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Levin Family Foundation

Accepts applications Cardiff, California · EIN 830353613

Levin Family Foundation is a private foundation in Cardiff, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $49,000 in 17 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $7,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $54,100 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$42,00022$812,685
2024$54,10022$884,188
2025$49,00017$920,280

How to apply

ContactMark D Levin
822 Nolbey Street, Cardiff, CA 92007-1144
Phone or email(760) 436-1496, mlevin42@cox.net
What to submitNo required format
RestrictionsStated goals - contribute to organizations duly authorized to carry on charitable, religious, scientific, literary and educational activities with funding from the levin family foundation.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Levin Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to District of Columbia.

StateGrantsAmount
District of Columbia9$20,000
California4$19,500
New York3$6,500
Maryland1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 17 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Food and Friends
Washington, DC
Charity fund$7,500
Buena Vista Nature Center
Oceanside, CA
Charity fund$6,000
Nature Collective
Encinitas, CA
Charity fund$6,000
Paradise Dreams Animal Rescue
Lake Hodges, CA
Charity fund$6,000
Capital Area Food Bank
Washington, DC
Charity fund$3,000
Echo Hill Campership Fund
Bethesda, MD
Charity fund$3,000
Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Washington, DC
Charity fund$2,500
Orphaned Wildlife Center
Otisville, NY
Charity fund$2,500
ACLU Foundation
New York, NY
Charity fund$2,000
Adl
New York, NY
Charity fund$2,000
Cmea
Hanford, CA
Charity fund$1,500
Whitman Walker Clinic Inc
Washington, DC
Charity fund$1,500
World Central Kitchen
Washington, DC
Charity fund$1,500
Martha's Table
Washington, DC
Charity fund$1,000
So Others Might Eat
Washington, DC
Charity fund$1,000
Thrive DC
Washington, DC
Charity fund$1,000
Wamu Radio Station - Public Broadcasting
Washington, DC
Charity fund$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Levin Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Levin Family Foundation give?

$49,000 in tax year 2025, across 17 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Levin Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Carol D Levin (Co-Trustee) and Mark D Levin (Co-Trustee).

What does Levin Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly environment and conservation and food and hunger.

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