New York · Private foundation
The Sharon Levine 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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 28
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 78% of the organizations The Sharon Levine Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $1.7M | 59% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $1.8M | 78% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $1.6M | 86% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $676k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, 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 | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citizens Committee for Children of New York Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation | $42,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dwight School Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jewish Troopers Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citizens Committee for Children of New York Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation | $42,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dwight School Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jewish Troopers Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| America Israel Democracy Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Time Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Healthy Minds | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Warrior Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Northside Center for Child Development Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Windward School | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Women Make Movies Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sharon Levine 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: National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · 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
About The Sharon Levine Foundation
- How much does The Sharon Levine Foundation give?
- The Sharon Levine Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $1,861,094 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 28 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Sharon Levine Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Health (16%), Education (10%).
- Who are The Sharon Levine Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($250k), American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc ($100k), Citizens Committee for Children of New York Inc ($65k).
- Does The Sharon Levine Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sharon Levine 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 Sharon Levine Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Sharon Levine Foundation based?
- The Sharon Levine Foundation is based in NY.
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