The Levitt Foundation
Potomac, MD · EIN 42-6052427. Reported 147 grants totalling $4,441,631 to 77 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". The Levitt 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
3 of the organizations The Levitt Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 5 grants totalling $1,216,000 to them. That is 36% of the $3,409,691 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jewish Federation of Greater | federated giving programme | Maryland | $906,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | federated giving programme | Illinois | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego | federated giving programme | California | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 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 $3,600. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $15,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $815,380.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Greater Washington | Rockville, MD | $906,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| See Schedule 1 Attached | Potomac, MD | $815,380 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Curebound | San Diego, CA | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines | Waukee, IA | $315,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Des Moines Art Center | Des Moines, IA | $225,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Israel Education Foundation | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $154,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Chicago, IL | $128,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital | Washington, DC | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leveling the Playing Field | Silver Spring, MD | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad Shul of Potomac | Potomac, MD | $39,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa | Des Moines, IA | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Iowa Center for Advancement | Iowa City, IA | $25,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Backstorygroup | Rockville, MD | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Iowa Hillel | Iowa City, IA | $23,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tifereth Israel Synagogue | Des Moines, IA | $19,035 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington | Rockville, MD | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Froth and Bubble Foundation for Food Assistance | Scottsdale, AZ | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Des Moines Symphony | Des Moines, IA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Israel on Campus Coalition | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Walker Art Center | Minneapolis, MN | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Charles E Smith Jewish Day School | Rockville, MD | $10,360 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Stanley Museum of Art | Iowa City, IA | $10,050 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Washington Community Kollel | Silver Spring, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palm Springs Friends of the Philharmonic | Palm Desert, CA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Adas Israel Congregation | Washington, DC | $8,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nature Sacred | Annapolis, MD | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Iowa Jewish Historical Society | Wuakee, IA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale | Scottsdale, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Jewish Endowment Fund | North Bethesda, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Des Moines Performing Arts | Des Moines, IA | $4,696 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Social Services Agency | Rockville, MD | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Jewish Studio | Rockville, MD | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Jewish Spectator | Lawrence, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Museum of Arts & Design | New York, NY | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Giving Back Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zionist Rabbinic Coalition | Potomac, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alef Bet Montessori School | Bethesda, MD | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Palm Springs Art Museum | Palm Springs, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Brenton Arboretum | Dallas Center, IA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of the Desert | Rancho Mirage, CA | $1,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva of Greater Washington | Silver Spring, MD | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bender Jcc of Greater Washington | Rockville, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meor Maryland | College Park, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Field | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Desert Community Foundation | Palm Desert, CA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Chesapeake Orchestra | Leonardtown, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Michael and Missy Wolnerman Holocaust Education Fund | Waukee, IA | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Des Moines Metro Opera | Indianola, IA | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Equest | Dallas, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ohr Kodesh Congregation | Chevy Chase, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aurora Health Care Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $150 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden | Des Moines, IA | $150 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | $150 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Beit T'shuvah | Los Angeles, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chai Lifeline | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Service of the Desert | Palm Springs, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint Augustin Parish | Des Moines, IA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Israel | Omaha, NE | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Temple Sinai | Palm Desert, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blue Ribbon Foundation | Des Moines, IA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Everystep | Des Moines, IA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food Bank of Iowa | Des Moines, IA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Garden Club of America | New York, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Michael's College | Colchester, VT | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Animal Rescue League of Iowa | Des Moines, IA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
43 of 77 (56%) 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 67%, across 2 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 105 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 | 1 | $815,380 | $815,380 |
| 2022 | 49 | $852,125 | $3,600 |
| 2023 | 51 | $1,494,986 | $3,600 |
| 2024 | 46 | $1,279,140 | $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
43% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland.
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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 The Levitt 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: 7811 Montrose Road 420, Potomac, MD, 20854. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 42-6052427 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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