Hyman Jebb Levy Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Your work fits if it relates to Jewish education or help for the needy, and other published sources give Los Angeles as the foundation's priority area.
- Its organisation grants have gone to Jewish schools, congregations and community organisations, and to food for the needy.
- About 8 in 10 of its 154 organisation grants fall between $5,000 and $50,000, with a median of $15,000, but its largest grant was $475,000, so treat that band as typical rather than a ceiling.
- There is no specific form, so send background information and a brochure about your organisation, and note that the filing gives no deadlines.
- Because 93% of its grant dollars to organisations in its latest filing went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, show clearly how your work connects to its themes; the filing states no restrictions on awards and no applicant eligibility criteria.
Overview
Hyman Jebb Levy Foundation is a US private foundation based in Encino, CA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (lastar.org), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation describes its primary purpose as promoting Jewish education and helping the needy. Its support has included educational institutions and programmes, Jewish communal activity, and assistance to people in need, with programmes described in Los Angeles and abroad. Its organisation grants have gone to Jewish schools and learning institutions, congregations and community organisations; the filings also record grants for food for the needy and new schools. The filing states no restrictions or limitations on awards and provides no applicant eligibility criteria.
Themes
- Jewish education
- Help for the needy
Geographic Focus
Priority: Los Angeles. (as reported in other published sources)
How to apply
There is no specific form; applicants should provide background information and a brochure about the applicant.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 93% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 154 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
2 other states: <1%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 29% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations Hyman Jebb Levy Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- 3% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Israel).
- 7% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 58 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $16,500 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Sephardic Tradition Recreation · General$460,0002024 tax year
- Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel · General$100,0002024 tax year
- Gimmel Foundation · GENERAL, Food for the Needy$97,0002024 tax year
- American Friends of Israel Elwyn · General$65,0002024 tax year
- American Associates Ben-Gurion University · General$50,0002024 tax year
- Yeshivat Ohr Chanoch · General$50,0002024 tax year
- StandWithUs · General$50,0002024 tax year
- Mercaz Beth Jacob · General$43,5002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Mark Funk — Secretary
- Yitzhak Sakhai — Vice President
- Lazare L Clumeck — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,710,256 | $1,461,500 | $27,122,546 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,690,912 | $1,476,400 | $29,059,230 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,903,645 | $1,662,800 | $30,749,127 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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- Encino, CA
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (818) 906-2230
- Encino, CA