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Private foundation (trust)EIN 306085406Est. 2004-10

LEON LEVY FOUNDATION

NEW YORK, NY 10020

Total Assets

$495.2M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$32.3M

FY 2023

Grants Made

198

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$163K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$500–$9.8M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$361K

Institute for the study of the ancient world-research

Program 2

$122K

Eleuthera botanical garden

Program 3

$189K

Various direct program expenses

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$55.8M

Total Expenses

$44.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$35.3M

Distributable Amount

$22.4M

Min. Investment Return

$22.9M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

198 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $25K to maximum $9.8M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $34.6M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
$28.3M
3 grants
BARD COLLEGE
$3.1M
2 grants
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
$2.5M
2 grants
NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
$2.3M
2 grants
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
$2.2M
3 grants
BAHAMAS NATIONAL TRUST THE
$2.1M
1 grant
FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE THE
$1.7M
1 grant
GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC THE
$1.5M
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

499 grants

<$10K
181
grants
$10–50K
140
grants
$50–250K
116
grants
$250K–1M
45
grants
$1–5M
14
grants
$5M+
3
grants

Geographic Focus

22 states

New York
$75.0M
86% of total
Massachusetts
$4.1M
5% of total
District of Columbia
$2.4M
3% of total
New Jersey
$1.5M
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$1.2M
1% of total
Maine
$711K
1% of total
Virginia
$588K
1% of total
California
$575K
1% of total
Arizona
$450K
1% of total
Florida
$360K
0% of total

+12 more states

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