Michigan · Private foundation
The Myron P Leven Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $389k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,375
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $103,900
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations The Myron P Leven Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $389k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $342k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $310k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $269k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $240k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $228k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $252k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $214k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Detroit Mercy | $74,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $39,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Gesher Human Services | $37,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Michigan Jazz Festival | $15,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Gilda's Club Metro Detroit | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Michigan Science Center | $12,375 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Detroit Mercy | $74,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $39,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Gesher Human Services | $37,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Michigan Jazz Festival | $15,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Gilda's Club Metro Detroit | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Michigan Science Center | $12,375 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Detroit Historical Society | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development Inc | $1,334 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Myron P Leven 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.
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How this is measured
About The Myron P Leven Foundation
- How much does The Myron P Leven Foundation give?
- The Myron P Leven Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $388,710 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Myron P Leven Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (63%), Arts & Culture (19%), Philanthropy (5%).
- Who are The Myron P Leven Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Detroit Mercy ($74k), Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc ($55k), Michigan State University ($40k).
- Does The Myron P Leven Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Myron P Leven 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 Myron P Leven Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation, The Driker Family Foundation, Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation.
- Where is The Myron P Leven Foundation based?
- The Myron P Leven Foundation is based in MI.
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