· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k36 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $250k+1 grant · $374k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LEVER FAMILY FUND | $373,933 |
| JEWISH EDUCATIONAL TRADE SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES | $5,500 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITYSCHOOL OF MEDICINE | $1,000 |
| US VETS | $1,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITA | $1,000 |
| FEEDING AMERICA | $1,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $1,000 |
| UNICEF | $500 |
| LEGAL AID FOUNDATION LOS ANGELES | $500 |
| ST VINCENT MEALS ON WHEELS | $500 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC | $500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM | $500 |
| UC BERKELEY | $500 |
| COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2022, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC6× · 2017–2022 · $3k · revenue +145%- CHCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA6× · 2017–2022 · $3k · revenue +197%
- USUNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE3× · 2020–2022 · $3k · revenue +56%
Funded once
- TJTHE JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF LAone grant, 2017 · $6k
- CCOREone grant, 2021 · $1k
ALAMEDA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $100 · revenue +246%
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.
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.
The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…
(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.
The roots of the los angeles didi hirsch psychiatric service dba didi hirsch mental health services ("dhmhs") extend back to the 1930s, when a group of women funded psychiatric care for people whose lives were devastated by the depression.…
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…
Providing health care services to the poor and underserved of los angeles.
Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…
The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…
The organization's mission is to promote the collective voice of a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals working to eliminate all forms of domestic violence. as an advocate for sociate change, we advance our mission by…
To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.
Provides housing and support services to individuals and families impacted by hiv/aids
How this is measured
25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 46 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds STEP UP ON SECOND STREET INC ↗
- Who funds HONOR BOUND FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds CORE ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds Orange County Rescue Mission Inc ↗
- Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds PATH ↗
- Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lever Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lever Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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