfield County House$10010%
The New Canaan Historical Society Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lebovitz Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChoate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: $160,062 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWheaton College: $150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLoon Echo Land Trust Inc: $108,476 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $70,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMusic of Remembrance: $60,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSteppingstone Scholars Inc: $52,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetWellesley College: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Baldwin School: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women Minnesota (Mn) Section: $30,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetClowns Without Borders Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetVisiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County Inc: $24,125 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetStay-Focused Inc: $15,945 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetConnecticut Foodshare Inc: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorwalk Hospital Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Agency for Israel - North American Council: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSarasota Opera Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Community Action: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChild Rescue Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Franklin Institute: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVail Veterans Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBlack and Brown Founders Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairvote: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Depression Research Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFilling in the Blanks Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity College: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFuture 5 Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Canaan EMS Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Canaan Nature Center Association Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmall Woodland Owners Association of Maine: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Mountain Rescue Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairfield County Hospice House Inc D/B/A Fairfield County House: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Canaan Historical Society Inc: $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 47.

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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.

Hobbs Family Charitable TrustCT17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hobbs Family Charitable Trust · Corbet Family Foundation · Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation · The Seelert Foundation Inc · MLE Foundation Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Alexander Family Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The a James Bach and Vona Hopkins Foundation Inc · The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc · The Morris Family 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 Lebovitz Fund?

Find your warmest path to The Lebovitz Fund 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 Lebovitz Fund

How much does The Lebovitz Fund give?
The Lebovitz Fund reported 8 grants totaling $4,620,911 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Lebovitz Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (78%), Education (9%), Arts & Culture (2%).
Who are The Lebovitz Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated ($160k), Wheaton College ($150k), Loon Echo Land Trust Inc ($108k).
Does The Lebovitz Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Lebovitz Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Lebovitz Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hobbs Family Charitable Trust, Corbet Family Foundation, Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation.
Where is The Lebovitz Fund based?
The Lebovitz Fund is based in NH.

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 103 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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