Funding search · EIN 581427515 · Charlotte, NC

The Leon Levine Foundation

Name: The Leon Levine Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,868
grants reported: $162.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Early childhood and K-12 education initiatives across NC and SC
School-based behavioral health and community health center capacity
Child welfare, foster care, and family services expansion
Jewish community organizations, federations, and camps in the Carolinas
Food banks, homeless services, and housing capital campaigns
Hurricane Helene relief and Western North Carolina recovery

Typical grant

Median grant is $50,000, with the middle half between $30,000 and $91,185. The seven-figure checks go to named institutional relationships (UNC Charlotte Levine Scholars, Atrium Health's Levine Cancer Institute, United Jewish Charities) and to disaster response funds; the $150,000 to $750,000 band goes to defined program expansions and capital campaigns. With 1,868 grants to 1,337 recipients over four years, repeat giving is common but most organizations get one or two grants rather than long annual streams.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“General Support”
“Capital Campaign”
“Capacity Building”
“Expansion in the Carolinas”
“School Based Behavioral Health”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame work as an expansion into NC or SC counties, not a national pilot with a Carolina site.
Connect to school-based delivery: they fund behavioral health, math tutoring, and vision care inside Title 1 schools.
Ask $150,000 to $500,000 for a named program expansion; reserve seven-figure asks for existing institutional partners.
Name the specific service capacity your money buys, following their pattern of 'Capacity Building' grants.

Worth knowing: This is a Charlotte foundation: 1,413 of 1,868 grants went to NC and 366 to SC, and the small out-of-state grants (NY, GA, CA) almost always fund Carolina beneficiaries. Atrium Health, UNC Charlotte, and United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte absorb a large share of the top dollars, and the 2024 record shows a heavy pivot toward Hurricane Helene and Western NC recovery.

1 grant matching “aynor” · $300,000

$300,000
Little River Medical Center · Little River, SC · 2024
Access to Mammography At New LRMC Facility In Aynor, SC

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Atrium Health Foundation8 grants · $6.5M
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte6 grants · $4.4M
United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte6 grants · $3.6M
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Inc - 2009 - Le1 grant · $2.1M
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Inc - 20091 grant · $2.1M
Atrium Health Foundation - 2010 - Levine Cancer Institute2 grants · $2.0M
Atrium Health Foundation - 2016 - Lci (Ii)2 grants · $2.0M
Foundation for the Carolinas6 grants · $1.5M
Roof Above3 grants · $1.5M
Gaston Family Health Services Inc Dba Kintegra Health6 grants · $1.4M

Giving over time

$29.5M

2021

$34.1M

2022

$41.8M

2023

$57.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,868 grants.

$2.1M
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Levine Scholars Program
$2.1M
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Levine Scholars Program
$2.1M
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Inc - 2009 - Le · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$2.1M
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Inc - 2009 · Charlotte, NC · 2021
Operational support
$1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Lci (ii)
$1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Levine Cancer Institute
$1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Levine Cancer Institute (III)
$1.0M
Roof Above · Charlotte, NC · 2024
NOAH Capital Campaign
$1.0M
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina · Asheville, NC · 2024
Emergency Disaster Response Fund
$1.0M
United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General Support
$1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Levine Cancer Institute
$1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Levine Cancer Institute (III)
$1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Lci (ii)
$1.0M
Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2023
A Way Home Housing Endowment
$1.0M
United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Operation Swords of Iron Emergency Campaign/Local Fund
$1.0M
United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation - 2010 - Levine Cancer Institute · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation - 2016 - Lci (Ii) · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation - 2023 - Levine Cancer Institute (Iii) · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$1.0M
Foundation for the Carolinas - 2020 - a Way Home Housing Endowment · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$1.0M
United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc - 2023 - General Support · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation - 2010 - Levine Cancer Institute · Charlotte, NC · 2021
Operational support
$1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation - 2016 - Lci (Ii) · Charlotte, NC · 2021
Operational support
$960,000
North Carolina Partnership for Children · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Family Resource Portal & Business Sector Outreach
$950,000
United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc - 2022 - General Sup · Charlotte, NC · 2021
Operational support
$750,000
Crossnore Communities for Children · Crossnore, NC · 2024
Bridging Families
$750,000
Sc First Steps · Columbia, SC · 2024
"Ready for School" Regional Pilot
$750,000
Sparknc · Raleigh, NC · 2024
SparkLabs in Title 1 Schools and Capacity Building
$600,000
Basta · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Carolina HBCUs
$600,000
Code the Dream · Durham, NC · 2024
Apprenticeship Expansion
$600,000
Senior Services · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
Capable
$500,000
Appalachian State University Foundation · Boone, NC · 2024
Leon Levine Hall for Health Sciences
$500,000
Family Service of the Piedmont · Jamestown, NC · 2024
Clinical Capacity Building for Child Services
$500,000
Feeding the Carolinas · Clemmons, NC · 2024
General Support
$500,000
Spartanburg Academic Movement · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Movement 2030
$500,000
Appalachian State University Foundation · Boone, NC · 2023
Leon Levine Hall for Health Sciences
$500,000
Care Ring · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Relocation Capital Campaign
$500,000
Nc Dhhs Division of Child and Family Well-Being · Raleigh, NC · 2023
SUN Bucks
$500,000
Spartanburg Academic Movement · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Movement 2030
$500,000
Appalachian State University Foundation Inc - 2018 - Leon Levine Hall for H · Boone, NC · 2022
Operational support
$500,000
Arts & Science Council Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc - 2010 - Levine Center for · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$500,000
Atrium Health Foundation - 2022 - Sandra & Leon Levine Auditorium · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$500,000
Atrium Health Foundation - 2023 - Pediatric Behavioral Health Services · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$500,000
Arts & Science Council Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc - 2010 - Levine Cent · Charlotte, NC · 2021
Operational support
$492,250
Gaston Family Health Services Inc Dba Kintegra Health · Gastonia, NC · 2024
School Based Behavioral Health Expansion in CEP Schools
$475,000
Nc Child · Raleigh, NC · 2024
ExcelNC Initiative
$455,000
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
School Based Virtual Therapy Expansion
$450,000
United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Charlotte Jewish Community Security Needs
$400,000
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Capital Campaign
$400,000
Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Foundations for the Future Capacity Campaign
$400,000
Thompson Child & Family Focus · Matthews, NC · 2024
SC Foster Family Expansion
$400,000
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Capital Campaign
$400,000
Ymca of Greater Charlotte - 2018 - Leon Levine Center for Healthy Livi · Charlotte, NC · 2021
Operational support
$376,000
Youth Villages · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Intercept Expansion in South Carolina
$375,000
Code the Dream · Durham, NC · 2024
North Carolina Benefits Screener
$375,000
Code the Dream · Durham, NC · 2023
North Carolina Benefits Screener
$333,333
Charmeck Family Justice Center · Charlotte, NC · 2024
The Umbrella Center Capital Campaign
$333,333
Child Welfare Innovation · Boston, MA · 2024
Opt
$333,333
Child Welfare Innovation · Boston, MA · 2023
In For Families
$320,000
Blue Ridge Community Health Services · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
School
$300,000
Gaston Family Health Services Inc Dba Kintegra Health · Gastonia, NC · 2024
School Based Behavioral Health in Caldwell & Gaston
$300,000
Little River Medical Center · Little River, SC · 2024
Access to Mammography At New LRMC Facility In Aynor, SC
$300,000
Southlight Healthcare · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Capital Campaign
$300,000
Partners in Learning · Salisbury, NC · 2023
Capital Campaign
$265,000
Judea Reform Congregation · Durham, NC · 2023
Clergy Capacity Building/Endowment Campaign
$250,000
Augustine Literacy Project-Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
ALP Digital Platform
$250,000
Blue Ridge Community Health Services · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
General Support
$250,000
Camp Judaea · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Helene Recovery and Strategic Growth
$250,000
Central Carolina Community Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2024
One SC Fund
$250,000
Central Piedmont Community College Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Leon Levine Health Sciences Center
$250,000
Children'S Home Society of North Carolina · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Capacity Building
$250,000
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General Support
$250,000
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General Support
$250,000
Mountain Area Health Education Center · Asheville, NC · 2024
General Support
$250,000
Roof Above · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General Support
$250,000
Roper St Francis Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Berkeley Transitions Clinic
$250,000
The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Better Future Campaign
$250,000
Water Mission · North Charleston, SC · 2024
General Support
$250,000
Wine To Water · Boone, NC · 2024
General Support
$250,000
Central Piedmont Community College Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Leon Levine Health Sciences Center
$250,000
Children'S Home Society of North Carolina · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Capacity Building
$250,000
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General Support
$250,000
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General Support
$250,000
Gaston Family Health Services Inc Dba Kintegra Health · Gastonia, NC · 2023
Based Behavioral Health
$250,000
Imprints Cares · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
Capital Campaign
$250,000
Roof Above · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General Support
$250,000
Vecinos · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
The Health & Wellness Hub
$250,000
Central Piedmont Community College Foundation - 2021 - Leon Levine Health S · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$250,000
Roof Above - 2023 - General Support · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$250,000
Roof Above - 2022 - General Support · Charlotte, NC · 2021
Operational support
$225,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Birthright Israel Foundation - NC and SC Participants
$225,000
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute · Hudson, NC · 2024
Caldwell-Watauga Educational Attainment Initiative
$225,000
Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General Support
$225,000
Invest Early Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2024
10-Year Roadmap & Capacity Expansion
$225,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
NC and SC Participants
$225,000
Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General Support
$225,000
Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region Inc - 2023 - General Support · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operational support
$200,000
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts in North Carolina
$200,000
Cabarrus Cooperative Christian Ministry · Concord, NC · 2024
Capital Campaign
$200,000
Caronova · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General Support

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