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Leon Levy Foundation

Name: Leon Levy Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

603
grants reported: $105.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Top recipients

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

New York University3 grants · $29.2M
New York Academy of Sciences3 grants · $5.1M
Graduate Center - City University of New York1 grant · $3.3M
Metropolitan Museum of Art3 grants · $3.1M
Bard College2 grants · $3.1M
City College New York the2 grants · $2.6M
President and Fellows of Harvard College2 grants · $2.5M
Prospect Park Alliance3 grants · $2.1M
Bahamas National Trust the1 grant · $2.1M
New York Public Library3 grants · $2.0M

Giving over time

$34.6M

2022

$32.3M

2023

$38.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 603 grants.

$10.7M
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$9.8M
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$8.7M
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$3.3M
Graduate Center - City University of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Endowment support
$2.8M
New York Academy of Sciences · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$2.1M
Bahamas National Trust the · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$2.0M
Prospect Park Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Endowment support
$2.0M
Bard College · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.7M
New York Academy of Sciences · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.7M
Foundation for City College the · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.6M
City College New York the · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$1.5M
Graduate Center Foundation Inc the · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.4M
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2024
Endowment support
$1.2M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.2M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.1M
City College New York the · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.1M
Center for Jewish History · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.1M
United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.0M
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.0M
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.0M
Bard Graduate Center · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$1.0M
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$1.0M
Bard College · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$1.0M
White Levy Program for Archaeological Publications · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Project support.
$1.0M
Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$1.0M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$900,000
Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art · Washington, DC · 2024
Endowment support
$900,000
Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art · Washington, DC · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$900,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$879,625
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$858,800
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$648,814
Bnt Fund · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Project support.
$636,156
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$625,000
Immigrant Justice Corps · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$611,821
Bahamas National Trust Fund · Princeton, NJ · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$600,000
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$559,468
New York Academy of Sciences · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$525,000
Public Theater the · New York, NY · 2024
Endowment support
$500,000
Anne Frank House · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$500,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$500,000
Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024
Endowment support
$500,000
Immigrant Justice Corps · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$500,000
Mount Sinai Medical Center · New City, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$500,000
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$500,000
Save Venice · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$500,000
City Report · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$500,000
King Baudouin Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$500,000
Save Venice · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$476,527
Nyu School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$432,000
National September 11 Memorial & Museum · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$413,400
National September 11 Memorial & Museum · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$412,900
National September 11 Memorial & Museum · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$400,000
Israel Nature and Heritage Foundation of America · Englewood, NJ · 2024
Project support.
$400,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$400,000
Israel Nature and Heritage Foundation of America · Englewood, NJ · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$381,200
New York Weill Cornell Medical Center · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$375,000
New York Botanical Garden the · Bronx, NY · 2024
Project support.
$363,420
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$330,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$325,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$325,000
New York Botanical Garden the · Bronx, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$325,000
New York Botanical Garden the · Bronx, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$300,000
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$295,000
Lod Economic Company · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$285,780
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$285,000
Jewish Museum the · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$265,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$265,000
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$260,000
Lod Economic Company · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$256,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$250,000
Natural Areas Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$250,000
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2024
General support
$250,000
City Report · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$250,000
Natural Areas Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$250,000
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Malvern, PA · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$250,000
Natural Areas Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$235,000
Brooklyn Public Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$225,000
American Archaeology Abroad · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Project support.
$225,000
American Archaeology Abroad · Tucson, AZ · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$225,000
Columbia University in the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$225,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$225,000
American Archaeology Abroad · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$220,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$214,914
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$210,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Project support.
$210,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$205,000
New-York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$205,000
New-York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$200,000
Aliph Foundation · 2024
Project support.
$200,000
City the · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$200,000
City Lore · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$200,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$200,000
Comunita Ebraica Di Firenze · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$200,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$200,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$180,000
Shaharit · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.
$175,000
Jewish Museum the · New York, NY · 2023
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$175,000
Jewish Museum the · New York, NY · 2022
A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.
$165,000
Lod Economic Company · 2024
Project support.
$164,333
Public Housing Community Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Project support.

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