Grants awarded
Who does Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation fund?
Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation has awarded $12 million across 244 grants to 103 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in religion. Its typical grant is $19,000, with most between $5,000 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$11.9M
Typical grant
$19K
Grantees
103
Grants
244
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| U Uja Federation of New York | $2.1M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Leffell School | $1.8M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$1.4M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| J Jewish Institute for National Security of America | $514K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Defense of Democracies | $435K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $375K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Friends of Israel Defence Forces | $363K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Temple Israel Center | $353K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hadar Institute | $300K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Center for Israel Education INC
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$290K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $175K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Boundless Israel INC
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$150K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
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$150K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Central Fund of Israel
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$150K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| S Steven Wise Free Synagogue | $140K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Fuente Latina INC
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$140K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
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$140K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
Sixpoint INC
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$130K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
Moishe House
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$125K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| M Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies | $114K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $110K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Emory Jewish Student Center INC - Chabad at Emory | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Jewish Federations of North America INC
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| M Mechon Hadar | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Imagination Productions INC
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$100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
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$95K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$90K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Jlens
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$90K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $87K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$75K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| T The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations | $75K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Mount Sinai Foundation | $60K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Brothers for Life | $51K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Project Als INC
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$50K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| B Boundless INC | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | ID | |
Westchester Jewish Council INC
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$50K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| T The Shalem Foundation | $50K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W White Plains Hospital Medical Center Association Plant Fund | $45K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $43K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Israel on Campus Coalition INC
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$40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Fjc
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$40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
The Tikvah Fund
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$35K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$30K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | FL | |
| U United Nations Watch - USA | $30K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
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$30K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
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$30K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| S Stardust Fertility Foundation | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Henry Jackson Society INC
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$30K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Chabad Lubavitch of Westchester - Cl Center | $28K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
American Jewish Committee
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| T Teach Nysthe Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Anti-Defamation League
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T Teach Nys the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Y Young Israel of Scarsdale | $22K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Emory Jewish Student Center INC | $21K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
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$20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Planned Parenthood
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$20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TX | |
Community-Police Relations Foundation
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$20K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | FL | |
The Louis D Brandeis Center INC
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$20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| C Community Relations Police Foundation | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| E Elnet | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations | $15K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Clark University | $15K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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Jewish Funders Network
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$13K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| A Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center | $12K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Greater Miami Jewish Federation INC
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | FL | |
Hunter College Foundation INC
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$10K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Zionist Rabbinic Coalition INC
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$10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| O Ohr Yisroel of Bergen County INC | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NJ | |
| G Greater Miami Beach - Miami Beach Police Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Heterodox Academy
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$10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| C Cl Center Alef Bet Preschool | $5K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Pef Israel Endowment Funds INC | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Yeshivat Maharat INC
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| F Friends of United Hatzalah | $4K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Friends Of@duvdevan | $4K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Jewish Food Society INC
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| C Chabad Lubovitch of Westchester- Cl Center Nursery School | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Westchester Day School - Operating | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Jewish Education Project | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Washington Institute for Near East Studies | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| C Cl Center Nursery School | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NJ | |
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| L Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Fshd Society
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$2K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
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$2K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| B Beit David Highland Lakes Shul INC | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | FL |
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