Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust
Chattanooga, TN · EIN 62-6247365. Reported 137 grants totalling $1,503,749 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $183,750. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN | $709,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| B'nai Zion Congregation | Shreveport, LA | $138,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| B'nai Zion Congregation | Chattanooga, TN | $125,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Facing History and Ourselves | Memphis, TN | $111,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stand With US | Pasadena, CA | $99,999 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family & Children's Services of Greater Boston | Waltham, MA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Greater Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Ramah Darom | Atlanta, GA | $34,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Facing History Ourselves | Memphis, TN | $30,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt Hillel | Nashville, TN | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston Inc | Newton Center, MA | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Texas Foundation | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies | Boston, MA | $7,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ald Connect | Middleton, MA | $5,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chattanooga-Hamilton County Public Education | Chattanooga, TN | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maccabi USA | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pan-Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reach Out and Read | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family & Children's Services of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congregation Or Atid | Henrico, VA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Education Foundation | Chattanooga, TN | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Temple Sinai Inc | Atlanta, GA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank | Atlanta, GA | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Assistance Center | Atlanta, GA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pmc Jimmy Fund | Needham, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge | Needham, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer's Association - Mid South Chapter | Chattanooga, TN | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marietta High School Alumni & Friends Foundation | Marietta, GA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Helpings Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tennessee Aquarium | Chattanooga, TN | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Siskins Childrens' Institute | Chattanooga, TN | $1,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family and Career Services | Atlanta, GA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillel at Sanford | Stanford, CA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Mountain Bicycling Association | Boulder, CO | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Mccallie School | Chattanooga, TN | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anti-Defamation League | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chattanooga Community Kitchen | Chattanooga, TN | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hadassah | Dunwoody, GA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hunter Museum of Art | Chattanooga, TN | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jdc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Must Ministries | Marietta, GA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wtci | Chattanooga, TN | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Atlanta, GA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chattanooga High Center for Creative Arts | Chattanooga, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hunter Museum of American Art | Chattanooga, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Joint Distribution | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Medicos Mission Fund | Chattanooga, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chattanooga Area Food Bank | Chattanooga, TN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Bank of Central Eastern North Carolina | Raleigh, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
38 of 58 (66%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga
To support annual campaign - B'nai Zion Congregation
To support a public charity - Facing History and Ourselves
To support the expansion of Facing History in Hamilton County, Tennessee - Jewish Family & Children's Services of Greater Boston
To support the expansion of the Alzheimer's/Related Disorders Family Support Program - Combined Jewish Philanthropies
To provide financial & social services - Reach Out and Read
To support public charity
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | $306,750 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $353,333 | $500 |
| 2023 | 36 | $449,333 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 28 | $394,333 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 71% of this one's giving went to organizations in Tennessee. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Tennessee.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2030 Hamilton Place Blvd Suite 500, Chattanooga, TN, 37421. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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