· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k13 grants · $55k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $56k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $278k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LA SED (LATIN AMERICAN FOR SOCIAL & ECONOMIC DEV) | $103,900 |
| DETROIT SYMPHONY AND METRO YOUTH ORCHESTRA | $62,000 |
| OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES | $59,000 |
| WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY | $53,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (ANN ARBOR & DEARBORN) | $33,500 |
| GESHER HUMAN SERVICES | $12,500 |
| FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES | $10,000 |
| DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS | $8,750 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY | $7,000 |
| MICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER | $6,375 |
| WRCJ 909 FM RADIO | $6,000 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| MICHIGAN JAZZ FESTIVAL | $5,000 |
| ST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| GILDA'S CLUB OF METRO DETROIT | $3,000 |
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 (FY23–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY8× · 2017–2025 · $74k · revenue +20%- GHGESHER HUMAN SERVICES3× · 2023–2025 · $38k · revenue +47%
THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS6× · 2017–2025 · $36k · revenue +46%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $5k
- LALATIN AMERICANS FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +26%
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.
Jewish historical society of michigan shares and celebrates the experiences and contributions of the jewish people, communities and institutions of michigan.
Gdahc mission: together with our partners, we empower and improve the health and economic vitality of individuals, organizations and communities by catalyzing the power of collaboration. gdahc vision: healthy people. healthy community.…
The mission of desc is to cultivate local workforce talent to align with the needs of the business community through partnerships with key workforce agencies, faith- and community- based organizations, education and training institutions,…
Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.
The organization is known as the leader in the movement and is seen as the "go to" experts on environmental justice and sustainable redevelopment because of its knowledge and its network.
Diref enchances cross-cultural understanding, develops contacts, and opens channels of communication for investment and other business activities by promoting, supporting, and administering educational and research programs in healthcare…
The chamber is the voice for business and works to power the economy for southeast michigan through public policy, advocacy and leading regional economic development and talent initiatives.
The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…
To foster the history and nurture the development of jazz, to perpetuate detroit's significant jazz legacy through educational and collaborative opportunities accessible to all, and to present a world-class signature event that makes…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 28 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 UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY ↗
- Who funds DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds GESHER HUMAN SERVICES ↗
- Who funds THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN JAZZ FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds GILDA'S CLUB METRO DETROIT ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
- Who funds Detroit Historical Society ↗
- Who funds LATIN AMERICANS FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 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: The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation · The Driker Family Foundation · Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · DTE Energy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Myron P Leven Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Myron P Leven Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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