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The Lebowitz Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$550k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Safety & Disaster$1.7MArts & Culture$1.2MEducation$733kRecreation & Sports$156kInternational$86kHealth$46kFood & Nutrition$38kScience & Tech$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $550k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$550,000
MACCABI WORLD UNION INC$50,000
LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION$35,000
CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL$10,000
USC LEONARD DAVIS SCHOOL OF GERONTOLOGY$10,000
FAIRFAX HIGHSCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO FOUNDATION$5,000
TEMPLE OF THE ARTS$5,000
ARTS FAIRFAX$5,000
THE UCLA FOUNDATION$4,000
CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KIDWORKS: $3k → 10%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%KIDWORKS: $3k → 10%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%FRIENDS OF YASHAR LACHAYAL: $10k → 8%KIDWORKS: $3k → 10%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%FRIENDS OF YASHAR LACHAYAL: $5k → 8%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%CHILD EDUCATION CENTER: $10k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $550k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $520k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $485k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $35k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $29k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $26k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%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

IL
NY
NV
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DC
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 22 repeat orgs$196k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
23

Total granted

$3.6M
$191k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+56%

Still filing today

73%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +161%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2024 · $569k · revenue +51%
  • MW
    MACCABI WORLD UNION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $130k · revenue +181%

Funded once

  • MA
    MUSEUM ASSOCIATESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $55k · revenue +56%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • MW
    MACCABI WORLD UNION
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
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.

1
California State University Los Angeles Foundation

To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…

Education
2
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
3
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
4
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
5
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
6
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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7
Uc Press Foundation

The university of california press foundation (incorporated in 1981) is dedicated to raising philanthropic support and community visibility to ensure the long-term sustainability of uc press.

Arts & Culture
8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
9
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
10
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
11
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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12
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation

Serves the mission of the university by supporting and engaging in research, entrepreneurship, community service, sponsored programs and the acquisition of private resources.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation; the most unlike its peers is TrueNorth Health Foundation. 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

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 49 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
27/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $1,656,895 · Human ServicesLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION+4 more: $41,920 · Human ServicesARTS FAIRFAX INC: $866,499 · Arts & CultureARTS FAIRFAX INCMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $55,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES+1 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $569,000 · EducationLOS ANGELES CITY COLL…UCLA FOUNDATION: $38,140 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $37,500 · EducationBRENTWOOD SCHOOL: $35,000 · Education+4 more: $36,000 · EducationUSC LEONARD DAVIS SCHOOL OF GERONTOLOGY: $42,500 · OtherCENTRAL EUROPE CTR FOR RESEARCH-CEN: $32,500 · OtherTEMPLE OF THE ARTS: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherMACCABI WORLD UNION: $15,000 · OtherUCLA SEMEL INSTITUTE - OPEN MIND GA: $13,850 · OtherTEMPLE OF ARTS: $10,000 · OtherLOWER MERION SYNAGOGUE CHARITY FUND: $10,000 · OtherUSC LEONARD DAVIS SCHOOL OF GERONTO: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $10,000 · OtherENRICH LA: $10,000 · Other+13 more: $30,320 · OtherMACCABI WORLD UNION INC: $130,000 · Youth DevelopmentCentral Fund of Israel: $65,000 · InternationalHATIKVAH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 · International+3 more: $6,200 · InternationalNutritionfactsorg Inc: $28,000 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$1,698,815Arts & Culture$924,499Education$715,640Other$264,170Youth Development$130,000International$88,700Food & Nutrition$28,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $1,656,895 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetARTS FAIRFAX INC: $866,499 over 7y, 100% of budgetLOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $569,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetMACCABI WORLD UNION INC: $130,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $65,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $55,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $38,140 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $37,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRENTWOOD SCHOOL: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNutritionfactsorg Inc: $28,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $23,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHATIKVAH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetFriends of Yashar L'Chayal Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetChild Education Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $8,920 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPHASE ONE FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT CLASSIC CHARITIES: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrueNorth Health Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHarmony Project: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL EUROPE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLE EAST FORUM: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMCDOUGALL RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $1,000 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundJewish Community Foun…Jewish Community Foun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY13.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 The Lebowitz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lebowitz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–20%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Lebowitz Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Lebowitz 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.

    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 49 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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