Levitt Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-6128226. Reported 132 grants totalling $2,280,900 to 65 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. 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. Levitt Foundation Inc 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 $9,750. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $75,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Community Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Green Guerillas | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Brotherhoodsisterhood Sol Inc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Urban Wild | Brooklyn, NY | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Food Advocates | New York, NY | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Equity Advocates | Harrison, NY | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nos Quedamos | Bronx, NY | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Childrens Aid Society | New York, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lantern Community Services | New York, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Campaign Against Hunger | Brooklyn, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Urban Justice Center | New York, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bronxworks Inc | Bronx, NY | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mary Mitchell Family & Youth Center | Bronx, NY | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Community Center for East Ny Farms | Brooklyn, NY | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Scan-Harbor Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| CUNY Graduate School for Public Health | New York, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York City Street Tree Consortium | New York, NY | $68,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Red Hook Initiative | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Teens for Food Justice Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bk Rot Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Queens Botanical Garden | Flushing, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Star Fund Community Food Funders | New York, NY | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CUNY School of Public Health Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Star Fundcommunity Food Funders | New York, NY | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hispanics in Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harlem Grown | New York, NY | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice | Bronx, NY | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Farm to Grow Inc | Oakland, CA | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Westchester Choral Society | White Plains, NY | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Chest of Port Washington | Port Washington, NY | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Latino U College Access | White Plains, NY | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Madison Square Boys & Girls Club Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Philanthropy New York Inc | New York, NY | $11,900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Nutrition Network | Hempstead, NY | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Latinas on the Verge of Excellence | New York, NY | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chicago Children's Museum | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Red Desk Education Services | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network | Detroit, MI | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gallery Players | Brooklyn, NY | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Green Worker Inc | Bronx, NY | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Literacy Inc | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shakespeare & Company | Lenox, MA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| A New Chance Animal Rescue Inc | Bedford Hills, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Third Street Music School Settlement Inc | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Black Farmer Fund | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gotham Scholars Inc | Summit, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harlem Center for Education Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inner-City Scholarship Fund Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance Dba Stand With US | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Ny City | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| One Space Institute | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Robert Toigo Foundation | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sharethecaregiving Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The One Love Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bloom Again Bklyn | Brooklyn, NY | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dancing Classrooms | New York, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Classic Theatre of Harlem Inc | New York, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United States Soccer Federation Fdn Inc | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc | Katonah, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Third Sector Capital Partners Inc | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
39 of 65 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 73%, across 2 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.
- Brooklyn Community Foundation
HATTIE CARTHAN URBAN AGRICULTURE YOUTH CORPS - CUNY Graduate School for Public Health
YOUNG ADULT FOOD JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP - Green Guerillas
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PIPELINE - The Brotherhoodsisterhood Sol Inc
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND FOOD EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE - Community Food Advocates
YOUTH FOOD ADVOCATES PROGRAM - Equity Advocates
BUILDING POWER & ADVOCACY SKILLS WITHIN NYC YOUTH FOOD JUSTICE COMMUNITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 88 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $740,400 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 47 | $815,000 | $6,500 |
| 2023 | 40 | $725,500 | $13,750 |
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. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $9,750. 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 New York.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Levitt Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 333 7TH Avenue 9TH Floor, New York, NY, 10001. 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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