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The Levine Family Foundation at a glance

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The Levine Family 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.

$268k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$626kHuman Services$92kHealth$90kEducation$54kFood & Nutrition$37kAnimals$31kInternational$31kReligion$19kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $185k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA$110,000
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR AUTISM$75,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$25,000
BROTHER WOLF ANIMAL RESCUE$20,000
MANNA FOOD BANK$20,000
EQUAL PLATES PROJECT$5,000
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFT$3,000
PHILABUNDANCE$1,001
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$1,000
US HOLOCAUST MUSEUM$1,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$1,000
ASHEVILLE STRONG$1,000
PSPCA$1,000
HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY$1,000
HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MOTHERS HOME: $1k → 10%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

WA
IL
NY
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
AZ
TN
NC
DC
AL
FL
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$237k · 16 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
9

Total granted

$237k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+47%

Still filing today

63%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • JH
    JEVS HUMAN SERVICES
    3× · 2017–2022 · $90k · revenue +68%
  • Northwestern University
    5× · 2017–2023 · $9k · revenue +41%
  • MY
    MINDING YOUR MIND
    5× · 2017–2023 · $9k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • MH
    MOTHERS' HOME
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -1%
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
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
2
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
6
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
7
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
8
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
9
International Myeloma Foundation

Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure.

Unclassified
10
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
11
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
12
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Nystagmus Network Inc. 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

24 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. 24 of the 33 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $625,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA+2 more: $6,000 · PhilanthropyJEVS HUMAN SERVICES: $90,000 · OtherJEVS HUMAN SERVICESTHE WHARTON FUND: $50,001 · OtherTHE WHARTON FUNDMANNA FOOD BANK: $25,500 · OtherMANNA FOOD BANKHAR ZION TEMPLE: $12,800 · OtherHAR ZION TEMPLE+12 more: $25,001 · Other+12 moreINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR AUSTISM INC: $75,000 · HealthINTERNATIO…MINDING YOUR MIND: $8,500 · HealthMINDING YO…ONE MIND AT WORK INC: $4,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $20,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $5,500 · AnimalsPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $4,500 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $25,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 · InternationalPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,000 · Arts & CulturePenland School Of Craft: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNorthwestern University: $8,680 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$631,000Other$203,302Health$88,500Animals$31,000International$30,000Arts & Culture$9,500Recreation & Sports$8,680

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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $625,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJEVS HUMAN SERVICES: $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR AUSTISM INC: $75,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $8,680 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINDING YOUR MIND: $8,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPhilabundance: $6,501 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWEGIVEASHARE Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetONE MIND AT WORK INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPenland School Of Craft: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAsheville Strong: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMOTHERS' HOME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWBELONG INC: $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.

American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH9.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Levine Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Levine Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 33 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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