Howard and Irene Levine
San Francisco, CA · EIN 95-4663360. Reported 183 grants totalling $5,482,265 to 119 recipients across tax years 2023-2024. 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". Howard and Irene Levine 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
3 of the organizations Howard and Irene Levine funded make grants themselves, and it reported 4 grants totalling $28,500 to them. That is 1% of the $5,341,265 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Federation of San | federated giving programme | California | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation Council of Greater La | federated giving programme | California | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Sonoma County Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,600 and $11,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $1,000,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging | Reseda, CA | $1,002,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mercy Housing California | San Francisco, CA | $415,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Moishe House | Encinitas, CA | $179,065 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | New York, NY | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Camp Ramah in California Inc | Encino, CA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valley Beth Shalom | Encino, CA | $107,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Terner Housing Innovation Labs Inc | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brandeis Hillel Day School - Marin | San Rafael, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Child Mind Institute Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Emanu-El | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Israel 21C | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Israel-America Academic Exchange | Beverly Hills, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Wende Museum of the Cold War Inc | Culver City, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Venice Family Clinic | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | Santa Rosa, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $38,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Rodef Sholom of Marin | San Rafael, CA | $36,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brothers for Life | Seattle, WA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center | San Rafael, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Good People Fund Inc | Millburn, NJ | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $21,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City Harvest Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Israaid US Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Free Loan Association | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Myriad USA Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| T'ruah | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Jewish World Service Inc | New York, NY | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel | Teaneck, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Combat Campus Antisemitism Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Free Clinic | San Francisco, CA | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Sonoma County | Santa Rosa, CA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | Cincinnati, OH | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Federation of Sf Marin Peninsula & Sonoma Counties | San Francisco, CA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Penn Hillel | Philadelphia, PA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Uja Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Ny | White Plains, NY | $11,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Glide Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban Adamah | Berkeley, CA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Congress | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Historical Society | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Jewish University | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Board of Trustees of the Glide Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme | Oxnard, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Addison County | Middlebury, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congregation Shomrei Torah | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eden Housing Inc | Hayward, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Farm to Pantry | Healdsburg, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Healdsburg Shared Ministries | Healdsburg, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County | Healdsburg, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Israel on Campus Coalition | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Free Clinic | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jvs Social | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meet International Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reach for Home | Healdsburg, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Scopa Has a Dream | Healdsburg, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sharsheret | Teaneck, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Temple Sholom | Greenwich, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Kitchen Sf | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Jewish Congress American Section Inc | Merrifield, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community High School of the Bay | San Francisco, CA | $7,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $7,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Center of the East Bay | Berkeley, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rye Country Day School | Rye, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sonoma County Community Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aleph Institute | Surfside, FL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berkeley Bayit Inc | Berkeley, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chai Lifeline | Beverly Hills, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elsie Allen High School Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ideagarden Institute Inc | Healdsburg, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Center for Justice | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Learningworks | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pacific University | Forest Grove, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reboot Inc | Longmeadow, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| River Garden Hebrew Home for the Aged | Jacksonville, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sunrise Day Camps Association | Oceanside, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Value Culture | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Twloha Inc | Melbourne, FL | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Futures Without Violence | San Francisco, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association | Seattle, WA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Contemporary Jewish Museum | San Francisco, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greenlight Clinic | Greenbrae, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Canal Alliance | San Rafael, CA | $2,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Billion Oyster Project | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad House of Harvard Square Inc | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hilel Foundation of Cambridge Inc | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Expressive Arts Therapy Association | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Organization for Arts in Health | San Diego, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | Newtown, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family & Children's Services | San Francisco, CA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Alpine Club | Golden, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Autistic Self Advocacy Network | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAMI National | Arlington, VA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| How Women Lead | Newport Beach, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Israel Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Path (people Assisting the Homeless) | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Patrol Base Abbate | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Startout | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Alive | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
64 of 119 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 2 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 68%, across 1 year-to-year transition. 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.
- UCLA Foundation
TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHAIR IN MOVEMENT DISORDERS; ENDOWED MOVEMENT DISORDERS RESEARCH FUND. - Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging
TO ESTABLISH THE SPIRITUAL LIFE PROGRAM AT FOUNTAINVIEW GONDA AND TERRACE PAVILLION - Mercy Housing California
TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND GYMNASIUM AT THE SUNNYDALE HUB; GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. - Moishe House
FOR BASE IN LOS ANGELES; TO SUPPORT MOISHE HOUSE LOS ANGELES - PICO-ROBERTSON; GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - Valley Beth Shalom
FOR RABBI NOLAN'S DISCRETIONARY FUNDS; FOR RABBI FEINSTEIN'S DISCRETIONARY FUNDS; GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. - Terner Housing Innovation Labs Inc
SPONSORSHIP OF THE HOUSING TECHNOLOGY SERIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 140 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 94 | $2,192,121 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 89 | $3,290,144 | $5,000 |
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
87% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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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 Howard and Irene Levine'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: 1660 Bush Street 300, San Francisco, CA, 94109. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 95-4663360 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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