Step by Step
Lev Lev runs one grant cycle a year: we raise through the year, open applications for a set window, then review everyone together and pay the school before the school year begins. Every step is handled with care and strict confidentiality, and every application is read personally by the board — this is never automated.
Applications open for a set period once a year, and the form closes automatically when the window ends. Submit one application per child.
After the window closes, the board reviews every application side by side rather than one at a time. We look at gross household income, necessary expenses, household size, and the gap between what a family can reasonably contribute and the actual tuition cost. Reviewing everyone at once is what allows the fund to be divided fairly.
We reach out to each family for supporting documents, and confirm tuition and any aid the school already provides directly with the school's business office. No grant is approved on figures we have not verified.
The board approves grants and divides the entire year's fund among approved families in proportion to documented need, weighted toward the households furthest below what it costs to run a home their size here — so a family with less left over receives more, and a family with nothing left over receives most. No family is awarded more than their remaining tuition. Funds are sent directly to the school and applied to the tuition account before the school year begins. No funds pass through a family's hands.
Eligibility
Lev Lev grants are available to families of Jewish day school students in Kindergarten through 5th grade who demonstrate documented financial need.
We review each application holistically — not against a rigid income cutoff. Every family's circumstances are unique, and we treat them that way.
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