Sherry and Alan Leventhal Family Foundation

OVERVIEW: The Sherry and Alan Leventhal Family Foundation supports education, Jewish causes, health, and arts and culture in Boston, Massachusetts.

FUNDING AREAS: Education, Jewish causes, health, arts and culture

IP TAKE: This family funder gives numerous grants per year to well-established organizations that it is familiar with, most of which being within the city of Boston.

PROFILE: Established in 2010, the Sherry and Alan Leventhal Family Foundation is a family foundation based in Boston, Massachusetts. Alan Leventhal is the founder, chairman and CEO of Beacon Capital Partners. He and his wife, Sherry, run this foundation to pursue their charitable interests. Sherry is his second wife, and they have two daughters together. The foundation funds local efforts for education, Jewish causes, health and arts and culture.

The Sherry and Alan Leventhal Family Foundation does not have a website to guide grantseekers. However, past tax records indicate that this funder mostly supports well-established organizations that it has funded in the past. It is a major supporter of local hospitals, libraries, arts organizations and schools. It funds programs, events, annual campaigns, galas and general operating support. The foundation is known to give multi-million-dollar grants to large institutions in Boston.

Grants range between about $500 and $300,000. The foundation has awarded between $3 million and $4 million annually in recent years. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking largely focuses on Boston, Massachusetts. Past local grantees include Boston University, the Boston Public Library and Combined Jewish Philanthropies.

This foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. Direct general questions to the staff at 617-457-0489.

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