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Who does Leon Levy Foundation fund?

Leon Levy Foundation has awarded $158 million across 950 grants to 397 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $5,000 and $100,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $25,000 versus $13,511 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$157.9M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
397
Grants
950
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 397 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
New York University $44.8M52020–20242024NY
New York Academy of Sciences $5.1M32022–20242024NY
G Graduate Center - City University of New York $4.7M32020–20242024— —
The Metropolitan Museum of Art $3.4M52020–20242024NY
Bard College $3.1M22022–20232023NY
T The Bahamas National Trust $2.7M22020–20212021— —
W White Levy Program for Archaeological Publications $2.7M32020–20242024— —
Immigrant Justice Corps INC $2.6M42020–20242024NY
C City College New York the $2.6M22023–20242024— —
President and Fellows of Harvard College $2.5M22022–20232023MA
Prospect Park Alliance INC $2.5M52020–20242024NY
Committee to Protect Journalists INC $2.3M42020–20242024NY
N New York Public Library $2.1M52020–20242024— —
New York Public Radio $2.1M42020–20242024NY
B Bahamas National Trust the $2.1M120222022— —
C Columbia University Medical Center $2.0M22020–20212021— —
M Mount Sinai $1.9M32020–20242024TX
S Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art $1.8M22023–20242024— —
F Foundation for City College the $1.7M120222022— —
New York Botanical Garden $1.6M52020–20242024NY
The Graduate Center Foundation INC $1.5M120222022NY
B Brennan Center for Justice $1.4M52020–20242024— —
F Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority $1.4M22021–20242024— —
I Individual recipient $1.4M22020–20212021— —
N NYU Langone Health $1.4M32020–20242024— —
Israel Nature and Heritage Foundation of America INC $1.3M52020–20242024FL
I Individual recipient $1.3M42021–20242024— —
N National September 11 Memorial & Museum $1.3M32022–20242024— —
Brooklyn Academy of Music INC $1.2M52020–20242024NY
Center for Jewish History INC $1.2M52020–20242024NY
U United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York $1.1M22022–20232023— —
B Bard Graduate Center $1.0M120242024— —
Save Venice INC $1.0M22022–20232023NY
A American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee $1.0M120232023— —
B Brooklyn Museum $950K42020–20242024— —
The Jewish Museum $935K52020–20242024NY
Smithsonian Institution $900K120222022DC
F Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur Sackler Gallery Smithsonian Institute $900K120212021— —
C Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons $880K120222022— —
Natural Areas Conservancy INC $875K52020–20242024NY
C City Parks Foundation $869K52020–20242024— —
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $859K120222022NY
New York Historical Society $820K42020–20232023NY
Maine Coast Heritage Trust $800K42020–20232023ME
A American Museum of Natural History $760K52020–20242024— —
City Report INC $750K22022–20232023NY
T Tisch Ms Research Center $750K120202020— —
L Lod Economic Company $720K32022–20242024— —
C City the $700K22020–20242024— —
Center for Reproductive Rights INC $700K52020–20242024NY
P Public Theater the $695K42020–20242024— —
American Archaeology Abroad INC $675K32022–20242024AZ
B Bnt Fund $649K120242024— —
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation $642K52020–20242024NY
Brooklyn Public Library $630K52020–20242024NY
B Bahamas National Trust Fund INC $612K120232023NJ
Human Rights First $600K42020–20232023NY
American Bird Conservancy $600K52020–20242024VA
N NYU School of Medicine $527K22022–20232023— —
Rockefeller University $500K120202020NY
K King Baudouin Foundation $500K120222022— —
I Individual recipient $500K32020–20242024— —
Anne Frank House INC $500K120242024DC
M Mount Sinai Medical Center $500K120232023— —
T The City $500K120212021— —
H Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East $488K32020–20242024— —
Museum of the City of New York $472K52020–20242024NY
Roundabout Theatre Company INC $405K52020–20242024NY
I Individual recipient $401K32020–20242024— —
N New York Weill Cornell Medical Center $381K120222022— —
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts INC $365K52020–20242024NY
Juilliard School $357K32021–20232023NY
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $329K22022–20232023PA
W Works and Process INC $320K52020–20242024NY
Brooks School $310K42020–20232023MA
Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Foundation INC $300K32022–20242024MA
Indiespace INC $300K32022–20242024NY
I Individual recipient $292K22022–20232023— —
Cape Eleuthera Foundation INC $292K42020–20242024PA
Manhattan Theatre Club INC $285K52020–20242024NY
I Institute of Fine Arts $282K22021–20242024— —
I Institute for Advanced Study $280K22020–20222022— —
C Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology $275K52020–20242024— —
A Academic Engagement Network INC $275K32020–20242024MD
I Individual recipient $262K32020–20222022— —
World Monuments Fund INC $256K120222022NY
The New York Community Trust $250K120202020NY
Wildlife Conservation Society $250K52020–20242024NY
Science Philanthropy Alliance INC $250K32020–20242024NY
A Alliance of Resident Theatres the $250K22022–20232023— —
Y Yale Law School $250K120212021— —
Center for Curatorial Leadership $250K52020–20242024NY
L Laguardia Community College $235K22020–20242024— —
C Columbia University in the City of NY $225K120232023— —
Israel on Campus Coalition INC $225K22022–20232023DC
Pioneer Works Art Foundation $225K22022–20232023NY
A American Friends of the Israel Museum $207K32022–20242024— —
The Alexandria Archive Institute $200K42020–20232023CA
Hayground School INC $200K120202020NY
I Individual recipient $200K120232023— —

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