California · Private foundation
The Lever Family Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $404k
- Granted FY2022
- 38
- Grants FY2022
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $373,933
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 8
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 24% of the organizations The Lever Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $375k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 38 | $404k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $29k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $23k | 41% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $73k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $59k | 32% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $63k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheder Menachem | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Valley Beth Shalom | $27,300 | 3 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $3,325 | 6 | 0% |
| Covenant House California | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United States Veterans Initiative | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $2,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Step Up on Second Street Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Honor Bound Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($557k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lever Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 Community Foundation of Los Angeles · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Lever Family Foundation
- How much does The Lever Family Foundation give?
- The Lever Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $404,183 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Lever Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (59%), Education (22%), Religion (10%).
- Who are The Lever Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Cheder Menachem ($40k), Valley Beth Shalom ($27k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($3k).
- Does The Lever Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lever 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 Lever Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Lever Family Foundation based?
- The Lever Family Foundation is based in CA.
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