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American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation
American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation reported $23.7 million in revenue and $23.0 million in expenses for calendar year 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $95.57 went to program services, $3.83 to management and general costs and $0.60 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 100.0% of the total. Revenue rose 169% between 2019 and 2025. Source: Form 990, 2025.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $23MFor context, the median across 1,001 covered philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking charities: $91.65 programs, $6.50 management, $1.85 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $24MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 95.6% | 90.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 3.8% | 6.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.6% | 1.8% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.01 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 100.0% | 79.9% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | Not reported | $325,675 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | Not reported | 1.56% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | -1.6 | 56.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 0 of 2 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expense7 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b2 · 0 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bNo
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aNo
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13No
- Document retention policy Part VI 14No
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aNo
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aNo
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 50
Private foundation grants it received
5 private foundations reported grants to American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation totaling $74,100 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Of every $100 American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation spent in 2025, $95.57 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2025, American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation reported that 95.6% of its $23.0 million in expenses went to program services, 3.8% to management and general and 0.6% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
Where does American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation get its money?
Of $23.7 million in revenue in calendar year 2025, 100.0% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 31-1637285 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2025: Form 990 for calendar year 2025, object 202611629349301611 · read the filing · XML
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202513369349300021 · read the filing
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202413199349311751 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202323199349312297 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202243199349315579 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202133569349300123 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202013219349309451 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 31-1637285: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.