California · Private foundation
The Lebowitz Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $682k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $550,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Lebowitz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $678k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $598k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $715k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $523k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $296k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $399k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $452k | 41% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $112k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Police Foundation | $1,656,895 | 8 | 8% |
| Arts Fairfax Inc | $866,499 | 7 | 100% |
| Los Angeles City College Foundation | $569,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Maccabi World Union Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $65,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Museum Associates | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brentwood School | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple of the Arts | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nutritionfactsorg Inc | $28,000 | 5 | 1% |
| University of Nevada Reno Foundation | $23,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($194k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Lebowitz Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Lebowitz Foundation
- How much does The Lebowitz Foundation give?
- The Lebowitz Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $681,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Lebowitz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (41%), Arts & Culture (29%), Education (18%).
- Who are The Lebowitz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Los Angeles Police Foundation ($1.7M), Arts Fairfax Inc ($866k), Los Angeles City College Foundation ($569k).
- Does The Lebowitz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lebowitz 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 Lebowitz Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles.
- Where is The Lebowitz Foundation based?
- The Lebowitz Foundation is based in CA.
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