Frances and Jack Levy Foundation
Palm Beach, FL · EIN 13-7279189. Reported 104 grants totalling $1,420,012 to 65 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Frances and Jack Levy Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations Frances and Jack Levy Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 10 grants totalling $593,736 to them. That is 46% of the $1,281,841 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of | federated giving programme | New York | $288,186 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $199,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $81,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $14,740; the smallest was $100 and the largest $205,546.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uja Federation | New York, NY | $288,186 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $199,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL | $189,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Synagogue | New York, NY | $109,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Uja Federation of New York | New York, NY | $102,571 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $81,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services | New York, NY | $76,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way Town of Palm Beach County | Palm Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Sylvia Center | New York, NY | $19,740 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Children's Health Alliance for Israel | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prep for Prep | New York, NY | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gift of Life Marrow Registry | Boca Raton, FL | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harlem Village Academies | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Drawing Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Temple Israel | New York, NY | $7,533 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge | Needham, MA | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brigham and Womens Hospital | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palm Beach Country Club Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Palm Beach Synagogue | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Society of Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $4,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $4,280 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City of Hope National Medical Center | Duarte, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Selfhelp Community Services | New York, NY | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shalva | Chicago, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Contry Club Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ajc Global Jewish Advocacy | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crohn's and Colitis Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Jcc Krakow | Suffern, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Idf | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper | Jupiter, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service | Waltham, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Morselife | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ovarian Cancer Foundation | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Public Art Fund | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southhampton Hospital | Southhampton, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Glaucoma Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yai | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Glomerular Kidney Disease Center | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jdrf Greater New York City | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The National Pancreas Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Summer Camp | Bridgton, ME | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boston Institute Contemporary Arts | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Self Help Community Services | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $202 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society | Hagerstown, MD | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
21 of 65 (32%) 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 57%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- Uja Federation
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 70 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $175,696 | $2,404 |
| 2022 | 30 | $284,554 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 27 | $570,011 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 24 | $389,751 | $2,000 |
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
58% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Frances and Jack Levy Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 430 North Lake Way, Palm Beach, FL, 33480. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 13-7279189 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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