Open Foundations · North Carolina

The Leon Levine Foundation

Charlotte, North Carolina · EIN 581427515. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $55.1M across 511 grants in 2024, a median of $60K each.

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$55.1M
paid in 2024
511
grants paid
$60K
median grant
20%
to first-time recipients
$1.9B
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
Tom Lawrence
Address
4600 Park Road Suite 500, Charlotte, NC, 28209
Phone
7048176500
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED ONLINE AT WWW.LEONLEVINEFOUNDATION.ORG. PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS ON REQUIRED INFORMATION. GRANTS ARE MADE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. LETTERS OF INQUIRY ARE RECEIVED ON A ROLLING BASIS.
Submission deadline
Requests are received on a rolling basis.
Restrictions on awards
The Foundation will consider funding grants to established organizations serving individuals in North Carolina and South Carolina which have qualified for exemption as public charities under section 501(c)(3) or the IRS code, governmental units, and established churches fitting the foundation's mission. The foundation does not provide grants to foreign organizations, individuals or 509(a)(3) supporting organizations

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202641359349102224. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

campaign

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 511 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte IncNC$2,100,000Levine Scholars Program
2Atrium Health FoundationNC$1,000,000Levine Cancer Institute
3Roof AboveNC$1,000,000NOAH Capital Campaign
4The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC$1,000,000Emergency Disaster Response Fund
5United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte IncNC$1,000,000General Support
6North Carolina Partnership for Children IncNC$960,000Family Resource Portal & Business Sector Outreach
7Crossnore Communities for ChildrenNC$750,000Bridging Families
8Sc First StepsSC$750,000"Ready for School" Regional Pilot
9SparkncNC$750,000SparkLabs in Title 1 Schools and Capacity Building
10BastaCA$600,000Carolina HBCUs
11Code the Dream IncNC$600,000Apprenticeship Expansion
12Senior Services IncNC$600,000CAPABLE
13Appalachian State University Foundation IncNC$500,000Leon Levine Hall for Health Sciences
14Family Service of the Piedmont IncNC$500,000Clinical Capacity Building for Child Services
15Feeding the CarolinasNC$500,000General Support

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2019418$24.2M
2020446$26.1M
2021511$29.5M
2022408$34.1M
2023420$38.1M
2024511$55.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
North Carolina73%
South Carolina21%
New York3%
Georgia1%
California1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Larry PolskyDIRECTOR/SENIOR ADVISOR · 2022
Leon Levine Deceased April 2023CHAIRMAN/CEO · 2022
Michael RichardsonDIRECTOR/SR. PROGRAM OFFICER · 2022
Michael TarwaterDIRECTOR/SENIOR ADVISOR · 2022
Sandra LevineSECRETARY/VP · 2022
Tom LawrenceTREASURER/PRESIDENT · 2022

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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