New York · Private foundation
The Liebowitz 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.
- $97k
- Granted FY2021
- 23
- Grants FY2021
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Liebowitz Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The New York Community Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Liebowitz Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $97k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 9% of the organizations The Liebowitz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 23 | $97k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $92k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $93k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $89k | 41% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $30k | 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 FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $44,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $20,500 | 4 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Landmark on Main Street Inc | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Psoriasis Foundation | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hatzilu Rescue Organization | $9,036 | 5 | 1% |
| St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $44,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $20,500 | 4 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Landmark on Main Street Inc | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Psoriasis Foundation | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hatzilu Rescue Organization | $9,036 | 5 | 1% |
| St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shelter Rock Jewish Center | $6,760 | 4 | n/a |
| Port Washington Fire Department Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Community Chest of Port Washington Ny Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Port Washington Library Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Yad LKashishLifeline for the Old | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Go With Courage Inc | $125 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($207k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Liebowitz 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: The Jane & Martin Schwartz Family Foundation · The Pamela and Laurence Tarica Foundation · The Brodsky Family Foundation · Peter & Jeri Dejana Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Liebowitz Foundation
- How much does The Liebowitz Foundation give?
- The Liebowitz Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $96,800 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Liebowitz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (84%), Health (9%), Religion (3%).
- Who are The Liebowitz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($45k), Blood Cancer United Inc ($21k), American Heart Association Inc ($17k).
- Does The Liebowitz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Liebowitz 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 Liebowitz Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Jane & Martin Schwartz Family Foundation, The Pamela and Laurence Tarica Foundation, The Brodsky Family Foundation.
- Where is The Liebowitz Foundation based?
- The Liebowitz Foundation is based in NY.
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