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The Seymour & Carol Levin 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
1
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,206,056
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,206,056
Organizations funded a year
1 to 61
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving1$1.2M100%
FY20241$1.7M0%
FY202313$31k15%
FY202220$62k20%
FY202124$59k54%
FY202061$64kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.8MEducation$1.3MPhilanthropy$239kInternational$54kReligion$37kHealth$10kFood & Nutrition$5kHuman Services$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
CT
CA
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Uncg Excellence Foundation Inc$1,206,05612%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$34,0004n/a
Arttable Inc$10,06141%
North Carolina Hillel Foundation$8,05331%
Academic Magnet Foundation$5,000112%
Out of the Garden Project$4,06030%
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$3,09540%
Penland School Of Craft$3,00030%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$2,60020%
Higher Education Works Foundation$2,0602n/a
Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Uncg Excellence Foundation Inc$1,206,05612%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$34,0004n/a
Arttable Inc$10,06141%
North Carolina Hillel Foundation$8,05331%
Academic Magnet Foundation$5,000112%
Out of the Garden Project$4,06030%
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$3,09540%
Penland School Of Craft$3,00030%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$2,60020%
Higher Education Works Foundation$2,0602n/a
Rockingham Co Education Foundation$1,80016%
Authoracare Collective$1,25010%
Triad Stage Inc$1,03010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00010%
Creative Capital Foundation$1,00010%
Well-Spring Retirement Community Inc$1,00010%
Atrium Health Foundation$1,00010%
Senior Pharmassist Inc$70010%
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Inc$60020%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$54510%
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art$50020%
Visual Art Library Inc$50010%
Operation Smile Inc$50010%
Eastern Music Festival Inc$3501n/a
The Educational Foundation Inc$30010%
United Arts Council of Greensboro Inc$25010%
Conservation Trust for North Carolina$25010%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$25010%
Greensboro Urban Ministry$25010%
Authoracare Foundation$2001n/a
Als United North Carolina$1501n/a
Whitney Museum of American Art$14010%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$11010%
Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina$10011%
Jewish Educational Loan Fund Inc$10010%
B'Nai Shalom Synagogue Inc$10010%
Greensboro Public Library Foundation Inc$10010%
American Brain Tumor Association$10010%
North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation$6510%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$5010%
Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity$3010%
The National World War II Museum Inc$2810%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$2510%
American Heart Association Inc$2310%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUncg Excellence Foundation Inc: $1,206,056 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetArttable Inc: $10,061 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNorth Carolina Hillel Foundation: $8,053 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAcademic Magnet Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetOut of the Garden Project: $4,060 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe National Museum of Women in the Arts: $3,095 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPenland School Of Craft: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRockingham Co Education Foundation: $1,800 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetAuthoracare Collective: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTriad Stage Inc: $1,030 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Capital Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWell-Spring Retirement Community Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtrium Health Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSenior Pharmassist Inc: $700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreensboro Symphony Orchestra Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $545 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Hill Center for North Carolina Art: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVisual Art Library Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Educational Foundation Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Arts Council of Greensboro Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Trust for North Carolina: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreensboro Urban Ministry: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $140 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina: $100 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJewish Educational Loan Fund Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetB'Nai Shalom Synagogue Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreensboro Public Library Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Museum of Art Foundation: $65 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe National World War II Museum Inc: $28 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Parkinson Disease Assoc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $23 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

The Ackermann FoundationNC24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ackermann Foundation · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · The Jack Levin Foundation Inc · Well-Spring Retirement Community Inc · The Cemala Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc · The Anonymous Fund · The Stout Family Foundation · Louis DeJoy & Aldona Z Wos Family Foundation Inc

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.

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About The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation

How much does The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation give?
The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,206,056 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 61 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Education (37%), Philanthropy (7%).
Who are The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Uncg Excellence Foundation Inc ($1.2M), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($34k), Arttable Inc ($10k).
Does The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Seymour & Carol Levin 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 Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ackermann Foundation, Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc, The Jack Levin Foundation Inc.
Where is The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation based?
The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation is based in NC.

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 83 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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