The Peter and Mary Levin Family
Cincinnati, OH · EIN 20-3841581. Reported 151 grants totalling $1,519,708 to 94 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. The Peter and Mary Levin Family 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 $4,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,250 and $15,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $100,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $155,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio Justice and Policy Center | Cincinnati, OH | $101,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Volunteers in Medicine | Great Barrington, MA | $95,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohi | Cincinnati, OH | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio Innocence Project | Cincinnati, OH | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grad Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Barrington Stage Company | Pittsfield, MA | $44,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Let's Get Ready | New York, NY | $40,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | $40,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation | Boulder, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires | Barrington, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Freestore Foodbank | Cincinnati, OH | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hand in Hand Center for Jewish | Portland, OR | $33,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Common Ground | Ladysmith, VA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| States United Democracy Center | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cosmic Writers | Philadelphia, PA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equality Ohio Education Fund | Columbus, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pregnancy Justice | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Strategies to End Homelessness | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teambrownsvilleinc | Brownsville, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Veterans Community Project | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Civic Nation | Washington, DC | $21,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bethany House Services | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arts Wave | Cincinnati, OH | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Guest House | Alexandria, VA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | $15,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cincinnati Squash Academy | Cincinnati, OH | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cobalt Abortion Fund | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girls Inspired and Ready to Lead | Fairfax, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Last Mile Food Rescue | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Settlements Music School | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women Helping Women | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Berkshire Education & Correction | Pittsfield, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Yoga | Cincinnati, OH | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Shares of Greater Cincinn | Cincinnati, OH | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children's Law Center Inc | Covington, KY | $10,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Avenues for Justice | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bard Prison Initiative | Annadaleonhudson, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Common Ground | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado Organization for Latina | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hand in Hand | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hispanics Against Child Abuse and | Falls Church, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| May We Help | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beth Adam | Loveland, OH | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foun | New York, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | Cincinnati, OH | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mercy Neighborhood Ministries | Cincinnati, OH | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Artswave | Cincinnati, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mazon a Jewish Response to Hunger | Los Angeles, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Respite Care | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grant a Dream | Broomfield, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillel Leb | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homefarm at Undermountain | Lenox, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Immigrant and Refugee Law Center | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| J Street Education Fund | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lenox Library Association | Lenox, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Israel Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tender Mercies Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| ACLU of Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $4,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Linton Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Mount | Lenox, MA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Adam | Loveland, OH | $4,025 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of the Berkshires | Pittsfield, MA | $3,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Public Radio | Cincinnati, OH | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Jewish Community | Cincinnati, OH | $3,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New England Public Media | Springfield, MA | $3,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Shares Ofgreater Cincinna | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seven Hills School | Cincinnati, OH | $2,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shalom Hartman Institute | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Berkshire Humane Society | Pittsfield, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | Glenview, IL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cincinnati Opera Association | Cincinnati, OH | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Jewish Committe Cincinnati | Loveland, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Ins | Cincinnati, OH | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Access to the Arts | Great Barrington, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Economics Center | Cincinnati, OH | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mass Audubon | Lincoln, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Olli Osher Lifelonglearning Instit | Pittsfield, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Osher Lifelong Learning Institute | Pittsfield, MA | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cetchannel 48 | Cincinnati, OH | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cincinnati Parks Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cantilena Chamber Choir | Lenox, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family Service of the Cincin | Cincinnati, OH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Impact 100 | Cincinnati, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woman's City Club of Greater Cinti | Cincinnati, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Berkshire Opera Festival | Barrington, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Intl Society for Traumatic Stress | Chicago, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
36 of 94 (38%) 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 43%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Volunteers in Medicine
INCREASE ACCESS/ QUALITY HEALTH SERV - Ohio Innocence Project
SUPPORT LEGAL EFFORTS FOR IN NEED - Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires
INCREASE ACCESS/QUALITY HEALTH SERV - Grad Cincinnati
SUPPORT ONGOING EFFORTS TO EDUCATE - Center for Common Ground
SUPPORT PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO VOTE - Strategies to End Homelessness
PROVIDE SAFETY NET FOR DISADVANTAGED
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 90 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $348,075 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 47 | $295,400 | $2,400 |
| 2023 | 30 | $399,050 | $7,500 |
| 2024 | 43 | $477,183 | $4,500 |
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. 50% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. 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 $4,500. 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 Ohio.
- 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 The Peter and Mary Levin Family'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: 1849 Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45206. 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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