Washington · Nonprofit
LEV Foundation
LEV Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,615,942 to it, the largest being OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($9,227,332). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What LEV Foundation does
Mission
LEV Foundation acts to serve the interests of students and families across the State of Washington to improve education access and quality. Particularly those who have been harmed by historical and systemic inequities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Grant Making/Sponsorship - LEV Foundation provides public benefit by making grants to organizations in order to advance the foundation's mission. South Shore School supports a public Pre-K to 8 in the southeast area of Seattle with enhanced funding for free Pre-K, smaller class sizes in K-2, and other enrichments to support the whole child: Mind, Body, and Spirit.
$1,103,679 spentof which $988,236 as grants56% of program spendingLEV Foundation educates communities, policymakers, and families with research-driven educational practices and policies so they can advocate for high-quality, fully funded, and equitable public education for each and every Washington State student. Through our levinars, podcasts, and other platforms, LEV Foundation participated in and amplified important discussions happenings around student supports and school funding issues, especially as it relates to student mental health, advancing educator diversity, and student discipline practices. LEV Foundation also worked with and published guest blogs written by the legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC) about the need for inclusive education in schools. Through our field work, we continued convening a legislative working table centered on and interrupting the school-to-prison pipeline. We will continue to prioritize and the importance of fostering safe learning environments and providing student supports.
$491,564 spentof which $715 as grants25% of program spendingLEV Foundation serves as one of the go-to resources for the general public and policymakers, including the media, legislators, state education agencies, and communities across Washington State, our research-based, community-driven policy recommendations come from deep engagement in Washington across multiple stakeholder sectors including community-based organizations, families, practitioners, and school districts. LEV Foundation worked in partnership with open doors for multicultural families, tree house, and the Arc of King County to improve student outcomes. In 2023, LEV Foundation worked toward system change in a number of ways, including engaging in advocacy with the State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the Washington State Board of Education (SBE) to provide more supports for students who receive special education services and to develop a statewide school climate survey.
$383,299 spentof which $12,575 as grants19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,978,542.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.7M to $3.2M (+90%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of LEV Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $2.2M → $1.9M.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LEV Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LEV Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 48% · 2019 47% · 2020 49% · 2021 62% · 2022 48% · 2023 66% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
55% of LEV Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of LEV Foundation's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $301k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LEV Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LEV Foundation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
17%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- League of Education Voters · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LEV Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEV Foundation?
- LEV Foundation (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,615,942 to it, the largest being OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($9,227,332). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEV Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $18,615,942 in grants to LEV Foundation, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEV Foundation?
- OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,227,332 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEV Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing